Aalto University School of Science and Technology
Helsinki University of Technology is not to be confused with University of Helsinki.
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| Aalto-yliopiston teknillinen korkeakoulu Aalto-universitetets tekniska högskola |
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 Logo of Aalto University School of Science and Technology |
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| Motto | Labor et scientia (Latin) |
| Motto in English | Work and science |
| Established | 1849 |
| Type | Aalto University school |
| Dean | Matti Pursula |
| Admin. staff | 3300 |
| Students | 15000 |
| Location |  Espoo, in Greater Helsinki, Finland |
| Campus | Otaniemi |
| Funding | €313 million annually [3] |
| Website | www.tkk.fi |
Aalto University School of Science and Technology (TKK) (Finnish: Aalto-yliopiston teknillinen korkeakoulu; Swedish: Aalto-universitets tekniska högskola), formerly Helsinki University of Technology, is one of the three constituent schools of Aalto University. The school campus is located in Otaniemi, Espoo in the metropolitan area of Greater Helsinki. Founded in 1849 by Grand Duke Nicholas I, TKK received university status in 1908 and was incorporated into the Aalto University along with the Aalto University School of Economics and Aalto University School of Art and Design in 2010. In 1966, the then Helsinki University of Technology moved from downtown Helsinki to its current Otaniemi campus, designed by the renowned architect Alvar Aalto. The school has 246 professors and approximately 15,000 students in four faculties, studying in 19 degree programmes leading to master's degrees.
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[edit] History
In 1849, TKK was established in Helsinki by the decree of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I, Grand Duke of Finland as a "manufacture and handicraft school", with the name Helsingin teknillinen reaalikoulu, along with two other similar schools, situated in Vaasa and Turku. In 1872, the school's name was changed to Polyteknillinen koulu ("Polytechnical School") and in 1878, to Polyteknillinen opisto ("Polytechnical Institute"), while the two other manufacture and handiwork schools were demoted to institutions of lower level. As the proportion of matriculation diploma holders in the student intake gradually increased, the school gained more social respectability. In 1908, TKK was given university status along with its present name, thus becoming the second university to be founded in Finland. In 1955, building of the new campus area started with the housing village. In 1966, TKK moved from Helsinki to the new campus in Otaniemi, Espoo.
In the past, the university was also known by the abbreviations HUT and TH, from its English language and Swedish language names, but in 2005 a decision was made to officially solely use the abbreviation TKK for branding reasons.
In 2010, the university became a constituent school of the new Aalto University along with the Helsinki School of Economics and University of Art and Design Helsinki.
[edit] Research and teaching
[edit] Studies
All engineering programmes offered by TKK lead to the degree of diplomi-insinööri (Master of Science in Technology, M.Sc. Tech. "engineer with university diploma"), a five-year taught Master's degree. The only exceptions to this are the architecture programmes that lead to the Master's degrees of architecture and landscape architecture. From 2005, according to the Bologna process, all students must also complete an intermediate degree (tekniikan kandidaatti, TkK) before the DI or architect's degree. This degree is considered a Bachelor's degree and enables enrollment in foreign universities where a Bachelor's degree is required. TKK does not offer programs terminating in a Bachelor's degree; a student may only be accepted to study for the Master's level degree. TKK requires a Bachelor's degree from foreign students studying in English, because only Master's studies are offered completely in English.
Apart from numerous programs in Finnish/Swedish, various international Master's programs are offered exclusively for studies in English [4].
The postgraduate degrees given are tekniikan lisensiaatti (Licentiate) and tekniikan tohtori (Doctor of Science in Technology, D.Sc. Tech.).
[edit] Faculties
The university is organized in four faculties, each having departments and separate laboratories, and separate units not operating under any faculty.
- Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Sciences [5]
- Faculty of Electronics, Communications and Automation [10]
- Department of Automation and Systems Technology [11]
- Department of Electronics [12]
- Department of Micro and Nanosciences [13]
- Department of Radio Science and Engineering [14]
- Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics [15]
- Department of Electrical Engineering [16]
- Department of Communications and Networking [17]
- Metsähovi Radio Observatory [18]
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture [19]
- Department of Architecture [20]
- Department of Energy Technology [21]
- Department of Engineering Design and Production [22]
- Department of Surveying [23]
- Department of Structural Engineering and Building Technology [24]
- Department of Applied Mechanics [25]
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering [26]
- TKK Lahti Center [27]
- Centre for Urban and Regional Studies YTK [28]
- Faculty of Information and Natural Sciences [29]
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science [30]
- Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis [31]
- Department of Media Technology [32]
- Department of Applied Physics [33]
- Department of Information and Computer Science [34]
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering [35]
- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management [36]
- BIT Research Centre [37]
- Language Centre [38]
Additionally, TKK participates in various joint units with other Finnish universities and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland:
- Helsinki Institute of Physics (with University of Helsinki) [42]
- Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (with University of Helsinki) [43]
- Micronova Center of Micro and Nanotechnology (with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland) [44]
[edit] Research
TKK participates in 12 Centres of Excellence (huippuyksikkö, see below), selected by the Academy of Finland to represent the top research in the country and receiving separate, fixed-period funding from the Academy.
