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4.10 Tampere University of Technology, Chemistry
Overview
The TUT Laboratory of Chemistry is part of the Department of Chemistry and 
Bioengineering. The research staff included two professors for the whole evaluation 
period and a third professor as from 2008, giving a 2.4 FTE average. In addition, the 
unit included 5.7 FTE senior and postdoctoral researchers and approximately twelve 
FTE PhD students. Over the five-year period, the unit included an average FTE 
research staff of 21. 
The funding for the unit is approximately two-fifths core funding and three-fifths 
external funding, of which the Academy of Finland contributes nearly 60 per cent and 
Tekes nearly 40 per cent. The unit participates in national graduate schools. 

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The unit is responsible for teaching all branches of chemistry at all levels, from 
introductory to advanced levels, despite the fact that not all chemistry topics are 
within the core competencies of the unit. Senior staff engage in teaching to 
approximately 25 per cent, PhD students to about 5 per cent. 
Examinations of MScs in the evaluation period were at 13 a year and PhDs at 1–2 
a year.