Tampere University of Technology (TUT)

At the Leading Edge

Tampere, Finland

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Tampere

•  The third largest city in Finland with over 200,000 inhabitants. One of Finland’s fastest growing urban centres and, according to a survey, the most popular city to live and study in.

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•  Two universities: Tampere University of Technology and the University of Tampere with over 25,000 students.

•  Promotional video •  Established in 1965 •  Started operating in the form of a foundation in 2010 •  10,400 students (2012) •  Collaborates with 200 universities around the world •  Quality assurance system audited by The Finnish Higher

Education Evaluation Council in 2007

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TUT – at the Leading Edge

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•  Sought-after collaboration partner among the scientific and business communities

•  Produces competent graduates who enter careers in different sectors of society

•  Courageously explores new avenues of research and education in the fields of engineering

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TUT in numbers in 2012 Degrees BSc 712 MSc (Tech/Arch) 698 Licentiate and Doctor 99 Students in total 10,389 Undergraduate 8,789 Postgraduate 1,600 Total funding, EUR million 155 Budget funding 82 Supplementary funding 73

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Undergraduate students of technology in Finland in 2012

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Technology for the benefit of humankind •  Strong research tradition in

natural sciences, engineering and fields related to industry and business.

•  The research fields represented at the University play a key role in addressing global challenges, such as climate change and demographic ageing.

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Research at the international leading edge Leading-edge fields of research:

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•  signal processing •  optics and photonics •  intelligent machines •  biomodelling •  built environment

International university

•  Almost 350 foreign nationals among employees

•  Close to 1,400 exchange and visiting students

•  Collaboration with 200 universities around the world

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Strong impact on society

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•  Forerunner in university-industry collaboration •  Active transfer of research results and new technologies

to industry through R&D projects conducted in collaboration with companies.

•  Fertile breeding ground for innovation and knowledge-based companies.

•  Graduates enjoy an excellent employment rate and are readily absorbed by industry, companies and other facets of society.

TUT

Department of Mathematics

Seppo Pohjolainen Head of Department

Kirsi Kuosa Development manager

Faculty of natural sciences at TUT

•  Departments: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry •  Service teaching (mathematics, physics,

chemistry) •  BSc and MSc -studies •  Teacher training: Matematics, Physics,

Chemistry, Information technology •  Yearly intake 50 students •  Degree program is one of the best at TUT

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Department of Mathematics Teaching

•  Engineering mathematics (27 cu.) for all students (700/year)

•  Bachelor’s level –  Major and minor in mathematics (Finnish)

•  Master’s level –  Major and minor in mathematics (English/Finnish) –  Major and minor in theoretical computer science

(English) –  Major in hypermedia (Finnish)

•  Teacher training

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Major in mathematics

•  Analysis with applications •  Discrete mathematics with applications •  Mathematical and semantical modelling •  Teacher's major

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Careers in mathematics

•  Researcher (academia) •  Research Engineer (industry) •  Teacher (school)

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Staff

•  7 professors •  7 lecturers •  3 senior researchers •  3 researchers •  20 (about) project assistants, (paid) graduate students •  10 (about) part-time teachers •  Administrative staff: 5.

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Areas of R&D

•  Discrete mathematics with applications –  Theory of algorithms and computability –  Algebra and logic

•  Mathematical analysis with applications –  Clifford analysis –  Inverse problems –  Mathematical systems theory

•  Mathematical and semantic modeling •  Technology enhanced learning

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Technology enhanced learning •  Support for first year students

– Basic skill’s test – Remedial instruction

•  Mathematical modelling network •  Learning analytics

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Support for 1st year students

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Basic skill’s test Remedial instruction Mathematic’ clinics Students work on remedial instruction (MathBridge) Student’s progress and work during remedial instruction in time

Mathematical modelling network

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Seven universities in Finland •  Video lectures&

videconferencing •  Students’ collaboration and

project work over the internet

Learning Analytics

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•  Group/learner activity/grading

TUT team

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•  Looking forward to a successful project

•  Thanks !