A unique partnership of two Finnish universities on one campus
University Consortium of Pori (UCPori) is a centre of 1 400 students and 150 experts operating networked in a multi-science environment.
The University Consortium is a centre providing an umbrella organisation for the universities co-operating in the same area. The mother universities have the responsibility for operations. The coordinating university of UCPori is Tampere University. The UCPori Coordination Unit coordinates and promotes cooperation with/between university units in UCPori, mother universities, other higher education institutions and regional actors.
The objectives of UCPori are to increase the level of education, to enhance know-how and to support the region’s development and internationalization. In education the focus of UCPori is on undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, multidisciplinary cross-studying and adult education.