Tampere Institute of Technology

Tampere University of Technology

Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto
Former names	Tampereen teknillinen korkeakoulu, also translated as Tampere University of Technology
Motto	Technology for the Benefit of People and the Environment
Type	Public Foundation
Established	1965
Budget	Approx. €147 million (2013)
Rector	Mika Hannula
Administrative staff	1,463 (2013)
Students	9,904 (2013)
Undergraduates	8,449 (2013)
Doctoral students	1,455 (2013)
Location	Tampere, Finland 61°26′58″N 023°51′36″E / 61.44944°N 23.86000°E / 61.44944; 23.86000Coordinates: 61°26′58″N 023°51′36″E / 61.44944°N 23.86000°E / 61.44944; 23.86000
Campus	Urban
Colours	Green, Blue and Grey
Affiliations	ECIU, EUA, SEFI, MCA
Website	www.tut.fi

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 the 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 (such as 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 147 million euros. TUT is one of the only two Finnish universities which operate as foundation. Close to 50% of its budget is external funding. According to Times Higher Education, TUT ranks 11th in the world, and 4th in Europe, for industry collaboration.

From the late 19th century, Tampere had been the most important industrial center in Finland. The Technical Institute of Tampere had provided engineers for its industries since 1911, but all higher technological education in Finland took place in Helsinki University of Technology. In the 1950s, 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 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.

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 the university.