Tampere University of Applied Sciences

Tampere University of Applied Sciences (Finnish: Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu, TAMK) is a university of applied sciences (a polytechnic) in the region of Pirkanmaa, Finland. Together with Tampere University, TAMK constitutes the Tampere higher education community.

Tampere University of Applied Sciences
Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu

Type	University of applied sciences (polytechnic)
Established	1996
Rector	Markku Lahtinen
Students	9,300 [1]
Location	Tampere, Ikaalinen, Mänttä-Vilppula and Virrat , Pirkanmaa , Finland
Owner	Tampere University Foundation (87%)[2]
Website	www.tuni.fi/en

TAMK's main campus

It was founded in 1996, and the Pirkanmaa University of Applied Sciences merged with TAMK in 2010. Its campuses are located in Tampere, Ikaalinen, Mänttä-Vilppula and Virrat.

TAMK's main campus is located in the city of Tampere, three kilometres away from the city centre. There are three other smaller campuses in Tampere: Mediapolis, Music Academy, and Proakatemia.

TAMK has almost 10.000 students divided among over 40 degree programmes, of which 7 are conducted in English.[3]

Schools

TAMK comprises 5 schools

School of Art, Music and Media
School of Business and Services
School of Construction and Environmental Engineering
School of Health Care and Social Services
School of Industrial Engineering

The School of Professional Teacher Education is not listed anymore in the organization chart possibly because of the Tampere University merger. Chart found here [4]

Academic collaboration

TAMK has collaborations with more than 300 Universities in 50 Countries. TAMK takes part in several mobility programmes, including Erasmus +, Nordplus, North-South-South, First, the China Programme for Educational Cooperation, and Science Without Borders.

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh

References

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https://www.tuni.fi/en/about-us/tamk/organisation. Missing or empty |title= (help)
"TAMK's educational provision | Tampere universities". www.tuni.fi. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
"Organizational Chart". Retrieved 2019-12-20.

External links

Official website

Universities of applied sciences in Finland
Åland Arcada Centria Diaconia Haaga–Helia HAMK HUMAK JAMK Kajaani Lahti Lapland Laurea Metropolia Karelia Novia Oulu Police University College Saimaa Satakunta Savonia Seinäjoki Tampere Turku Vaasa Xamk

CDIO Initiative

Africa

South Africa	University of Johannesburg University of Pretoria

Asia-Pacific

Australia	Chisholm Institute Curtin University Queensland University of Technology RMIT University University of Sydney University of the Sunshine Coast
China	Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology Beijing Jiaotong University Chengdu University of Information Technology Shantou University Suzhou Industrial Park Institute of Vocational Technology Tsinghua University University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Yanshan University
Elsewhere	Ungku Omar Polytechnic (Malaysia) Ibrahim Sultan Polytechnic (Malaysia) Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia) Taylor's University (Malaysia) University of Auckland (New Zealand) Singapore Polytechnic Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City

Europe

Finland	Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences Lahti University of Applied Sciences Lapland University of Applied Sciences Novia University of Applied Sciences Savonia University of Applied Sciences Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences Tampere University of Applied Sciences Turku University of Applied Sciences University of Turku
Russia	Astrakhan State University Bauman Moscow State Technical University Cherepovets State University Don State Technical University Kazan Federal University Moscow Aviation Institute Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology National Research Nuclear University MEPhI North-Eastern Federal University Orel State University Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation Siberian Federal University Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Tomsk Polytechnic University Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics Ural Federal University
Sweden	Blekinge Institute of Technology Chalmers University of Technology Jönköping School of Engineering Kristianstad University Linköping University Linnaeus University Luleå University of Technology Royal Institute of Technology Umeå Institute of Technology University of Skövde University College West
UK	Aston University Lancaster University Queen's University Belfast South Eastern Regional College Ulster University University of Bristol University of Chichester University of Leeds University of Liverpool University of Strathclyde
Elsewhere	Hogeschool Gent (Belgium) Engineering College of Aarhus (Denmark) Technical University of Denmark Telecom Bretagne (France) Hochschule Wismar (Germany) Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (Portugal) Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain)

North America

Canada	Polytechnique Montréal Queen's University at Kingston Sheridan College University of Calgary University of Manitoba
United States	Arizona State University California State University, Northridge Duke University Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Naval Postgraduate School Pennsylvania State University Stanford University United States Naval Academy University of Arkansas University of Colorado University of Michigan University of Notre Dame

Central and
South America

Chile	Catholic University of the Most Holy Conception University of Chile University of Los Lagos University of Santiago, Chile
Colombia	ICESI University National University of Colombia Pontifical Xavierian University University of Antioquia University of Santo Tomas University of Quindío

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