Researchers at TKK have achieved notability in, among other things, low temperature physics (holding the current world record for the lowest temperature achieved), the development of devices and methods for magnetoencephalography, mobile communications, wood processing, and neural networks, with professor Teuvo Kohonen initiating research in self-organizing maps. Additionally, the first commercialised total synthesis, the synthesis of camphor, was invented by Gustaf Komppa, the first professor of chemistry at TKK [1] and the Nobel laureate (chemistry, 1945) Artturi Virtanen held a professorship in biochemistry at TKK. More recently, the university has notably invested in the research of nanotechnology, operating the largest cleanroom facility in Northern Europe[2] and one of the largest microscopy clusters in Europe[3].
The Nokia Research Center has operated a "lablet" on university premises since 2008, in order to establish joint research programs and daily interaction between Nokia and university researchers, who will share the same facilities.
[edit] Centres of Excellence
A Centre of Excellence (huippuyksikkö) is selected by the Academy of Finland to represent the top research in the country, and receives separate, fixed-period funding from the Academy. Currently, the following units are designated Centres of Excellence.[4]
- Smart and Novel Radios Research Unit, SMARAD (2002–2007, 2008–2013)
- Bio- and Nanopolymers Research Group (2002–2007)
- Adaptive Informatics Research Centre (2006–2011) [45]
- Computational Complex Systems Research [46] (2006–2011)
- Computational Nanoscience (2006–2011)
- Low Temperature Quantum Phenomena and Devices (2006–2011)
- Systems Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Research (2006–2011) [Systems Neuroscience and Neuroimagining web site ]
- Generic Intelligent Machines Research (2008–2013)
- Algorithmic Data Analysis Research (2008–2013, 2002–2007 as "From Data to Knowledge Research Unit"), with University of Helsinki
- Helsinki Brain Research Centre or HBRC (2002–07, with University of Helsinki and the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa)
- Applied Electronics Laboratory, as a part of Helsinki Brain Research Centre, HBRC (2002–2007)
- Inverse Problems (2006–2011, with University of Helsinki, Helsinki School of Economics, University of Oulu, and Lappeenranta University of Technology)
[edit] Campus
TKK is located in Otaniemi, Espoo. Several high-tech companies, the Finnish forest industry's joint experimental laboratory KCL, and business incubators Innopoli and Technopolis are also situated nearby. It is also directly adjacent to Keilaniemi, with Life Science Center and the headquarters of several notable Finnish companies, such as Nokia and Fortum. The area is connected by a 15-minute bus ride to the center of Helsinki.
[edit] Culture and student life
TKK is known for its active student community and technology students (teekkaris) are highly noticeable, as they wear a distinctive hat and often brightly colored overalls to many of their public events. The community has also organised important charity events (tempaus in local language). TKK students are also famous for, and Finland's leading practitioners of, student pranks (jäynä), similar in principle to MIT hacks. Their most widely publicised stunt took place in 1961, when a team of students smuggled a statue of Paavo Nurmi onto the 300-year-old wreck of Regalskeppet Vasa just days before its lifting from the bottom of the sea[5].
[edit] Student Union
The Student Union of Helsinki University of Technology (TKY, Finnish: Teknillisen Korkeakoulun Ylioppilaskunta) is the interest group for the students of the university. In 2006 it had 11,187 members[6], which includes all the students of the university, as is stipulated by Finnish law[7]. It was founded in 1872.
[edit] Student Nation
TKK is also one of the two universities in Finland to host one or more Nations, a Finnish type of student corporation. The only nation at TKK is Teknologföreningen (TF) and its goal is to unite Swedish-speaking students at TKK. The nation was founded in 1872, that is, prior to the student union, and is housed in the Urdsgjallar building, completed in 1966. The Finnish-speaking student nation Tekniikan Ylioppilaat was disbanded in 1972 and its functions given to the university student union, since a separate Finnish-speaking nation in an university with an overwhelming Finnish-speaking majority was considered unnecessary. The regional Finnish-speaking nations at the University of Helsinki also accept TKK students as members.[8][9]
[edit] Student housing
The housing area of Otaniemi campus, known as Teekkarikylä (technology student village), is owned mostly by the student union and partly by HOAS (Helsinki Student Housing Fund). The housing is characterised by the presence of foreign students of many nationalities. As of 2005, the village offers housing for approximately 2,600 students[10].
