University of Tampere
| Tampereen yliopisto | |
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| Latin: Universitas Tamperensis | |
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1925 |
| Rector | Liisa Laakso |
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Administrative staff
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2,000 (2014) |
| Students | 22,322 (2014) |
| Location | Tampere, Finland |
| Website | www.uta.fi |
The University of Tampere (UTA) (Finnish: Tampereen yliopisto) is a university in Tampere, Finland. It has 15,400 degree students and 2,100 employees. It was 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 re-named University of Tampere.
The University of Tampere began in 1925 in Helsinki as an institution generally referred to as a Civic College. The guiding notion was that enlightenment was conducive to peaceful societal development. It was felt that large sectors of the population and especially young people in the rural areas were in need of enhanced popular education.
In the early years of its operations interest in the Civic College focussed increasingly on catering for the educational needs of the municipal administration and press. The major success areas, a qualification in social care and a qualification in librarianship, came into being in the 1940s.
In 1960 the institution moved to Tampere and within years the student intake increased fivefold and the former specialised college expanded into a multi-faculty university. The name was changed to the University of Tampere in 1966.
The university is divided into nine schools:
The university collaborates with the City of Tampere, Tampere Region and other higher education institutes in the area, likewise with companies and public sector organisations.
Together with the Danube University Krems, the Beijing Normal University and the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück, the University of Tampere offers a Erasmus+ Joint master's degree (Master in Research and Innovation in Higher Education).
The collections of the Tampere University Library comprise approximately 380 000 volumes of electronic resources (see Electronic Resources 2013) and approximately 500 000 volumes of print resources (in 2011). The materials are free to use for all at the premises of the library.
The Main Library acquires information resources mainly on the fields of information sciences, management sciences, social sciences, arts, music research and speech education. The Main Library is also in charge of acquiring all textbooks excluding health sciences. In addition to the textbooks there is also the school book collection of class teacher education in the Main Library.
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