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Introduction to University of Tampere, Finland
Tampere University is ranked #400 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
University of Tampere (Finnish: Tampereen yliopisto; English: University of Tampere), a well-known university in Finland, a member of the Global Alliance of Universities and Advanced Research Institutes, and the Alliance of Guangzhou International Friendship Cities Universities. It is located in Tampere, a city in southwestern Finland, with narrow streets and clear divisions. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the population was less than 500 people. In the center of Tampere, there are some old buildings, ancient ruins, churches and so on.
The predecessor of the University of Tampere was the Teachers College established in Helsinki in 1925. The purpose of the Teachers College is to improve the overall educational level of the country and equip students with the professional skills needed for nation-building in Finland’s immediate post-independence period. In 1930, the Faculty became a prestigious Faculty of Social Sciences. In 1960, the college moved to Tampere. In 1966 the college was upgraded to a university. The overall advantage of the university is still in the research methods for social sciences, and it is the leader in this research field in Finland.
School Profile
English name: University of Tampere
Year of establishment: 1925
State/Province: Western Finland
City: Tampere
Number of students: 15400
Is it certified by the Ministry of Education of China: Accredited
School resources
The University of Tampere has campuses in different places in the city center, with complete facilities and convenient transportation. The university also has campuses in other towns. Hämeenlinna, about 70 kilometers away from Tampere, is the school’s Ministry of Education, and there is a branch campus in Pori. There are also some research centers of the school about 200 kilometers away from Tampere.
Subject setting
The University of Tampere currently has 13,000 full-time undergraduate students, and there are 6,000 registered full-time students in the five colleges under the university. These five colleges are: School of Economics and Management, School of Education, School of Humanities, School of Medicine and Social Sciences Academy of Sciences. The school also has a language center. In addition, there are some disciplines in the university that only have a bachelor’s degree. The university also manages 11 graduate schools.
The University of Tampere has six colleges under its jurisdiction, and each college has different departments. The six colleges are: School of Economics and Administration, School of Education, School of Humanities, School of Information Science, School of Medicine and School of Social Sciences. The University of Tampere provides higher education at the undergraduate, master and doctoral levels. Its main language of instruction is Finnish, but in order to attract international students, the school also offers a series of English-taught majors.
The undergraduate majors offered by the University of Tampere include social sciences, philosophy, history, health sciences, economics, management science, international politics, psychology, sociology, Nordic languages, general literature, business studies, tax law, accounting, marketing Marketing, etc., postgraduate majors include health sciences, safety management, European and Russian studies, software development, bioinformatics, welfare services, youth studies, etc.
School Ranking
2013QS World University Ranking 376th.
In 2013, the QS World University Department of Arts and Humanities ranked 246th.
In 2013, QS World University ranked 308th in the Department of Life Science and Medicine.
In 2013, the QS World University Social Sciences and Management Department ranked 170th.
In 2019, the USNEWS World University Rankings ranked 457th.
Ranked 409th in the 2021QS World University Rankings.
