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Jäynäkilpailujen voittajajoukkue
Otaniemi team crowned Teekkari Pranksters of the Year
The winning jäynä tackled a timely question: How does our ability to concentrate vary across different settings?
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Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/otaniemi-team-crowned-teekkari-pranksters-of-the-year

Orkesteri esiintyy nuorille EUCYS-kilpailun tilaisuudessa.
The international science contest brought new friends – Apply to join next year's Kipinä
The best part of the EU contest for young scientists was the community and the discussions with other contestants, say the Finnish representatives. They were selected from the Kipinä contest organized by TEK (Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland).
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Keywords:
Kipinä competition, children and youth

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-international-science-contest-brought-new-friends-apply-to-join-next-years-kipina

Kuvituskuva.
Industrial Management graduates earn the most at graduation
What is the employment situation for recent graduates in engineering and architecture across different fields of study? And how satisfied are they with their studies? Read more about different fields.
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Keywords:
Graduate Survey, TEK's research, work life, recent graduate

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/industrial-management-graduates-earn-the-most-at-graduation

Kipinä-kilpailun voittaneet neljä nuorta istuu vierekkäin portaikossa.
Kipinä winners studied the effect of hormone pollution on plants, the life cycle of stars, and killing bacteria with an electric fly swatter
The winners of the Kipinä science competition for young people, organised by TEK, are Sofia Koivumäki, Zofia Järvinen, Hermanni Sallinen and Niilo Sipilä. They will represent Finland this autumn at the EU Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS).
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Keywords:
Kipinä competition, children and youth

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/kipina-winners-studied-the-effect-of-hormone-pollution-on-plants-the-life-cycle-of-stars-and-killing-bacteria-with-an-electric-fly-swatter

Wesibussi, jonka edessä seisoo sen järjestäjiä.
Tech students from Oulu riding for a good cause
Once again this year, you can celebrate the week leading up to May Day (Wappu or Vappu in Finnish) in Oulu by getting on board the Wesibussi. The proceeds from tickets go to the patients of the children’s hospital.
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Keywords:
University of Oulu, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tech-students-from-oulu-riding-for-a-good-cause

Kaksi nuorta henkilöä istuu maassa keräämässä rahaa.
Vaasa was the first to fall victim to a jäynä
Teekkari history. The first National Jäynä Competition was held in Vaasa 23–24 September 1986.
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Keywords:
history, teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/vaasa-was-the-first-to-fall-victim-to-a-jayna

Henkilöitä istumassa.
A quarter of newly graduated architects and academic engineers don’t think they’ll stay in Finland
Overall, a quarter of newly graduated architects and academic engineers saw themselves working abroad five years after graduation. The figure is even higher amongst non-Finnish respondents.
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Keywords:
Graduate Survey, internationality, TEK's research, research, recent graduate

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/a-quarter-of-newly-graduated-architects-and-academic-engineers-dont-think-theyll-stay-in-finland

Sekavan hallituksen jäseniä.
LGBTQ+ friends across campus boundaries
Tampere-based Sekava ry offers a community and peer support for LGBTQ+ students – and a reason for homebodies to go out and meet people.
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Keywords:
LHBTIQ+, student, Tampere University

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/lgbtq-friends-across-campus-boundaries

Lappeenrannan Ylioppilastalo kuvattuna talvella ulkoapäin.
30 years in Lappeenranta
President Martti Ahtisaari inaugurated the Student Union Building in Lappeenranta in the autumn of 1994. TEK’s Regional Advisor Saku Laapio was on the Board of the Student Union when the building project started.
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Keywords:
history, teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/30-years-in-lappeenranta

teekkarilakin valmistusta
How a teekkari cap is made
TEK Magazine looked into the manufacturing process of the iconic Finnish tassel cap (teekkarilakki) and followed its journey from the hands of sewers to the hat store on Sofiankatu in Helsinki.
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Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/how-a-teekkari-cap-is-made

Antero Hakapää astuu alas nurmitöyräältä Otaniemen kampuksella.
Idea of student overalls was born in a sauna in the early 60s
Antero Hakapää and seven other students of materials science and technology were the first in Finland to start using student overalls as their uniform. The group of friends which goes by the name Oopperan Ystävät (“Friends of Opera”) still meets on a regular basis.
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Keywords:
history, student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/idea-of-student-overalls-was-born-in-a-sauna-in-the-early-60s

Joukko opiskelijoita aurinkopaneelin äärellä.
Sense of belonging encourages professionals to stay in tech
Both male and female tech students feel they belong in the student community, but men feel a stronger sense of belonging in the field of technology. Gender minorities report the lowest sense of belonging. Where exactly does the problem lie?
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Keywords:
teekkari (technology student), TEK's research, tech, equality

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/sense-of-belonging-encourages-professionals-to-stay-in-tech

