Students
The University educates Masters of Science in Technology and Architecture and Doctors of Technology and Philosophy whose diverse expertise is sought in working life. Almost all MSc graduates are employed at the time of graduation. There are 10,400 students at TUT, 8,800 of whom are taking an undergraduate degree and 1,600 a postgraduate degree.
Research and postgraduate education
TUT has persistently developed its research activities and postgraduate education. There were 1,600 postgraduate students at the University in 2010. TUT coordinates seven national graduate schools. The University also has its own graduate school.
In 2010, the number of FInnish and international publications totalled approximately 2 000.
Personnel
More than 2,000 people work at the University. Over 80 percent are employed in teaching or research tasks or tasks assisting teaching or research.
Finance
The new Universities Act that came into force in the beginning of 2010 introduced changes to the financial management and governance of Finnish universities. The TUT Foundation reported strong results for its first financial year. The profit for 2010 stood at EUR 5.7 million. The Foundation ended the year with a strong balance sheet. Both equity ratio and liquidity have remained high throughout the financial year. Close to 40 % of the University’s funding was external funding, such as revenue from The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes), industry, the Academy of Finland and EU projects.
International activity
248 TUT students studied abroad in 2010. More than 1 000 international students studied at TUT and 286 non-nationals were employed at the University. TUT has 250 cooperation universities around the world.
Centres of Excellence
The University has two Centres of Excellence in Research appointed by the Academy of Finland.
The research projects of the Signal Processinf Algorthm Group (SPAG), operating at the Department of Signal Processing, focus on data transfer, multimedia, the processing of sound, video and other multi-dimensional information, and the modeling of biological systems. In one form or another, the group has been involved in all Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence programmes since 1995.
The Generic Intelligent Machines Research (GIM), formed by a team of researchers from the Department of Intelligent Hydraulics and Automation at TUT and from Helsinki University of Technology, studies mobile work machines and robots. The research combines a wide variety of technologies, such as hydraulics, information technology, electronics and automation