University of Tampere

University of Tampere

Tampereen yliopisto
Latin: Universitas Tamperensis
Former names	Civic College (1925–1930), School of Social Sciences (1930–1966)
Type	Public
Active	1925 (1925)–2018 (2018)
Endowment	€184.6 million (2016)[1]
Rector	Liisa Laakso
Academic staff	1,190 (2016)[1]
Students	20,178 (2016)[1]
Doctoral students	1,646 (2016)[1]
Location	Tampere , Finland
Campus	Urban 130,134 m2 floor area
Affiliations	UGC, IU

The University of Tampere (UTA) (Finnish: Tampereen yliopisto (Tay), Latin: Universitas Tamperensis) was a public university in Tampere, Finland that was merged with Tampere University of Technology to create the new Tampere University on 1 January 2019.

The university offered undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes with 20,178 degree students and 1,981 employees as of 2016. Founded in 1925 in Helsinki as the Civic College (Finnish: Kansalaiskorkeakoulu) and from 1930 onwards known as the School of Social Sciences (Finnish: Yhteiskunnallinen korkeakoulu), the institution relocated to Tampere in 1960 and was renamed as the University of Tampere in 1966. In 2016, its budget was €184.6 million of which 59% was government funding.