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Faculty of Technology at Åbo Akademi University
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History

• Milestones
• 1640
• Queen Kristina founds the Academy in Åbo
• 1918
• Åbo Akademi University (ÅA) is founded
• 1920
• Faculty of Chemical Engineering is founded
• 1929
• The faculty gets permanent status
• Professor chairs within the faculty's three first
  subjects chemistry, wood processing and process
  design.
• 1996
• Education in information technology begins
• 1.1.2006
• Faculty of Technology is founded

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Faculty of Technology

• 1200 students, 25 professors, over 200 teachers
  and researchers
• Department of Chemical Engineering
• B.Sc. M.Sc. (Technology) in Chemical
  Engineering
• Department of Information Technologies
• B.Sc. M.Sc. (Economics and Business
  Administration) with the major subjekt
  Informations Systems
• B.Sc. M.Sc. (Technology) in Computer
  Engineering
• B.Sc. M.Sc. with the majors subjekt Computer
  Science

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The departments
Axelia-Gadolinia
Turku Science Park
Axelia
ICT-house
Department of Information Technologies -
Department of Chemical Engineering
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Structure of examination

• Bologna
• Bachelor degree
• 180 credits (ECTS)
• Master degree
• 120 credits (ECTS)
• Post gradual studies, leading to licentiate and
  doctoral degrees
• The faculty has two master's degree programmes in
  English
• Masters Degree Programme in Chemical
  Engineering
• Masters Degree Programme in Electronic and
  Mobile Commerce
• The faculty participates actively in student
  exchange programs
• NORDPLUS, NORDTEK, ERASMUS,SOCRATES, FIRST, and
  ISEP

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Post gradual studies -gt licentiate- and doctoral
degrees
M.Sc.
120 sp.

• B.Sc.
• Other universities
• Change of education
• Work life

180 sp.

• Polytechnics
• Other universities
• Other educations

• International B.Sc.

Admission from basic education
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Research

• The Faculty of Technology has versatile and
  research of high standard within for example
  process chemistry, process system technology,
  wood processing, material technology, bio
  technology , computer science, information
  technology, information systems and industrial
  management.
• The most research intensive unit in the field of
  technology in Finland
• (Doctors/M.Sc.?0.25 yearly). 20 doctoral exams
  per year.
• Active in many Graduate Schools
• GSCE, PapSat, GSMR, GSIEM and TUCS
• Several research centers related to the faculty
  including two national centers of excellence
  PCC, CREST, TUCS, IAMSR, and PBI

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Centers of excellence of the Academy of Finland

• Process Chemistry Centre (PCC)
• Centre for Reliable Software Technology (CREST)

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Awards

• Our researchers have received several national
  and international rewards
• The Finnish Science Award 2005 to Professor
  Bjarne Holmbom
• Ralph Back (CREST) is Academy Professor
• Associate Professor J-P Mikkola, The Academy of
  Finland's Prize of Inspiration 2006