Faculties as of 1 January 2017

Faculties as of 1 January 2017

The nine schools of the University of Tampere have become six faculties from the start of 2017.

The new faculties and deans

Faculty of Communication Sciences (COMS)
Dean Päivi Pahta

Faculty of Education (EDU)
Dean Risto Honkonen

Faculty of Management (JKK)
Dean Antti Lönnqvist

Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences (MED)
Dean Tapio Visakorpi

Faculty of Natural Sciences (LUO)
Dean Kati Iltanen

Faculty of Social Sciences (SOC)
Dean Juha Teperi

How the schools are incorporated in the new faculties

Old school/s

New faculties as of 1 January 2017

School of Communication, Media and Theatre
School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies
From the School of Information Sciences:

  • Degree Programme in Information Studies and Interactive Media
  • Master's Programme in Human-Technology Interaction
Faculty of Communication Sciences
School of Education Faculty of Education
School of Management Faculty of Management

BioMediTech School
School of Medicine
From the School of Health Sciences:

  • professorship on occupational health care and occupational medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences

From the School of Information Sciences:

  • Degree Programme in Mathematics and Statistics
  • Degree Programme in Computer Sciences (excluding Master's Programme in Human-Technology Interaction)
  • CAST Centre for Applied Statistics and Data Analytics
Faculty of Natural Sciences

School of Health Sciences
School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Faculty of Social Sciences