University of Tampere
The University of Tampere (Finnish: Tampereen yliopisto) is a university in Tampere, Finland. It has 15,400 degree students and 2,100 employees. It was originally founded in 1925 in Helsinki as a Civic College (Kansalaiskorkeakoulu), and from 1930 onwards it was known as a School of Social Sciences (Yhteiskunnallinen korkeakoulu). In 1960, the institution relocated to Tampere, and in 1966 it was officially named University of Tampere.
The University of Tampere mainly focuses on the natural sciences as well as development of technology; main focuses include signal processing, nanophotonics and intelligent machines.[2]
The university is currently divided into nine schools:
- Institute of Biomedical Technology
- School of Communication, Media and Theatre
- School of Education
- School of Health Sciences
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Information sciences
- School of Language, Translation Studies and Literary Studies
- School of Medicine
- School of Management
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