City centre campus - on the pulse of Tampere

Content owner

Tampere University

Phone number

University’s switchboard, +358 294 5211

Address

Kalevantie 4, 33100 Tampere

More information

City centre campus is one of the three campuses of Tampere University located in the city of Tampere, Finland. The campus is a hub of leadership studies, education, natural sciences, medicine and life sciences and communication and social sciences.

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 of leadership studies, education, natural sciences, medicine and life sciences, communication and social sciences.

Main building, Päätalo

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

Info desk
Mon - Fri 8 am - 4 pm
paatalo.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. +358 294 524 001

Atalpa

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

Info desk
Mon - Fri 8 am - 4 pm

atalpa.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. +358 294 524 004

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 8 am - 4 pm
pinnia.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. +358 294 524 002

Pinni B

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

Info desk
Mon - Fri 8 am - 4 pm
pinnib.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. +358 294 524 003

Linna

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

Info desk
Mon - Fri 8 am - 4 pm
linna.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. +358 294 524 005

Virta

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

Info desk
Mon-Fri 8 am - 4 pm
virta.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. +358 294 524 007

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.

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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, Restaurant Minerva, Pinni B building

Street address: Kanslerinrinne 1
minerva [at] foodandco.fi
+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

Both domestic and international travel connections to Tampere are excellent. Tampere’s public transportation takes you where ever you want go within the city. There is some ten minutes' walk from the Tampere main railway station to our campus.

Arrive by air, by land and even by water!

By train - search timetables and buy train tickets

By bus

By local bus - transport Nysse journey planner

Map of City centre campus

Reach buildings at City centre campus

Campus accessibility

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

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 Hervanta 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.
Hervanta campus: TUT network. Please, request password from your visit's host or info desks.

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.

City centre campus - on the pulse of Tampere