Faculty
The Faculty is governed by numerous laws and decrees, university ordinances and other regulations. Official resolutions and decisions in the Faculty are made by the Dean and the Faculty Council.
The Faculty Office is responsible of preparing, introducing, and implementing matters under the authority of the Dean and the Faculty Council, as well as of providing information on these matters. In the Faculty Council there are fifteen (15) elected members and an equal number of deputy members. The chairperson of the Council is the Dean. Tenured and acting professors, teachers and researchers, and students each choose one-third of the council's members from among their ranks.
Dean
Prof. Marja Vauras
Vice-Deans
Prof. Risto Rinne
Prof. Juhani Peltonen
The Faculty consists of three departments and two teacher training schools. Each department has a Council of six elected members and an equal number of deputy members. The chairperson of the Council is the Head of the Department. Tenured and acting professors, teachers and researchers, and students each choose one-third of the council's members from among their ranks. Both training schools have a school board and administrative principal.
The Department Council is responsible for evaluating and developing research and instruction in the department, preparing motions for the Faculty Council concerning curriculum issues, procedural and financial matters, fund allocation and prepares motions about the number of new students in the department.