University of Tampere
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Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. It has 15,400 degree students and 2,100 employees. It was originally founded in 1925 in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
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
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
; main focuses include signal processing, nanophotonics and intelligent machines.
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
External links
- University of Tampere – Official website
- Atalpa Building – Official website