Hervanta campus - a hub of science, technology and collaboration

Content owner

Tampere University

Phone number

University’s switchboard, +358 294 5211

Address

Korkeakoulunkatu 7 , 33720 Tampere

The international and vibrant Hervanta campus is a community of 8,000 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students. It is a workplace for 2,000 professionals from different fields and also a homebase to more than 100 companies. Hervanta campus and the surrounding area constitute a major technology hub. It enables co-operation between academics, students and companies in development and research of technology and it's applications. Our common commitment is to develop technology for the benefit of business, society and humankind. Teekkari culture thrives at the heart of our campus.

Hervanta campus brings together people from 60 countries and practically of all ages, as the Touhula nursery school, Etelä-Hervanta Comprehensive School and Yrityskylä learning environment are also located on our campus.

A broad range of services and multipurpose facilities are available in our campus to encourage and support productive collaborations. The campus facilities can be adapted for for short- or long-term working. They also serve event organizers.

Festia building

Address:

Korkeakoulunkatu 8
P.O. Box 541, 33014 Tampere University

festia.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. +358 (0) 294 524 011

Kampusareena

Address:

Korkeakoulunkatu 7
P.O. Box 1001, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon - Fri 7.30 am - 4 pm
kampusareena.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. 0294 524 020

Konetalo building

Address

Korkeakoulunkatu 6
P.O. Box 589, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon - Fri 8 am - 4 pm
konetalo.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. 0294 524 012

Main building (Päärakennus)

Address

Korkeakoulunkatu 10
P.O. Box 527, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon - Fri 8 am - 4 pm
paarakennus.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. 0294 524 010

Rakennustalo building

Address

Korkeakoulunkatu 5
P.O. Box 600, 33014 Tampere University

Sähkötalo building

Address

Korkeakoulunkatu 3
P.O. Box 692, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon - Fri 9 am - 3 pm
sahkotalo.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. 0294 524 015

Tietotalo building

Address

Korkeakoulunkatu 1
P.O. Box 553, 33014 Tampere University

Info desk

Mon - Fri 8 am - 4 pm
tietotalo.info [at] tuni.fi
tel. 0294 524 014

Sportshall Tamppi Areena

Address

Korkeakoulunkatu 12, 33720 Tampere

Customer service Mon - Fri at 9 am - 3 pm

Sport Coordinator Sini Karsa
sini.karsa [at] tuni.fi
tel. +358 50 470 2737 (also WhatsApp) at office hours

Hall supervisors
sportuni.hervanta [at] tuni.fi
tel. +358 50 447 8508 (also WhatsApp) at evenings and weekends

Campus at your service

The Hervanta 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. For those looking for a short term working or long term office space, the Hervanta campus also offers a variety of options. Come by a visit or stay with us longer!

Kampuksen ravintolan terassilla nautitaan kesästä ja antimista.

Restaurant Reaktori, Fazer Food & Co

Address

Kampusareena, Korkeakoulunkatu 7, 2nd floor

reaktori [at] foodandco.fi ( )
tel. +358 40 661 0199

Reaktori caters events and meetings in the Kampusareena, Main Building and Rakennustalo Building at Hervanta campus.

Restaurant Reaktori, Fazer Food & Co

Restaurant Hertsi and Cafe Bitti, Sodexo Oy

Address

Tietotalo Building
Korkeakoulunkatu 1

tty_tietotalo.FMS.FI [at] sodexo.com
tel. +358 50 3581 648

Hertsi caters events and meetings in the Tietotalo and Sähkötalo buildings at Hervanta Campus.

Hertsi ja Bitti

Restaurant Newton and Cafe Konehuone, Juvenes

Address

Konetalo Building
Korkeakoulunkatu 6

newton [at] juvenes.fi
tel +358 207 600 308

Newton caters events and meetings in the Konetalo and Festia buildings at Hervanta Campus.

Konehuone and Newton

Hervanta campus offers a broad range of venues that accommodate a variety of events and meetings. You can book, for example, a traditional lecture hall, spaces that are designed especially to foster creativity, or facilities for hosting festive events.

Enquiries and reservations: Sari Vienola, puh. 040 198 1212, tilavaraus.tau [at] tuni.fi

Organise an event on our campus

Library and IT Helpdesk

Kampusareena houses a science library, which is open for all. You can borrow printed materials, read e-resources on computers meant for visitors and study at our open premises. From IT helpdesk, located at Kampusareena, 2nd floor, you'll get assistance for any ICT troubles.

Use our library

Contact IT services

Opiskelijoita istuskelee avaran ja valoisan Hervannan kampuksen kirjaston pyöreillä raheilla lukemassa.

How to reach Tampere and Hervanta 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.

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 Hervanta campus

Reach buildings at Hervanta campus

Parking in the car parks costs €1/hour on weekdays from 8.00 to 18.00. Parking outside these hours is free. Parking in the parking garage costs €1/hour at all times. There are two parking meters located in the car parks that are available for visitors. The meters accept coins and credit and debit cards. In the parking garage, the only payment options are the eParking, EasyPark, Parkman and OP Drive applications.

The other car parks are reserved for staff and students and require a permit. Traffic wardens monitor the car parks. Please agree on service traffic or other exceptional parking arrangements in advance.

For the buses

Short-term parking spaces are available for buses on the east side of the Main Building (access via Hervannantie).

Contact

IGL Technologies Oy
info [at] igl.fi
tel. +358 40 653 8556

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 IT Helpdesk.

Contact IT services

Hervanta campus today

Our campus and the surrounding area constitute a major technology hub. We maintain close ties with our neighbours, which include the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Hermia and a broad range of companies. Some of these companies were born from research conducted at Tampere University of Technology, which operated between 1965 and 2018. Our strong community spirit is reflected in everything we do.

Hervanta is a hub of high-tech expertise in Tampere, as one-fifth of all the local MSc graduates with a degree in technology live in the area.

The Hervanta campus offers a wide range of services that are open to all, such as a parcel pick-up point, cafes and restaurants. The campus is smoke-free.

History of Hervanta campus

The idea of establishing a university of technology in Tampere was brought up as early as the mid-19th century. Tampere had become a notable industrial city, and the city had a need for a technical university. President Urho Kekkonen signed the decree concerning the subsidiary operations of Helsinki University of Technology in Tampere on 13 August 1965. The university started operations a few weeks later as a subsidiary of the Helsinki University of Technology. In 1972 legislation was changed so that the Tampere subsidiary could become independent from the Helsinki University of Technology.

Before the 1970s, Hervanta was mostly covered by forests and fields. Based on an initiative by the mayor at the time, construction work on a new city district close to Tampere was started. During the early years of the subsidiary, teaching took place in Tampere city centre, but as the operations started to grow, the premises became too small, and teaching was transferred to Hervanta. The first building was completed in 1973 (Konetalo).

Hervanta campus - a hub of science, technology and collaboration