Pyörätie kulkee vehreän Tampereen yliopiston keskustakampuksen läpi.

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City centre campus - on the pulse of Tampere

Tampere University

University’s switchboard, +358 294 5211

Kalevantie 4, 33100 Tampere

City centre campus is one of the three campuses of Tampere University located in the city of Tampere, Finland. The city centre campus is a hub for our research and teaching in the fields of management, education, natural sciences, communications and social sciences.

Keskustakampuksen päätalon aulassa avautuu leveä ja valoisa portaikko.

The city centre campus of Tampere University is a community of 15,000 bachelor's and master's and doctoral students. It is a workplace of 2,000 employees from different fields. The city centre campus is a hub for our research and teaching in the fields of management, education, natural sciences, communications and social sciences.

Related services

Arvo-rakennuksen aula on avara ja valoisa.

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Tampere University

Kauppi campus - the home base for medicine and life sciences

Hervannan kampuksella on paljon opiskelijoita nauttimassa kesäpäivästä korkean rakennuksen edessä nurmikolla.

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Tampere University

Hervanta campus - a hub of science, technology and collaboration

Service profile

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Tampere University

Seinäjoki unit, Tampere University

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Tampere University

Pori unit, Tampere University

Nainen haastattelee miestä mikrofonin kanssa tapahtumassa.

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Tampere Universities

Bring your event to our campus

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Faculty

Tampere University

Faculty of Social Sciences

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Faculty

Tampere University

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

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Tampere University

Tampere University Teacher Training School

Reach buildings at City centre campus

Main building, Päätalo

Address:
Kalevantie 4
P.O. Box 607, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon–Fri from 8 am–4 pm
paatalo.info [at] tuni.ficlass="spamspan link--external"
tel. +358 294 524 001
Summertime 30.5-12.8.2022 on weekdays the property's caretaker is available 7 am - 5 pm from the number of the info desk.

Atalpa

Address:
Ratapihankatu 55
P.O. Box 800, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon–Fri from 8 am–3.45 pm
atalpa.info [at] tuni.ficlass="spamspan link--external"
tel. +358 294 524 004
Notice! Info desk is closed 24.6.-31.7.2022

SportUni - sports facilities
High school of Tampere University teacher training school

Pinni A

Address:
Kanslerinrinne 1
P.O. Box 200, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon–Fri from 8 am–4 pm
pinnia.info [at] tuni.ficlass="spamspan link--external"
tel. +358 294 524 002
Notice! Info desk is closed 24.6.-31.7.2022

Pinni B

Address:
Kanslerinrinne 1
P.O. Box 300, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon–Fri from 8 am–4 pm
pinnib.info [at] tuni.ficlass="spamspan link--external"
tel. +358 294 524 003

Linna

Address:
Kalevantie 5
P.O. Box 400, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon–Fri from 8 am–4 pm
linna.info [at] tuni.ficlass="spamspan link--external"
tel. +358 294 524 005

Virta

Address:
Åkerlundinkatu 5
P.O. Box 700, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon–Fri from 8 am–4 pm
virta.info [at] tuni.ficlass="spamspan link--external"
tel. +358 294 524 007
Notice! Info desk is closed 24.6.-31.7.2022

Alakuppilassa voi nauttia ruuasta ja seurasta, kuten nämä Trivial Pursuitia pelaavat opiskelijat..

Campus at your service

The City centre campus offers a wide range of services that are open to everyone: Posti parcel lockers, cafes and lunch restaurants. You can also rent our meeting rooms or other facilities suitable for your event, such as lobby halls and lecture halls.

Restaurants, cafeterias and catering services

Juvenes, University restaurant, Päätalo building

Street address: Kalevantie 4
yoravintola [at] juvenes.fi
+358 20 760 0370

University restaurant web page

Juvenes, Café & Aula Toivo, Päätalo building

Street address: Kalevantie 4
yoravintola [at] juvenes.fi
+358 207 600 390

Toivo web page

Juvenes, Café Alakuppila, Päätalo building

Street address: Kalevantie 4
yoravintola [at] juvenes.fi
+358 207 600 371

Alakuppila web page

Fazer Food & Co, Restaurant Minerva, Pinni B building

Street address: Kanslerinrinne 1
minerva [at] foodandco.ficlass="animated-url-link"
+358 50 318 5914

Minerva web page

Sodexo Oy, Restaurant Linna, Linna building

Street address: Kalevantie 5
linna.FMS.FI [at] sodexo.com
+358 50 318 5913

Restaurant Linna web page

Event planning and room booking

The City centre campus offers a broad range of venues that accommodate a variety of events and meetings. You can book, for example, a traditional lecture hall or facilities for hosting festive events.

Inquiries and reservations

Library and IT Helpdesk

The Library is located in Linna building on the City centre campus. In Linna library there are materials on social sciences, economics, humanities, education and communications. From IT helpdesk located at Main building E246 you'll get assistance for any ICT troubles.

Use our library

Contact IT services

How to reach Tampere and city centre campus

Transportation - VisitTampere

Search train timetables and buy train tickets

Matkahuolto bus transport

Nysse - Tampere regional transport

Map of city centre campus

Reach buildings at city centre campus

Campus accessibility

Parking at City centre campus

Those planning to use their own cars should note that parking facilities on the main campus are very limited.
There are a plenty of parking areas for bicycles on the main campus.

Parking in the City of Tampere

Wireless networks for visitors

Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences offer guests wireless internet access across their campuses. As these networks are not available to all, users need to log in either with their home institution’s username and password, if their home institution has joined the roaming service, or through a temporary guest account. At City centre campus you can use these wireless networks:

Eduroam: international roaming service. Log in with your home institution’s username and password.
Roam.fi: Finnish wireless access service. Log in with your home institution’s username and password.
TUNI-GUEST: The guest network is unencrypted. By opening the activation link you have access to the TUNI-GUEST visitor network for 12 hours.

Contact IT services

History of City centre campus

The institution was founded in 1925 as the Civic College, teaching public administration, organisation management and journalism.

From 1930 onwards it was known as the School of Social Sciences. The institution's vocationally oriented bachelor's degrees were expanded into municipal administration, public law, child protection, and civic education as well as a master's degree in social sciences. The first faculty, the Faculty of Social Sciences, was established in 1949. The programmes offered by the school grew, such as degrees in social and youth work, librarianship and economics as well as a prison officer's diploma.

In 1960 the institution relocated to Tampere to its new Päätalo main building, designed by Toivo Korhonen. After the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration were established in 1964 and 1965, the institution was renamed as the University of Tampere in 1966.

The University of Tampere merged with Tampere University of Technology on 1 January 2019, creating the present Tampere University.