Study title

Tampere University Survey for First-year International Students 2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3699

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3699
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3699

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Tampere University. University Services

Abstract

The Tampere University survey for first-year international students collects information about their first-year study experience and their attachment to their studies and the university. In addition to the above, the survey focuses on personal study plans, student and faculty mentoring, study skills and well-being.

The survey started by asking how the respondent's studies have progressed, whether they have received the planning support they need, and how successful their planning has been in SISU. The next step was to find out students' opinions on student and teacher tutoring. The final section dealt with retention and student well-being. Respondents rated different statements related to issues such as coping, loneliness and remote study.

The background variables included gender, faculty, degree level, payment of tuition fees and information on working while studying.

Keywords

employment; higher education institutions; income; satisfaction; social adjustment; students (college); undergraduates

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• General health and well-being (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

University of Tampere Student Surveys

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (D) available only by permission from the data depositor/creator.

Data Collector

• Tampere University. University Services

Time Period Covered

2021 – 2022

Collection Dates

2022-03-15 – 2022-04-04

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Tampere

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

International students starting their Bachelor's and Master's degree studies at Tampere University in 2021

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

All first-year students in English-language programmes were invited to participate in the survey. The questionnaire was answered using Microsoft Forms. In the end, 191 students took part in the survey.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Response Rate

38

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD3698 Tampere University Survey for First-year Students 2021-2022

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

For anonymisation purposes, the age of the respondent, the degree programme, and the main subject of the studies have been removed from the data at FSD. For the same reason, open-ended variables were removed. In addition, multiple-choice variables, where structured response options and open-ended responses were recorded in the same variable have been removed at FSD.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

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Bibliographical Citation

Tampere University: Tampere University Survey for First-year International Students 2022 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2024-04-23). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3699; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3699

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Disclaimer

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