University of Tampere

University of Tampere is a university in Tampere, Finland. It has some 14,800 degree students and 2,100 employees. It was originally founded in 1925 in Helsinki as Civic College, and from 1930 on it was known as School of Social Sciences. In 1960 the institution relocated to Tampere, and in 1966 it was officially named University of Tampere.

The university is currently divided into six faculties:

• Faculty of Economics and Administration
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Information Sciences
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Social Sciences

See also: List of universities in Finland

External links

University of Tampere - Official site