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Faculty of Natural Sciences

The Faculty of Natural Sciences offers education in Computer Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics. Annually over 200 new students start their studies in the Faculty.

The Faculty hosts the Tampere Research Center for Information and Systems (CIS) and the Center for Applied Statistics and Data Analytics (CAST).

Both research and teaching given in the Faculty reflect the challenges of tomorrow's digitalizing society.

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News

29.5.2017

Five facts about virtual reality

17.3.2017

Snouts towards technology

19.12.2016

The Ällästikku prize 2016 awarded to the School of Information Sciences

21.10.2016

A temporary faculty will employ a dean for a year

3.10.2016

The City of Tampere is a test site for new mobile services

Events

Publications

Zou Jing, Feng Hao, Sood Rohit, Kinnunen Paavo K, Pyykkö, Ilmari. (2017). Biocompatibility of Liposome Nanocarriers in the Rat Inner Ear After Intratympanic Administration. Nanoscale research letters 12 372.

Verkkojulkaisu

Jolkkonen Arja, Koistinen Pertti, Kurvinen Arja, Lipiäinen Liudmila, Nummi Tapio ja Virtanen Pekka. (2017). Time of Displacement as a Predictor of Re-employment. Nordic journal of working life studies 7, 87-106.

Verkkojulkaisu

Arja Jolkkonen, Pertti Koistinen, Arja Kurvinen, Liudmila Lipiäinen, Tapio Nummi ja Pekka Virtanen. (2017). Labour market attachment following major workforce downsizings : a comparison of displaced and retained workers. Work employment and society .

Verkkojulkaisu

Blobel Bernd, Ruotsalainen Pekka, Lopez Diego M, Oemig Frank. (2017). Requirements and Solutions for Personalized Health Systems. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 3-21. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 237).

Verkkojulkaisu

Ruotsalainen Pekka, Blöbel, Bernd. (2017). Trust - Essential requirement and basis for pHealth services. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 25-33. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 237).

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Research

The Faculty hosts the Tampere Research Center for Information and Systems (CIS). Active research topics of CIS include information systems, software development, databases, data analysis, statistics, logic and model theory, number theory, algebra, and algebraic geometry.

The Faculty also hosts the Center for Applied Statistics and Data Analytics (CAST) which offers collaboration in statistics and data analytics and provides R&D services.

Studies

The Faculty of Natural Sciences educates experts in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Sciences, whose competence will play a crucial role in the development of an increasingly digital world.

Students graduating from the Faculty may find jobs with various businesses, educational institutions or research centres as project managers, Mathematics teachers, researchers, software designers or data analysts.

For more information please see Studies and Admissions

Degree programmes

The Faculty of Natural Sciences hosts two degree programmes. The programmes offer Bachelor and Master degree programmes in Finnish
• Degree Programme in Mathematics and Statistics (in Finnish)
• Degree Programme in Computer Sciences (in Finnish)

In addition, two Master's degree programmes in English are offered: Master’s degree programme in Computational Big Data Analytics and the Master’s degree programme in Software Development.

Master’s degree programmes

The Faculty offers four two-year Master’s degree programmes. The Master’s degree programmes in Mathematics and Computer Sciences are offered in Finnish and the Master’s degree programme in Computational Big Data Analytics and the Master’s degree programme in Software Development are offered in English.

After a Bachelor’s degree in computer sciences, students may switch to the Faculty of Communication Sciences to continue their studies in the Master’s Degree Programme in Human-Technology Interaction.

For admissions to Master's degree programmes in English please see Admissions. See also the Faculty page on Admissions.

Doctoral Programme

The Faculty of Natural Sciences offers doctoral education in the fields of Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics.

Doctoral programme in Information and Systems

For admissions to Ph.D. Studies see Admissions

Cooperation and services

The Faculty hosts Centre for Applied Statistics and Data Analytics (CAST) which was created to build a center of expertise on the area of applied statistics and data analytics that would enable University of Tampere to be a strong partner in local and global scene.

Centre for Applied Statistics and Data Analytics (CAST)

The Faculty also has a number of international partners for student and staff exchanges.

Faculty

Dean Dr. Kati Iltanen

Faculty Council

The Council of the Faculty of Natural Sciences from 1 January 2017

Proper member (Personal substitute)

Group 1

Hyry Eero (Hella Lauri)
Juhola Martti (Ruohonen Mikko)
Mäkinen Erkki (Nummenmaa Jyrki)

Group 2

Hyyrö Heikki (Luosto Kerkko)
Majaranta Päivi (Junkkari Marko)
Nummi Tapio (Peltonen Jaakko)

Student representatives

Ahonen Marja (Ronkainen Kimmo)
Nevalainen Arttu (Himmanen Tuomas)
Ovaska Sanni (Ruotsalainen Niko)

Faculty Council is chaired By the dean of the Faculty.

Groups

Dean's Leadership team

Kati Iltanen, Dean
Eero Hyry
Lauri Hella
Jyrki Nummenmaa
Erkki Mäkinen
Martti Juhola
Teaching Council representative
Sari Saastamoinen
Taru Koskinen
Minna Parviainen

Education steering group
Kati Iltanen, Dean, Chair
Taru Koskinen, secretary
Lauri Hella
Pentti Hietala
Martti Juhola
Raija Leppälä
Erkki Mäkinen
Jaakko Peltonen
Zheying Zhang
Teaching council representative
Ville-Matti Erkintalo
Elisa Laatikainen
Ulla Lassila
Heli Rikala
Kirsi Tuominen
Raine Rönnholm, PhD student
Arttu Nevalainen, student
Kati Vastamäki, student

Contacts

Postal address

Faculty of Natural Sciences
33014 University of Tampere, Finland

Visiting address of the Faculty Office

Kanslerinrinne 1, Pinni B Building, Ground floor, room B1053
Tel. +358 50 318 6398 Faculty Office
luo.info(at)uta.fi

The Faculty office is closed between July 5 - August 9.
Please see summertime contact info.

Arrival guide and campus map

Links

Faculty staff

Degree Programme in Mathematics and Statistics

Degree Programme in Computer Sciences

Research Center for Information and Systems (CIS)

Centre for Applied Statistics and Data Analytics (CAST)

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