A tired student, a cup of coffee and homework.
Blog: Did I zone out again?
This narrative explores the challenges faced by international students in Finland. For the sake of this story, let’s imagine a busy university student named Nara. She is trying to listen to a professor in a crowded lecture hall.
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Keywords:
student, wellbeing, column

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-did-i-zone-out-again

Björn Wiemers puhumassa Opiskelijavaikuttajaseminaarissa 2025.
Blog: Pondering the future of higher education graduates
TEK invited over 70 student actives together to discuss the future of students. Finances raised concerns, whereas singing brought joy, writes Jaakko Marttila.
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Keywords:
student, decision-making

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-pondering-the-future-of-higher-education-graduates

Opiskelijoita keskustelemassa rimaseinän edessä
Blog: Financial worries threaten student wellbeing, innovation and retention
The poor employment situation is giving engineering students both short- and long-term fears.
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Keywords:
student research, TEK's research, innovation, student, society

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-financial-worries-threaten-student-wellbeing-innovation-and-retention

Henkilöitä labrassa.
Five reasons why a summer job is your gateway to Finnish working life
The main reasons for getting a summer job might seem to be the same everywhere. In Finland however, they are even more important, as explained by TEK Project Manager Owain Hopeaketo.
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Keywords:
internationality, summer job, job search

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/five-reasons-why-a-summer-job-is-your-gateway-to-finnish-working-life

Kaksi haalaripukuista henkilöä kävelee.
The official TEK overall badge competition has started!
Suggest a slogan or a design for a TEK overall badge by 2nd March – your idea might come alive!
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Keywords:
student, award, teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-official-tek-overall-badge-competition-has-started

A lecture in an auditorium with bright lights.
Blog: What if the world felt different?
What if your brain worked differently than most of your peers? Imagine that clothes felt like sandpaper, that painfully bright lights were too dim for everyone around you, and that party music makes you feel like you’re a maracas being shaken.
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Keywords:
column, neurodiversity, student

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-what-if-the-world-felt-different

Fuksijäynäryhmä 11. Jäynägaala 2024.
Otaniemi wins Jäynä Competition with emotion-sensing AI app
The best jäynä in this year’s National Jäynä Competition measured the emotional reactions elicited by various images. Teams from Vaasa and Tampere also won awards.
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Keywords:
teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/otaniemi-wins-jayna-competition-with-emotion-sensing-ai-app

Manu Kiiskilä seisoo ständinsä edessä EUCYS-kilpailussa.
EUCYS award goes to Manu Kiiskilä
Manu Kiiskilä, a student at Tampereen lyseon lukio high school, won the Special Donated Prize at the EU Contest for Young Scientists for his work on computer vision. The EUCYS contest took place in Poland in September.
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Keywords:
internationality, Kipinä competition, children and youth, award, TuKoKe

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/eucys-award-goes-to-manu-kiiskila

Tomi Gullstén nostaa sinervää haalaria.
Producing 28,000 student overalls a year
Tampere-based companies Tam-Folio and Opiskelijahaalarit.fi reveal what happens in the time between a student placing an order for overalls and receiving them to wear.
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Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/producing-28000-student-overalls-a-year

Kolme opiskelijahaalareihin pukeutunutta henkilöä pitelee uutta, itäsuomalaista tupsulakkia.
New tassel cap from Eastern Finland
The first teekkaris at the University of Eastern Finland received their tassel caps on May Day this year. The cap has been designed by the teekkaris themselves.
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Keywords:
University of Eastern Finland, student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/new-tassel-cap-from-eastern-finland

Opiskelijoita
Student, is your summer job about to start? Join the KOKO fund
Especially because of the changes in the legislation, now is the time to join KOKO fund.
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Keywords:
summer job, student, unemployment fund

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/student-is-your-summer-job-about-to-start-join-the-koko-fund

Manu Kiiskilä esittelee työtään Tutki-Kokeile-Kehitä 2024 finaalissa.
Young people developed a human-like chess machine and a computer vision that learns using less data
This year’s winners of the TuKoKe science competition for children and young people came from Tampere and Taipalsaari, as well as from Maunula, Puistola and Etelä-Haaga in Helsinki. The name TuKoKe stands for “tutki, kokeile, kehitä,” meaning “explore, experiment, develop.”
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Keywords:
children and youth, TuKoKe

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/young-people-developed-a-human-like-chess-machine-and-a-computer-vision-that-learns-using-less-data

Sali täynnä teekkareita.
Teekkari humour is alive and well
The May Day aka vappu magazines published by teekkaris are greatly anticipated, loved, hated and frowned upon. This is how Tamppi is born.
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Keywords:
teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/teekkari-humour-is-alive-and-well

Piiroskuvassa kaksi henkilöä keskustee työkalupakin äärellä.
TEK's Workbook helps you find a summer job
The summer job search season is underway! Student, grab the latest TEK job search and career planning guide, Työkirja 2024, from your campus to support your job search or thesis job search.
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Keywords:
student, Workbook, job search, summer job

