Helsinki University of Technology
Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) (Finnish: Teknillinen korkeakoulu; Swedish: Tekniska högskolan) is the premier technical university in Finland. It is located in Otaniemi, Espoo in the Greater Helsinki.
Helsinki University of Technology was founded in 1849 and received university status in 1908. It moved from Helsinki to Otaniemi campus area in 1966.
The university has 246 professors and some 15 000 students in twelve faculties and 19 degree programmes.
TKK is known, among other things, for its Low Temperature Lab, which has set the world record for the lowest temperature, and has had several other notable scientific successes. TKK's mobile communications research and teaching is considered to be among the best in the world and TKK is also one of the leading universities in the world when it comes to the chemical technology involved in wood processing. The first commercialized total synthesis, the synthesis of camphor, was invented by Gustaf Komppa, the first professor of chemistry at TKK [1]. Also nobel laureate Artturi Virtanen has held a position as professor at the chemistry department. The aim of TKK is to rank among the top ten universities of technology in Europe.
Much of the Otaniemi campus is designed by the world-renowned architect Alvar Aalto.
'Mobile Communication/Electrical' Research and Teaching
TKK is known for its state-of-the-art research in Mobile Communications. With a close collaboration with Nokia and Ericsson, TKK is currently playing an active role in determining of the future of Mobile Communications. This research and other related work is carried out under the patronage of Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering. The Department consists of different laboratories and Centers of Excellence.
Research Laboratories
Each Research Laboratory is independent and works on self acquired projects. Each laboratory is lead by 'Head of Laboratory'. Video Presentations about different laboratories
- Laboratory of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing
- Laboratory of Space Technology
- Electron Physics Laboratory
- Laboratory of Electronics Production Technology
- Laboratory of Computational Engineering
- Metrology Research Institute
- Optics and Molecular Materials
- Optoelectronics laboratory
- Electronic Circuit Design Laboratory
- Radio Laboratory
- Signal Processing Laboratory
- Applied Electronics Laboratory
- Electromagnetics laboratory
- Laboratory of Electromechanics
- Power Systems and High Voltage Engineering
- Power Electronics Laboratory
- Networking Laboratory
- Circuit Theory Laboratory
- Communications Laboratory
- Lightning Laboratory
Centres of Excellence
Following Centres of Excellence in Research are working under the Department of Electrical and Communications Engineering:
- Research Centre for Computational Science and Engineering (2000-2005)
- Centre of Excellence in Computational Complex Systems Research (2006-2011)
- Smart and Novel Radios Research Unit, SMARAD (2002-2007)
- Applied Electronics Laboratory, as a part of Helsinki Brain Research Centre, HBRC (2002-2007)
[Education Available]
Educational Courses offered at TKK can be seen here
International Master's Programmes
Apart from numerous Programs in Finnish language, Following Programs are exclusively for studies in English and regarded as some of the best:
- Master's Programme in Communications Engineering
- Master's Programme in Mobile Computing - Services and Security
- Master's Programme in Electrical Engineering
- Master's Programme in Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Master's Programme in Forest Products Technology
- M.Sc. in Process Systems Engineering
- Master's Degree Programme in Real Estate Investment and Finance
- Master's Programme in Bioinformatics
Culture and student life
TKK is known to have an active student community and technology students are highly noticeable, as they wear a distinctive hat and often brightly colored overalls to many of their happenings. The community has also organized important charity events and a term of their invention, tempaus, has entered common language. TKK students are also famous for, and Finland's leading practitioners of, student pranks (similar to MIT hacks). Their most widely publicized 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.
The Campus of the university at Otaniemi also houses the student resident apartments (Student Village). The housing is characterized by the presence of foriegn students at the Campus, that include many nationalities.