Tampere University - Year of Celebrations 2025

1925 
The Civic College (Finnish: Kansalaiskorkeakoulu) is established in Helsinki. The first 72 students pursue degrees in journalism, public administration and co-operative business management. 

1930 
The Civic College is renamed the School of Social Sciences (Finnish: Yhteiskunnallinen korkeakoulu, YKK). The range of degree programmes expands.

1949
The first faculty, the Faculty of Social Sciences, is established. 

1955 
The School of Social Sciences confers its first doctoral degree. 

1956 
The School of Social Sciences holds its first conferment ceremony in honour of graduates with a master’s degree. 

1960 
The School of Social Sciences relocates to Tampere. The Main Building, designed by Toivo Korhonen, is completed along Kalevantie street. 

1964 
The Faculty of Humanities is established within the School of Social Sciences. 

1965 
Tampere University of Technology is established as a subsidiary of Helsinki University of Technology. The first 132 students study mechanical engineering, civil engineering or electrical engineering. 

The Faculty of Economics and Administration is established within the School of Social Sciences. 

The School of Social Sciences holds its first conferment ceremony in Tampere in honour of graduates who have completed a master’s degree or a doctoral degree. 

1966 
The School of Social Sciences is renamed the University of Tampere.

Technology students celebrate May Day (Finnish: Wappu) for the first time in Tampere, with first-year students being dipped in the Tammerkoski rapids to mark the occasion.   

1969 
Tampere University of Technology initiates the first-ever degree programme in architecture in Tampere.

1970

As the first Finnish university, the University of Tampere establishes a continuing education centre to train people who are already working. The studies were first offered in the 1960s.

1972 
Tampere University of Technology gains independence from Helsinki University of Technology. 

The Faculty of Medicine is established within the University of Tampere. 

1973 
The Konetalo building is completed as the first structure on the new Hervanta campus of Tampere University of Technology. The first employees and students relocate to Hervanta from the original facilities in Tampere city centre. 

1974
Having previously operated as a private university, the University of Tampere becomes a public university. 

1975 
There are 62 professors working at the University of Tampere. Total student enrolment exceeds the 10,000 mark.

Tampere University of Technology confers its first doctoral degree. 

1981 
The University of Tampere initiates the provision of continuing education and Open University education in Seinäjoki.  

1982 
Tampere University of Technology holds its first doctoral conferment ceremony on the Hervanta campus. A celebratory text written by author Väinö Linna is read at the ceremony by actor and reciter Veikko Sinisalo.

Tampere University of Technology establishes a continuing education centre. The studies have been organised since 1972.

1983
Tampere University of Technology initiates research and education activities in Pori.

1994
Tampere Peace Research Institute TAPRI, which had operated for approximately 30 years, was integrated into the University of Tampere. 

2001 
Total student enrolment at Tampere University of Technology exceeds the 10,000 mark.

2003 
The Finnish-language name of Tampere University of Technology is changed from “Tampereen teknillinen korkeakoulu (TTKK)” to “Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto (TTY)””. 

2010
Tampere University of Technology becomes a foundation-based university.

2019 
The roots and traditions of the predecessor institutions pave the way for the creation of the multidisciplinary Tampere University we know today through the merger of the University of Tampere and Tampere University of Technology. The new foundation-based Tampere University becomes the majority shareholder of Tampere University of Applied Sciences.