conducts scientific research and provides academic
education in technology and architecture at Bachelor’s,
Master’s and Doctoral levels. The University
works in close collaboration with business life and
other areas of society, striving to produce the highest
standard of service throughout.
TUT has grown rapidly since its foundation in
1965 as an affiliate of the Helsinki University of
Technology. It gained full independence in 1972
and are now the second largest University of Technology
in Finland with a lively campus of 12 000
engineering and architecture students.
The leading research fields are signal processingbased
technologies, nanophotonics, biotechnology,
intelligent mobile machines and hydraulic systems.
TUT plays a pivotal role as an advocate of business
life, internationalisation, and well-being and
prosperity both in the Tampere region and western
Finland as a whole. The University is the fifth largest
employer in Tampere.
TUT founds its scientific work on strong basic
research and multidisciplinary applied research
for the needs of business. We offer companies
diverse research and product development services
that flexibly combine expertise in various fields of
technology and economics. It has more than a
thousand research projects in progress each year, all
involving wide company representation.
At present TUT co-operates with 250 universities,
190 of which are in EU countries. In 2007, we had
about 400 exchange undergraduates and 270 international
Master’s degree students. TUT has been
ranked one of Finland’s most international universities
and it holds a leading position in terms of the
number of visiting researchers.
Degree programmes taught in English
Master’s Degree Programme in Biomedical Engineering
Master’s Degree Programme in Science and Bioengineering
Facts and figures 2008
Founded: 1965 as an affiliate of Helsinki University of
Technology; autonomous university since 1972
Units in Tampere and Pori
Total number of students: 11 571
International students: 907
• Degree students: 299
• Exchange students: 437
• Postgraduate students: 171
Number of graduates:
• Master’s degrees: 882
• Licentiate’s degrees: 9
• Doctoral degrees: 64
Website: www.tut.fi/en and www.tut.fi/masters
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