Studying in Tampere

Tampere is a student friendly city with great opportunities to enjoy nature, culture and sports. This section introduces you to the activities available in Tampere and TUT.

Energy from superbacteria

Researchers at the Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering of TUT are developing a supermicrobe. Once they have trained this little helper into tolerating higher temperatures, they'll have created an extremely efficient, waste-eating microbe that produces hydrogen and ethanol.

 

Tampere

  • City founded in 1779
  • Area 689.6 km², of which lakes cover 164.6 km²
  • Home to over 210,000 people and over 40,000  higher education students