Institute of languages studies and translation in Tampere University

National Network
Finland
Address

FI-33014 University of Tampere
33014 Université de Tampere
Finland

Telephone
+358-3-3551 6140
Fax
+358-3-3551 7146
E-Mail
jukka.havu@uta.fi
Mobile Phone
+358-400-665 692
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Fields of Activity
  1. Research
  2. Youth and education
General Information
1- University institute with about 2.200 students and 90 teachers /researchers . 2- About 4,9 millions euros . 3- The Finnish ministry of the Education and for the research projects , other institutional resources . 4- Basic education , research projects , exchange with about 40 European universities , congress , meetings of specialists , seminars . 5- Finnish academy and other national organizations ( the other universities of the country ..) the foreign universities partners .
Mission and Objectives

The mission of the department is to propose a complete academic training in languages, linguistics, literature and cultural studies ,
The institute includes the following languages ( main academic discipline): German, English, Finnish, French, Russian and Swedish. Moreover, there is a training in Estonian, Spanish, Polish and Czech .
The aim of the training is to provide students with deep knowledge of these languages and cultures.
The scientific objective is to promote the research in languages and literatures.

Main Projects / Activities

- Training course .
- Researchers’ training.
- To promote the research on " the language and the society " , this concept includes all fields where language can be considered as an instrument of political , cultural and social authority ( medias language , sociolinguistics , bilinguism , linguistic policy , linguistic questions, adaptation of the immigrants , linguistic of contact , linguistic of corpus etc..)

Contact (1) Full Name
Prof. Mr. Jukka Havu
Head of the organisation
Prof. Mr. Jukka Havu