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/teks-workbook-helps-you-find-a-summer-job

Talvinen ulkokuva teekkarisauna Mörrimöykystä.
When the world is in turmoil, Teekkarisauna Mörrimöykky stands firm
The newly renovated sauna in Tampere is not just a place to enjoy good löylys. It’s a space reserved specifically for students.
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Keywords:
history, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/when-the-world-is-in-turmoil-teekkarisauna-morrimoykky-stands-firm

Mustavalkoinen kuva Teekkarirallyesta 1969.
Rally of the tassel folk
Tech students (teekkarit) were among the first to organise a rally competition in Finland. Even the competitors of Teekkarirallye have fallen victim to jäynäs or practical jokes.
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Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/rally-of-the-tassel-folk

Owain Hopeaketo
Teekkari culture is for everyone – Guide to Teekkari Culture now in English!
Being Teekkari would not be what it is today without a hugely varied collection of people. For example, Teekkari culture is becoming increasingly international, writes TEK's international student liaison Owain Hopeaketo.
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Keywords:
teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture, equality

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/teekkari-culture-is-for-everyone-guide-to-teekkari-culture-now-in-english

Nuori mies istuu kannettavan tietokoneen äärellä kotonaan.
Busting the myth of the successful man
Samuli Hietala and Atte Rimppi want to expand the narrow definition of an ideal man. They provide low-threshold mental health support for young men and offer them a space to be heard.
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Keywords:
wellbeing, mental health, society

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/busting-the-myth-of-the-successful-man

Työkirjan kansikuva.
Workbook 2024 offers job search advice for students
TEK Workbook is a job search and career planning guide for students in technology, architecture, mathematics and natural sciences.
News article
Keywords:
summer job, student, Workbook, job search

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/workbook-2024-offers-job-search-advice-for-students

Jäynäkilpailun voittajat saivat mukaansa kiertopalkinnon
Team from Tampere wins National Jäynä Competition
In the best Jäynä, or practical joke, citizens were asked for ideas for new sounds for electric cars.
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Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/team-from-tampere-wins-national-jayna-competition

Opiskelija haalareissaan
Students more concerned about their coping
The ability to identify problems in one's life is the key to good life management.
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Keywords:
wellbeing, mental health, student, TEK's research

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/students-more-concerned-about-their-coping

Matti Vähä-Heikkilä yllään merkkejä täynnä olevat opiskelijahaalarinsa ja viitta, kuvattuna valkoista taustaa vasten.
“Just graduate already!” – People on the street comment on patchful overalls
The well over one thousand fabric patches owned by Matti Vähä-Heikkilä from Turku would not fit on a standard pair of overalls, so he had to get a cape for them. The set is now on display at a museum in Lieto.
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Keywords:
student, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/just-graduate-already-people-on-the-street-comment-on-patchful-overalls

Sofia Saarinen nojaa toimistohyllyyn.
"Thank you for making me think" – Author of Equality Guide hopes students would feel better
Sofia Saarinen put together an equality guide for students as a project commissioned by TEK. According to Saarinen, the number one golden rule of equality is: listen and learn.
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Keywords:
wellbeing, student, TEK, TEK's research, equality

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/thank-you-for-making-me-think-author-of-equality-guide-hopes-students-would-feel-better

Isä ja parikymppinen lapsi istuvat olohuoneen lattialla ja juttelevat.
Be there for a student
Is your child studying at a higher education institution? Or is someone you know applying for higher education? Here are some tips from experts on how the folks back home can support students.
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Keywords:
wellbeing, education, children and youth, university

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/be-there-for-a-student

Tampereen teekkarikaste käynnissä, korissa koskeen kastettuja teekkareita.
Teekkari, nääs
Higher education in technology began in Tampere in the autumn of 1965.
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Keywords:
history, education, teekkari (technology student), teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/teekkari-naas

Jämeräpartaisen insinöörin patsas Opiskelijakulttuurimuseossa.
The mysterious bearded man
The Grim Bearded Engineer (Jämeräpartainen Insinööri) has given the Tempaus order in Otaniemi since 1924.
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Keywords:
history, student, teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-mysterious-bearded-man

Opiskelijoita kävelee rappusissa.
Master’s thesis for a company helps foreign professionals secure jobs
Students who write their thesis for a company are four times more likely to find high-quality employment.
News article
Keywords:
Graduate Survey, internationality, student, TEK's research, work life

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/masters-thesis-for-a-company-helps-foreign-professionals-secure-jobs

kahvikuppi, johon heijastuu sateenkaari
LGBTIQ+ career development takes more work
Technology students who belong to sexual and/or gender minorities see more risks in their future than students who do not belong to these minorities.
News article
Keywords:
wellbeing, student research, gender equality, TEK's research, research

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/lgbtiq-career-development-takes-more-work