Construction of the Otaniemi campus was started in 1950, in order for the first buildings to host the athletes of the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Some of the building material originally used for the campus was acquired from the former Soviet Union embassy, which had been destroyed during World War II[11], as a result of bombings by the Soviet Union itself. The student housing has been used for housing athletes again in e.g. the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, sometimes to the dismay of the students that have to move out during the events. The quality of the Otaniemi student housing holds a high standard in international comparison.
The campus also contains the former student union building Dipoli, named as the second Poli, the successor of the first student union building in downtown Helsinki. Dipoli was designed by Reima and Raili Pietilä and completed in 1966. In 1993, the building was permanently rented to the university to act as a conference and continuing education center and later sold due to high maintenance costs. It is regularly used for conventions, congresses and student parties.
[edit] Associations
In addition to the student union TKK students have formed numerous associations for studies, cultural activity and sports. In 2007, there were some 150 associations maintained by university students. In 2006, two-thirds of the student union members were members of "the guilds"[6], which are student associations uniting students inside their department, e.g. the Guild of Electrical Engineers.
[edit] List of student associations
Currently this list includes only the associations known to have English Wikipedia articles.
[edit] Notable people and alumni
- Hjalmar Mellin, professor of mathematics, rector (1904–1907)
- Gunnar Nordström, professor of physics
- Gustaf Komppa, professor of chemistry
- Artturi Virtanen, professor of biochemistry, Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1945)
- Olli Lounasmaa, professor of physics
- Teuvo Kohonen, professor emeritus of computer science, neural networks pioneer
- Kaisa Nyberg, professor of computer science, cryptologist
- Raimo P. Hämäläinen, professor of applied mathematics and operations research
- Esa Saarinen, professor of applied philosophy
- Alvar Aalto (1898–1976), architect (M.Sc. 1921)
- Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950), architect, father of Eero Saarinen
- Jorma Rissanen, information theorist (D.Sc.)
- Riitta Hari, professor of biomedical engineering, member of United States National Academy of Sciences
- Martti Tiuri, professor emeritus of electrical engineering, mobile communications pioneer (D.Sc.)
- Eino J. Kuusi, scientific administrator and corporate executive (D.Sc.)
- Yrjö Neuvo, mobile communications researcher and corporate executive (Lic.Sc.)
- Markku Leskelä, professor of inorganic chemistry at University of Helsinki, ISI Highly Cited Researcher (D.Sc.)
- Risto Siilasmaa, founder and Chairman of F-Secure (M.Sc.)
- Jorma Ollila, Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia, Restructurer of Nokia as CEO (M.Sc.)
- Dan-Olof Riska (D.Sc.), director of HIP, member of the CERN administrative council.
- Matts Roos (D.Sc.), professor emeritus of particle physics at University of Helsinki
- Matti Alahuhta, CEO of Kone (D.Sc.)
- Mårten Mickos, Kaj Arnö (M.Sc.) and Monty Widenius[12] of MySQL
- Jyrki Kasvi, MP (D.Sc.)
- Satu Hassi, MEP, former MP and minister (Lic.Sc.)
- Tatu Ylönen, designer of the Secure Shell, (Lic.Sc.)
- Wilhelm Wahlforss, notable industrialist, (M.Sc)
- Antti Tuuri, writer, (M.Sc)
- Marjo Matikainen-Kallström, MP and olympic gold medalist, (M.Sc)
[edit] See also
- List of universities in Finland
- Institute of technology
- Helsinki University of Technology Library
- Top Industrial Managers for Europe (TIME) network for student mobility
[edit] References
- ^ Kemia-lehti. http://www.kemia-lehti.fi/pdf/gustafkomppa.pdf
- ^ "VTT inaugurated Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Centre 'Micronova'". http://www.ercim.org/publication/Ercim_News/enw53/linden.html. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ "TKK Nanomicroscopy Center". http://nmc.tkk.fi/en/. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
- ^ fi: [1] en: [2]
- ^ Ilta-Sanomat 5 July 1961 "Vasan veijarit", scan available at archive.org dump of ttky.fi.
- ^ a b "Student Union of Helsinki University of Technology annual report 2006" (PDF). http://www.tky.fi/midcom-serveattachmentguid-93d2d1d6135011dcafc80db5dc5981c881c8/tky_vuosikertomus-2006_screen.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ "Yliopistolaki (Finnish law of universities), 40 §". http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1997/19970645. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ Osakunnat – Nationerna. Osakuntien yhteistyövaliokunta ry. Retrieved 1-12-2008. (Finnish)
- ^ Suomalainen, M. (2007) Tunnetko jo osakunnan? Polyteekkari 12/2007. Retrieved 1-12-2008. (Finnish)
- ^ "Student Union web pages for the student village". http://www.tky.fi/fi/tky/teekkarikyla/. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ "History of Teekkarikylä". http://www.tky.fi/fi/tky/teekkarikyla/teekkarikylan-historiaa/. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ Widenius never graduated.
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