Making structures work
In order to make a stronger impact on society, the University of Tampere will improve its quality, operational basis and productivity. The university will also utilize its multidisciplinary structure and pool resources to further research and education that has the greatest long-term potential. A stable economy and sufficient resources will enable the combination of visionary leadership and freedom of research and education.
To increase its impact and to improve its quality and efficiency, the university will renew its organizational structure.
The organizational structure will be made more transparent by eliminating administrative overlaps. The current three-tier administration will be replaced by a two-tier structure. This should allow teachers and researchers to have more time for their core activities.
Immediate measures for structural reform 2010–2012
- The faculty and department structures will be replaced by the "school" model. These schools will represent specific academic disciplines and will be responsible for one or more degree programmes. Research in each school will then be organized into one or more research centres. These research centres may also be shared by the schools or be jointly run with strategic partners.
- A school will be led by a full-time dean and a board. The Board will have representatives from all personnel categories and students, and may also include external members.
- Each school will have a centre for administrative services which is responsible for the school’s degree and study administration, financial and staff management as well as for other support services needed in the management of the school.
The centralized administrative services of the university will be adapted to respond to the new needs of the schools. Moreover, in the organization and resourcing of the financial and staff management in these schools, the share of outsourced services will be taken into account. The processes supporting research and education will also be reformed.
