Organizers
Helsinki University of Technology (TKK)
TKK is the leading university of technology in Finland. The university has 12 departments with over 12,000 students studying to become engineers, architects and landscape architects. In 2006, the university awarded 1,012 master's degrees and 158 doctorates - a record number. Graduates from TKK account for about 42% of all technology graduates in Finland, and 60% of doctors in technology. TKK had about 1,100 foreign students in 2006, of whom 71 graduated with a master's degree and 29 with a doctorate. The annual budget of the university in 2005 was €225.3 million, of which 57% was from the state budget and 43% from supplementary external funding. The university has 3,300 staff, of whom 250 are professors. TKK celebrated its centenary in 2008.