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Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT)
LUT was founded in 1969 and presently has 5700 students and a staff of 930. As of 
2007, the university has had three faculties. The Faculty of Technology has six 
departments, one of which is the Department of Chemical Technology. This 
Department is further divided into seven research subunits.
Tampere University of Technology (TUT)
TUT has some 12,000 students and a staff of 1800. It was founded as a branch of TKK 
in 1965 and gained full university status in 1972. Until the end of 2007, the university 
consisted of ten departments and 35 institutes. As of 2008, there are five faculties and 
22 departments. In some cases, the new departments correspond partly to certain 
former institutes, while in other cases institutes have been combined or their profile 
otherwise changed. The Faculty of Science and Environmental Engineering contains 
five departments. The Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering combines the 
former institutes of Materials Chemistry and Environmental Engineering and 
Biotechnology.