University of Tampere

The University of Tampere (Finnish: Tampereen yliopisto) is a university in Tampere, Finland. It has 15,400 degree students and 2,100 employees. It was originally founded in 1925 in Helsinki as a Civic College (Kansalaiskorkeakoulu), and from 1930 onwards it was known as a School of Social Sciences (Yhteiskunnallinen korkeakoulu). In 1960, the institution relocated to Tampere, and in 1966 it was officially named University of Tampere.