Yliopiston kampusalue

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LUT Creating the Future with Technology and
Business

• Yliopiston kampusalue

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Strategic areas of expertise
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Strategic management of business and technology

• World-leading open innovation research and
  empirical, cross-disciplinary research on
  strategic decision-making
• Expertise in the management of global,
  knowledge-intensive innovation and value chains
  business models of a network economy, dynamic
  capabilities and strategic options
• Areas of strength support systems for
  decision-making, knowledge management and
  technological entrepreneurship

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Expertise in Russian affairs

• Coordinated by the Northern Dimension Research
  Centre NORDI
• Collaboration in education Masters programmes
  in English, double degrees
• Research cooperation in environmental issues,
  innovation research topics of the South Karelian
  Institute emphasise the border

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Research

• Produces research-based knowledge published in
  high-level international scientific journals,
  doctorates, research services
• Research institutes foster cooperation between
  the universitys units
• Technology Business Research Center TBRC develops
  and implements multidisciplinary research
• LUT involved in 14 graduate schools funded by the
  Ministry of Education coordinator in three
• Centre of excellence of the Academy of Finland
  Applied mathematics research group in inverse
  problems

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Education

• Eight degree programmes in technology Industrial
  Management appointed national centre of
  excellence in university education
• Nine major subjects in business administration
• Masters programmes for mature students TIMO,
  AIMO, Technological Entrepreneurship
• Nine Masters programmes taught in English

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Education

• Eight degree programmes in technology
• Industrial Management
• Energy Technology
• Chemical Technology
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Information Technology
• Environmental Technology
• Mathematics and Physics (Masters programme)

• Nine major subjects in business administration
• Supply Management
• International Technology and Innovation
  Management (MITIM)
• Management and Organizations
• International Marketing
• Accounting
• Finance
• Strategy Research
• Knowledge Management
• Business Law

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Research and innovation networks

• Top international universities Massachusetts
  Institute of Technology (MIT), Nihon University,
  Georgia Institute of Technology
• Finnish-Russian Innovation University
• 7th EU framework programme LUT selected into an
  internationally funded research programme 
• National strategic clusters of expertise Forest
  Cluster Ltd., Cleen Ltd. (energy and
  environmental industries), Fimecc Ltd. (metals
  and engineering)
• National centre of expertise programmes
  Intelligent Machines, Forest Industry Future,
  Maritime Cluster
• LUT is a member of 14 graduate schools funded by
  the Ministry of Education, and coordinates three
  East Finland Graduate School in Computer Science
  and Engineering, Forest Cluster Graduate School,
  Graduate School in Electrical Engineering

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Additional funding 2008
Academy of Finland 8 ( 1,9 million)
Other 14,2 ( 3,4 million)
EU, ERDF, ESF and otherinternational funding
7,9 ( 1,9 million)
TEKES 21,6 ( 5,2 million)
Ministries and government institutions 11,4
( 2,7 million)
Businesses 36,9 ( 8,9 million)
Budget funding 41,2 million (63 ) Additional
funding overall 24 million (37 )
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LUT figures

• Founded in 1969
• Over 8 000 have obtained a Masters degree in
  technology or business, and over 300 have
  obtained a doctorate in technology, business or
  philosophy
• Approximately 900 staff members
• 5 500 students, 300 of them from abroad
• 19 of first-year students in autumn 2008 were
  foreign nationals
• 47 languages are spoken at LUT
• Life-long learning 1 500 students in continuing
  professional education, 1 200 students in open
  university education

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Education Systemof Finland
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International Cooperation

• LUT has cooperation agreements with about 150
  foreign universities
• Partners participate in research projects with
  their significant contribution
• Cooperation is carried out in both research and
  education due to Masters programmes in English
  and student and teacher exchange

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International Education

• IBTM International Business and Technology
  Management
• targeted for international exchange students
• duration one academic year, does not lead to a
  degree
• Masters Programmes in English
• lead to a M.Sc. (Tech./Bus.Adm.) degree
• duration about two years
• previous studies in the field required

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Foreign degree students

• 12 of Masters degree programme students in 2008
  were foreign nationals
• Majority of foreign students come from outside
  the EU
• Russia, China, Iran and India

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Lappeenranta the best university town in Finland

• Guaranteed housing for students only in
  Lappeenranta
• Shared apartments, studios and family
  apartmentsin the city centre and on campus
• Togetherness and student life
• Ample recretional activities
• Good transportation connections
• Year-around activities

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