Faculty

Faculty of Management and Business

Tampere University

+358 (0) 294 52 11 (telephone switchboard)

City Centre Campus, Pinni A Building (Kanslerinrinne 1), Hervanta Campus Festia Building (Korkeakoulunkatu 8)

In the Faculty of Management and Business, we teach and carry out high-quality, international research in the areas of administrative sciences, business sciences, politics, information and knowledge management, and industrial engineering and management. With 3,500 students and more than 300 staff members, our Faculty is a large academic community. The unique combination of disciplines is our strength, giving us the chance to offer new perspectives to the questions in the field. In the Faculty of Management and Business, our goal is to provide multidisciplinary and internationally high-level research and education.

The Faculty consists of five Units, which are

Administrative Studies
Business Studies
Industrial Engineering and Management
Information and Knowledge Management
Politics

In our Faculty, we aim to grasp management and business in ways that cross the traditional disciplinary boundaries. We educate future leaders and experts who fundamentally understand the dynamics of the changing world. In the Faculty of Management and Business, we teach students to see societal changes as a whole that consists of government, business, politics and technology.

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In the Faculty of Management and Business, we conduct high-quality, multidisciplinary, and international research in the fields of administrative sciences, business, politics, information and knowledge management, and industrial engineering and management.

The research vision of the faculty is to be an attractive, joyful, and inspirational research environment where staff have time to carry out research, the opportunity to collaborate and commitment to improving the quality and impact of research. We are a reliable and trustworthy partner for research and development projects in both Finland and abroad.

Research in our units

Administrative Sciences

In administrative sciences, we research in various disciplines, including regional studies, public law, public finance, and municipal and environmental policy. Our main research themes are the interface of public and private sectors, services and innovations, city and regional development, equity and welfare, sustainable development, political agency and inclusion, democracy and power as well as security and risk management.

Business Studies

We conduct research in business and economics and explore current phenomena relating to business and society. Our areas of priority in research are strategic leadership and decision-making, innovative forms of organising, behavioural, labour and public economics, taxation (e.g. personal, corporate, international and European taxation), customer-oriented marketing, transformation of trade, risk management, insurance business and economics, social insurance, stakeholder relations and collaboration, sustainable and responsible business, board activities, financial audits and corporate governance, the role of accounting in organisations and the broader society, management accounting and control as well as critical accounting research.

Politics

The research of the Politics Unit has an accent on problem-driven work that seeks to involve stakeholders. New theoretical openings, critical enquiries and wide-ranging, careful empirical analyses are all part of this agenda. Research subjects include themes such as societal structures and political thought, elections and political institutions, new modes of political participation, European integration and Finland’s neighborhood, international order, systemic risks and governance, energy and the environment, foreign policy and diplomacy as well as peace, conflict and security.

Information and Knowledge Management

At the heart of Information and Knowledge Management is knowledge-based value creation, combining different methods and perspectives from the disciplines of management, business and information technology. We research and develop tools and practices for managing and utilizing knowledge, both from an individual and organizational perspective and at a societal level. Our core research areas are knowledge based management, management of information systems and management of digital business.

Industrial Engineering and Management

The unifying theme of research at the IEM Unit is sustainable value creation in technology-driven organisations, through which research is linked to the following challenges in addressing global problems: increasing complexity, changes in the logic of value creation, the need for sustainable development and social change. The unit has five research groups whose research areas are profitability management, project-based business and industrial services management, technology strategy and business and management of innovations, production and supply chain management, and safety management and engineering.

Our research centres

Research Centre for Managing Circular Economy ManCE

Our research focuses on leading the circular economy transformation in business and industry, in public policy making and in society, including consumers.

ManCE research centre

Tampere University Centre for Governance and Evaluation (TAUGO)

We conduct multidisciplinary evaluation studies, applied research and research-based development activities for ministries, agencies, regions, welfare regions and cities.

TAUGO research centre

Tampere Centre for Security, Risk, and Resilience TASERR

We take a broad and open approach to the governance of issues on topics that can be labelled as security, risk, resilience, safety, deterrence, and surveillance.

Examples of our research projects

Our research is funded by several sources including the EU, the Academy of Finland, Business Finland, domestic and foreign foundations, companies and public sector organizations.

