| Tampere University of Technology | |
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| Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto | |
The Finnish logo of the university. |
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| Established | 1972 |
| Type | Public foundation |
| Rector | Markku Kivikoski |
| Academic staff | 376 (2007) |
| Admin. staff | 1564 (2007) |
| Students | 12,181 (2007) |
| Undergraduates | 10,436 8,631 of whom in attendance (2007, includes M.Sc. students) |
| Doctoral students | 1,745 (2007) |
| Location | Tampere, Finland |
| Campus | Urban |
| Former names | Tampereen teknillinen korkeakoulu, also translated as Tampere University of Technology |
| Website | http://www.tut.fi/public/index.cfm?siteid=32 |
Tampere University of Technology (TUT) (Finnish: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto (TTY)) is Finland's second largest university in engineering sciences. The university is located in Hervanta, a suburb of Tampere.
The university's statutory duty is to pursue research and give highest education in its field. The research, conducted by some 1,800 staff and faculty members, mostly focuses on applied science and often has close ties to many different companies (like Nokia). Located next to the university campus is a Technology Centre Hermia, including a large Nokia research facility. The yearly budget of the university is some 120 million euros.[1] Like all Finnish universities, TUT is state-funded.[2]
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From the late 19th century, Tampere had been the most important industrial center in Finland.[3] The Technical Institute of Tampere had provided engineers for its industries since 1911,[4] but all higher technological education in Finland took place in Helsinki University of Technology. In 1950's, the city of Tampere started actively remedying the situation, first founding a municipal scientific library in 1955. This library later formed the core for the libraries of the TUT and the medical faculty of the University of Tampere[5] In 1960, city succeeded in persuading the small private university Yhteiskunnallinen korkeakoulu to move to Tampere from Helsinki. A few years later, this university changed its name to University of Tampere.[6]
The founding of the Tampere University of Technology was one of the steps of the city and the local business life in bringing higher education to the region. The university was founded in 1965 as a branch of Helsinki University of Technology and became an independent university status in 1972. The Student Union of Tampere University of Technology (Tampereen teknillisen yliopiston ylioppilaskunta, TTYY) was also established alongside with the university.
In 2003, the university changed its Finnish name from TTKK (Tampereen teknillinen korkeakoulu) to TTY (Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto) so that the Finnish name would be closer to the English name and to distinguish itself from polytechnics that are not universities in the meaning of the Humboldtian university ideal or in the meaning of the Finnish law.
As a part of the Finnish university reform, Tampere University of Technology chose to become one of the two Finnish universities operating as foundations in the beginning of 2010. The university hopes that compared to the previous form of state agency, the foundation form gives it more operational freedom.[7]
Tampere University of Technology is primarily a research university, which specializes in technology and architecture. While all departments pursue scientific research and publish in international, peer-reviewed journals, the strongest areas of the university are signal processing, nanophotonics, biotechnology, and intelligent mobile hydraulic systems.[8] The university has one Finnish Center of Excellence, the Signal Processing Laboratory. In addition, it participates in two other Finnish Centers of Excellence.
In 2007, the researchers of TUT published 1282 papers in peer-reviewed international publications, meaning an average of a little more than one article per researcher.[9][10]
The university has 131 full professors, 78 tenured lecturers, and 842 researchers.[10]
An international independent team made an assessment of research quality in TUT in 2011 [11]. The results of the assessment is shown in the table below. The Assessment Scale was: Outstanding International Level (5), Very Good International Level (4), Good International Level (3), Fair International Level (2), and Poor International Level (1). When comparing the results between different faculties, the results are not comparable as the assessment was done by different group of people for different faculties. Intra-faculty comparisons however can be done based on the results. Furthermore, the numerical evaluations were accompanied with the verbal assessments, which give better understanding than the plain integer numbers [12].
| Unit | Scientific quality of research | Scientific impact | Societal impact | Research environment | Future potential |
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| Department of Automation Science and Engineering | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Department of Biomedical Engineering | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Department of Business Information Management and Logistics | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Department of Civil Engineering | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Department of Communications Engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Department of Computer Systems | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Department of Electrical Energy Engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Department of Electronics | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Department of Energy and Process Engineering | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Department of Industrial Management | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Department of Intelligent Hydraulics and Automation | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Department of Materials Science | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Department of Mathematics | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Department of Mechanics and Design | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Department of Physics | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Department of Production Engineering | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Department of Signal Processing | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Department of Software Systems | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Industrial Management and Engineering Unit (IMEU) - TUT Pori Campus | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Optoelectronics Research Centre | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Pori Unit's research in Electronics and Information Technology | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| School of Architecture | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Average | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Median | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
The university awards undergraduate degrees of tekniikan kandidaatti (Bachelor of Science in Technology (B.Sc. Tech.) or Architecture (B.Sc. Arch.), diplomi-insinööri (Master of Science in Technology (M.Sc. Tech.), and arkkitehti (M.Sc. Arch.). The recommended time for the completion of master's degree is five years (3 for B.Sc. and 2 for M.Sc.) to complete. In practice, the students use little bit less than seven years for their studies, on average. However, this average includes the compulsory military service of 6–12 months that most of the male students (76 % of the student body) complete before graduation. Yearly, some 800–850 masters graduate from TUT.[9]
Studies leading up to a M.Sc. available in the Finnish language are:
Apart from the programs in the Finnish language, these M.Sc. programs are available exclusively in English:
There are no B.Sc. degree programs in English.
All programs leading to M.Sc. also offer the possibility of continuing research until a doctoral degree. As usual in Finland, the completion of doctoral degree requires a certain amount of courses taught (worth at least 60 ECTS) and a dissertation containing original scientific research, usually published in international peer-reviewed journals.[14] Depending on the prior education of the student, the doctoral degree is either tekniikan tohtori (Doctor of Science in Technology or Architecture) or filosofian tohtori (Doctor of Philosophy). As a general rule, the graduate students with a Master's degree in Technology or Architecture will be awarded the Doctor of Science degree, while graduate students with a Master's degree in other majors will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.[15] A tekniikan lisensiaatti (Licentiate of Technology) is also available.[16] Yearly, some 70 doctors graduate. The mean age of new doctors is 34.[9]
As in all Finnish universities, all degree programs at all levels offer free tuition both to domestic and international students.[17]
All undergraduate students are members of the Student Union of Tampere University of Technology. Post-graduate students are given the option of joining. In addition to the student union, students join numerous associations for studies, cultural activity, and sports. Each of the 14 guilds at TUT serve the students in their respective study program.[18]
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