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__NOTOC__ Helsinki University of Technology ('''TKK''') ( in Finland . It is located in Otaniemi , Espoo in 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 approximately 15,000 students in twelve ('' Diplomi-insinööri '', or ''DI''), Architect , Landscape Architect , Licenciate Of Technology , and Doctor Of Technology . For the education available, see reference Education available at TKK 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 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 . HISTORY In 1849, TKK was established in Helsinki by the Imperial decree of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I , Grand Duke Of Finland as a "manufacture and handiwork 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. TKK was also known under 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 Brand ing reasons. RESEARCH AND TEACHING 's landmark auditorium of the main building. The inside features TKK's main auditoriums, while the outside can be used as a small Amphitheatre for plays and other activities.]] List of degree programmes All programmes lead to the degree of '' Diplomi-insinööri '' ("engineer with university diploma"), a Master's level degree taking six years to complete (as a Median ). From 2005, according to the Bologna Process , all students must also complete an intermediate degree (''tekniikan kandidaatti'', ''TkK'') before the DI or architect degree. This degree is considered a Bachelor's degree and enables enrollment in foreign universities where a Bachelor degree is required. TKK does not offer Bachelor-level only programs; 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 completely in English.
International Master's Programmes Apart from numerous programs in Finnish language, the following Programs are exclusively for studies in English:
Mobile Communications and Electrical Engineering TKK is known for its state-of-the-art research in mobile communication. With a close collaboration with Nokia (headquarters 1.8 km from TKK) and Ericsson , TKK is currently playing an active role in determining of the future of mobile communication. 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 Centres of Excellence. 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:
Campus TKK is located in Otaniemi , Espoo. Several high-tech firms, the forest industry's experimental laboratory KCL , and Business Incubator s Innopoli and Technopolis are also situated there. It is also directly adjacent to Keilaniemi , with Life Science Center and the headquarters of several firms (Nokia, Fortum, etc.). The area is connected by a 15-minute bus ride to the center of Helsinki. CULTURE AND STUDENT LIFE TKK is known to have an active student community and technology students (''teekkari''s) are highly noticeable, as they wear a distinctive hat and often brightly colored overalls to many of their happenings. The community has also organised 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 Prank s (similar to MIT Hack s). 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 Ilta-Sanomat 5 July 1961 "Vasan veijarit", scan available at archive.org dump of ttky.fi .. Student Union The . Student Nation TKK is also one of the only 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. Teknologföreningen was founded in 1872 , that is, prior to the student union. Teknologföreningen also has its own building opposite to Dipoli called ''Urdsgjallar'', completed in 1966 . Campus The Otaniemi area is known as the only actual Campus in Finland, where student housing is immediately adjacent to the university buildings. The housing area, 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 students3. 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. An interesting fact is that some of the building material originally used for the campus came from the former Soviet Union embassy, which had been destroyed during World War II 4. Later the student housing has been used for housing athletes again in a number of athletics events, 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 includes the former student union building and convention centre '' Dipoli '', named as the second ''Poli'', the second building of the polytechnic students. The original first building being located formerly in the Helsinki centre. Dipoli was designed by Reima And Raili Pietilä and was completed in 1966 . However in 1993 the building was transformed into a training centre of the university. Although the student union has sold the property due to high maintenance costs it is still regularly used for conventions, congresses and student parties. 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". The guilds are student associations uniting students inside their faculty, e.g. the Guild of Electrical Engineers. List of student associations of the Helsinki University of Technology Currently this list includes only the associations known to have English Wikipedia articles. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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