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Tampere University
Finnish: Tampereen yliopisto

Motto	Human Potential Unlimited
Type	Public
Established	January 1, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-01-01) (1925, original foundation)
Rector	Keijo Hämäläinen
Academic staff	4,200 (2021)
Students	21,500 (2021)
Location	Tampere, Finland
Campus	Urban
Colours	Violet
Affiliations	ECIU UArctic EUA SEFI SGroup UNIMED
Website	tuni.fi

Tampere University (Finnish: Tampereen yliopisto, shortened TAU) is a multidisclipinary public university located in the city of Tampere, Finland. It is the second largest university in the country by student enrollment.

The university was established on January 1st, 2019, as a merger between the former University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology. The new university is also the major shareholder of Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

History

University of Tampere was founded in 1925 as the Civic College in Helsinki teaching public administration, organisation management and journalism. In 1930, a total of 195 students were enrolled at the College and its name was amended to the School of Social Sciences. As the institution grew, it expanded to municipal administration, public law, child protection, and civic education. Faculty of Social Sciences was established in 1949 as the first faculty. By 1960, the number of students had increased to 933 and the School of Social Sciences moved to Tampere. The institution was renamed to the University of Tampere in 1966.

Tampere had been the most important industrial center in Finland since the late 19th century. Agathon Meurman, member of the senate of Finland, had expressed the need for a technical higher institution already in the mid-19th century. Yet, even after the continuation war all technical higher education was conducted in Helsinki University of Technology. Urho Kekkonen, the President of Finland, signed an edict for establishing a Tampere-based branch of the Helsinki University of Technology in 1965. The school began operating on the same year. The branch gained independent university status in 1972 and was named as Tampere University of Technology.

The two universities always had close relations and co-operation was common in the fields of economics, computer science, biotechnology, and medical technology. Therefore, merging the universities had been suggested multiple times. The Tampere3 merger process began in 2014 when vuorineuvos Stig Gustavson invited the higher education institutions in Tampere to discuss a reform. In 2015, the three universities decided the objectives on creating the new university in Tampere. In 2016, the Ministry of Education and Culture appointed a steering, and a working group to prepare the establishment of a new foundation university. Initially, Tampere University of Applied Sciences was planned to merge into the new foundation, similarly to the other two universities. However, this would have required changes to legislation since Universities of Applied Sciences, or polytechnics, are not considered as Universities, in Finland, which can grant licentiate and doctorate degrees. The merger of the two universities was approved by the Finnish Parliament in December 2017 and came into effect on 1 January 2019. The university commune (TUNI) comprises the new Tampere University and the Tampere University of Applied Sciences, of which Tampere University is the major shareholder.

In 2021 it was announced that Tampere University is trying to get rid of a large part of its premises. The goal is to reduce farms by 25% by 2030. This includes closing the University Library. The announcement was met with protest from faculty staff and students as they felt that there is a lack of transparency in the design of this decision, and that their voices were not heard in the matter.

Organisation

Faculties

Tampere University comprises the following faculties:

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Faculty of Management and Business
Faculty of Education and Culture
Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology
Faculty of Built Environment
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences

Other units

Language Centre
Library
Teacher Training School
Tampere University Hospital, a teaching hospital affiliated with Tampere University

Academics

University rankings
Global – Overall
ARWU World	501–600 (2023)
QS World	=436 (2024)
THE World	301–350 (2024)
USNWR Global	=400 (2023)

Studies

A total of 21,500 degree students studied at the Tampere University in 2021, including 18,800 students in bachelor's and master's degree programmes, and 2,700 students in doctoral degree programmes. Additionally 1,600 students are completing medical specialty training. In 2019, the university received 28,265 applications of whom 2,977 were enrolled for an admission rate of 11%. During that same year, the university was the second most applied university in Finland only bested by the University of Helsinki.

Research

Tampere University is primarily a research university, whereas, Tampere University of Applied Sciences focuses on development. Pre-merger multidisciplinary collaboration was mainly conducted between the fields of signal processing, biotechnology and medical technology at the Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology (BioMediTech). The University states that it aims to become a globally recognized research community in the areas of technology, health, and society research. The university has ten Finnish Centres of Excellence:

HEX – History of Experience
SPARG – Spaces of Political Agency
Gamecult – Game Culture Studies
AgeCare – Ageing and Care Research
CoETG – Cancer Research
FinMIT – Mitochondria, Metabolism and Disease Research
CoEBoC – Body-on-Chip Research
ProLipids – Biomembrane Research
COMP – Computational Nanoscience Research
Inverse Problems Research

The University also comprises a single Nordic Centre of Excellence:

NordSTEVA – Security and Safety Research

Furthermore, the University coordinates Academy of Finland's flagship programme on Photonics Research and Innovation (PREIN).

Notable people and alumni

Hailemariam Desalegn – M.Sc. (Tech.), Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Hille Korhonen – M.Sc. (Tech.), CEO of Nokian Tyres
Jarmo Kekäläinen – M.Sc. (Econ.), general manager of the Columbus Blue Jackets
Jouko Karvinen – M.Sc. (Tech.), CEO of Stora Enso
Jyrki Katainen – M.Soc.Sc., Prime Minister of Finland
Kalevi Sorsa – M.Soc.Sc., the longest-reigning Prime Minister of Finland
Kari Jormakka – D.Phil., Architect
Kari Neilimo – D.Sc. (Econ.), Vuorineuvos and former CEO of S Group
Mariina Hallikainen – B.Sc. (Tech.), CEO of Colossal Order
Matti Kähkönen – M.Sc. (Tech.), President and CEO of Metso
Mika Lintilä – B.Sc. (Admin.), Minister of Finance of Finland
Mikko Kaasalainen – D.Phil., Mathematician
Paula Risikko – D.Sc. (Health Care), Minister of Interior of Finland
Rainer Mahlamäki – M.Sc. (Arch.), Architect
Sampo Terho – M.A. (History), Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sports of Finland
Sanna Marin – M.Sc. (Admin.), Prime Minister of Finland
Satu Hassi – L.Sc. (Tech.), Minister of Environment of Finland

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