EU

Horizon Europe framework program

European Research Council (ERC):

Senior Research Fellow Mikko Joronen: Dwelling with Crises, 2023–2027 (ERC-2022-CoG)

Horizon 2020 framework program

ENGAGE - Envisioning a New Governance Architecture for a Global Europe

LEVEL-UP

LOWINFOOD - Multi-actor design of low-waste food value chains through the demonstration of innovative solutions to reduce food loss and waste

PRELUDE - Prescient building Operation utilizing Real Time data for Energy Dynamic Optimization

ReCreate - Reusing precast concrete for a circular economy

Erasmus+

EdDiCo - Empowering Educators

IN2FOOD - Resolving a Societal Challenge: Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Fostering Collaborative Innovation in Food Waste Management

MicroHE

VAM Realities - University Business Cooperation for Promoting Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Applications within Small and Medium-sized Manufacturing Companies

WeLearn - Intercultural Communication and Neighbourness Learning

VRinSight - Is Higher Education in Europe ready to embrace the potential of VR technology?

Academy of Finland

Research strategy

We develop research strategically at our faculty. We support the building of an inspiring research environment and research culture and strengthen research resources and competence. Our goal is the higher quality and impact of research, and we support applications for strategic and international research funding. We increase the effects of research in a more inclusive way and note the field-specific research contents and priorities of our Units.

Get to know our research strategy (pdf)

In the Faculty of Management and Business we teach Administrative Studies, Business Studies, Industrial Engineering and Management, Information and Knowledge Management and Politics. At our Faculty it is possible to take a Bachelor’s, Master’s, Licentiate and Doctoral Degree.

Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes

Our Bachelor’s and Master’s Programmes consist of a comprehensive Bachelor’s Degree. In their Master’s Degree studies, students choose one of the specialisation options introduced to them on the Bachelor’s degree level.

Degree Programme in Administrative Studies, Bachelor and Master of Administrative Sciences

Specialisation options:

Administrative science
Environmental policy and regional studies
Local and regional governance
Public financial management
Public law

Degree Programme in Business Studies, Bachelor and Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)

Specialisation options:

Accounting
Business law and tax law
Economics
Insurance and risk management
Management and organisations
Marketing

Degree Programme in Politics, Bachelor and Master of Social Sciences

Specialisation options:

International relations
Political science

Master's Programme in Information and Knowledge Management, Bachelor and Master of Science (Technology)

Specialisation options:

Information Systems Management
Knowledge Management
Transport and Logistics Management

Master's Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management, Bachelor and Master of Science (Technology)

Specialisation options:

Industrial Economics and Business Management
International Sales and Sourcing
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Strategic Technology and Project Management

Master's Degree Programmes in English

Business and Technology, MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management

Leadership for Change (LFC) - European and Global Politics

Leadership for Change (LFC) - Governance for Sustainable Change

Leadership for Change (LFC) - Sustainable Business Management

Master's Degree Programme in Research and Innovation in Higher Education

Security and Safety Management (SAFER) - Safety Management and Engineering

Security and Safety Management (SAFER) - Security Governance

Doctoral Programmes

Doctoral Programme in Administrative Sciences, Business Studies and Politics

Doctoral Programme in Business and Technology Management

Open University

The courses at Open University are open for everybody, without entrance exams! The course offering consists of separate courses as well as course entities of the degrees.

Read more about our course offerings on Open University’s website. The courses of the Faculty of Management and Business are available under the fields of Management, Administration and Economics and both Society and Technology.

Contact information of Study Services

The general addresses for study matters are

mab.opiskelu.tau [at] tuni.fi (for M.Sc and B.Sc students)
mab.doc.tau [at] tuni.fi (for doctoral students)

See the other contact information for study matters, guidance, and counselling services in the Faculty

Cooperation

In the Faculty of Management and Business, we have wide networks both within the university and wider society. Our researchers’ contribution can be seen in both legislative and business processes. We engage in active communication with other societal actors, such as businesses, public administration and NGOs. Some of our research groups offer consultation and education to various organisations. Our researchers also actively participate in public discussions in the media.

Our international network is also broad and we work in close co-operation with our international colleagues. In addition, some of our master’s degree programmes are executed in collaboration with universities abroad.

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