Helsinki University of Technology

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Helsinki University of Technology is not to be confused with University of Helsinki.

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Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) (Finnish: Teknillinen korkeakoulu; Swedish: Tekniska högskolan) is the premier technical university in Finland. It is located in Otaniemi, Espoo in the Greater Helsinki.

Helsinki University of Technology was founded in 1849 and received university status in 1908. It moved from Helsinki to Otaniemi campus area in 1966.

The university has 246 professors and some 15 000 students in twelve faculties and 19 degree programmes.

TKK is known, among other things, for its Low Temperature Lab, which has set the world record for the lowest temperature, and has had several other notable scientific successes. TKK's mobile communications research and teaching is considered to be among the best in the world and TKK is also one of the leading universities in the world when it comes to the chemical technology involved in wood processing. The first commercialized total synthesis, the synthesis of camphor, was invented by Gustaf Komppa, the first professor of chemistry at TKK [1]. Also nobel laureate Artturi Virtanen has held a position as professor at the chemistry department. The aim of TKK is to rank among the top ten universities of technology in Europe.

Much of the Otaniemi campus is designed by the world-renowned architect Alvar Aalto.

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