Clubs

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Student clubs

Antura

Antura is Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ building trade students’ club. Its purpose is to boost the feeling of solidarity between the Construction Engineer and Construction Site Management students and strengthen the cooperation between students and the field’s firms and trade unions.

Board 2025:

• Enni Ohrankämmen – chairperson
• Paavo Pörhölä – vice chairperson
• Aaro Järvelä – secretary
• Jenita Liukkonen – treasurer
• Arnika Tikka – event coordinator
• Christian Telilä – company and co-operations coordinator
• Ville Nieminen – marketing coordinator
• Otto Oksanen – graphic designer
• Jarno Pennanen – educational affairs
• Niko Karinkanta – molding maestro

antura(at)tamko.fi
Antura on Facebook
Instagram: @anturatamk

Biceps – TAMPERE’S PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS’ CLUB

BICEPS on Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulun fysioterapeuttiopiskelijoiden kerho, jonka tarkoituksena on toimia jäsenistönsä yhdyssiteenä sekä tiedonvälittäjänä. Kerhon tehtävänä on kehittää opetuksen ja opiskelun sisältöä sekä toimia linkkinä alan toimijoihin. Kerho toimii alan opiskelijoiden edunvalvojana koulussa. Kerho järjestää jäsenistölleen erilaisia koulutuksia sekä mukavaa yhteistä tekemistä tuodakseen eri vuosiluokkia yhteen.

Board 2025:

• Elviira Alastalo – chairperson
• Julius Virtasalo – vice chairperson
• Kaarle Kalliojärvi – secretary
• Eetu Multala – treasurer
• Jesse Koivunen – event coordinator
• Aino Sirkka – social media coordinator
• Onni Saavalainen – educational affairs

biceps(a)tamko.fi
Instagram: @BicepsTAMK

Bioke

BioKe is Biomedical laboratory scientist students’ club that brings all students in this field together. We want to make this field more visible and bring forward our important place in the healthcare system. Therefore we thrive to enrich the student life.

Our purpose is to organize different events and co-operate with other clubs and organisations.

BioKe operations are on pause.

bioke(a)tamko.fi
Instagram: @bioke_tamk

GLOBE

GLOBE (= Giant Leprechauns On Behalf of the Environment) is a student club for Environmental Engineering students in TAMK. We organize different sorts of events, gatherings and trips for all ENVEs. We also try to influence on important environmental issues in our surroundings. Everyone is free to join us and also to bring in new ideas.

Board 2025:

• Karen Ali Djaja – chairperson
• Oona Kuusisto – vica chairperson
• Marek Rokicki – secretary
• Dinh Khang Nguyen – treasurer
• Younes Izemreten – social media
• Georgina Delgado Alis – event coordinator
• Rayyan Alkhawaldeh – graphic designer

globe(at)tamko.fi
GLOBE Facebookissa
Instagram: @globetamk

HAPPO RY – TAMK’S LABORATORY ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ CLUB HAPPO RY

HAPPO ry is Tampere University of Applied Sciences’ Laboratory Engineering students’ club. HAPPO ry promotes the interests of the Laboratory Engineering students and organizes events and excursions to firms in the field. The organization offers its members affordable coffee, participates in tutoring activities, helps new students to acquire overalls and sells overall patches both to its members and non-members. You can find Happo members from Kuntokatu Campus, wing A’s underground floor (A0), and you can reach us by this address: happo(at)tamko.fi

Board 2025:

• Laura Tiainen – chairperson
• Mira Hietanen – vice chairperson
• Suvi Siimes – educational affairs
• Iina Stenberg – treasurer
• Kukka Lehto – secretary
• Saara Virtanen – event aunt
• Elias Lonka – event aunt
• Oona Kontio – overall aunt
• Elsa Suni – communications coordinator
• Lotta Vääränen – graphic designer
• Iida Kauppila – member and facility coordinator

happo(at)tamko.fi
HAPPO on Facebookissa
Instagram: @happo_ry

Tampereen Konekerho ry

Tampereen Konekerho ry is TAMK’s Mechanical Engineering students’ and Vehicle Engineering students’ club. Konekerho organizes excursions to firms, our own events and cooperative events with other clubs and organizations. Konekerho offers its member a club room that can be found on the floor A0. The club room has capabilities for both group work and leisure time between lectures.

Board 2025:

• Rasmus Ruuth – chairperson
• Santeri Heino – vice chairperson 
• Noora Ojanen – treasurer
• Elsa Hämäläinen – secretary
• Hannu Lindström – educational affairs
• Janika Laitinen – event coordinator
• Markus Saukkosaari – member and entertainment coordinator
• Leevi Riihiluoma – company and co-operation coordinator
• Eero Kauppinen – project coordinator
• Konsta Tuominen – communications and marketing
• Rosa Lella – graphic designer

hallitus(a)konekerho.com
Konekerho on Facebookissa
Instagram: @Konekerho

Puusuutarit ry

Puusuutarit ry is TAMK’s Construction Engineering students’ club that organizes Asta Fair in cooperation with Tampere Trade Fairs and TAMK every spring. The association consists of third-year and fourth-year students of which the fourth-year students have the lead responsibility and the third-years students act as apprentices.

Actors 2025:
From this link: http://puusuutarit.fi/puusuutarit.html

rakentaja(at)tamk.fi
Puusuutarit on Facebookissa
Puusuutarit website
Instagram: @Puusuutaritry

SOURCE ry

SOURCE is TAMK’s ICT Engineering students’ club. We organize all kinds of events, and our purpose is to create a more tightly-knit network of IT professionals and share information about the opportunities in our field.

Board 2025:

• Juha Hautakangas – chairperson
• Otto-Oskari Suuronen – vice chairperson
• Eino Palomäki – treasurer
• Carita Lindfors – secretary and communications
• Antti Venetjoki – educational affairs
• Eetu Heikkinen – event coordinator
• Joanne Hoikka – leisure coordinator
• Riku Hakamäki – external relations
• Eetu Reijasto – members and facility coordinator
• Eppu Melto – webmaster 

hallitus(a)source.club
SOURCE’s website
SOURCE on Facebook
Instagram: @source_ry

SYNTAKSI ry

SYNTAKSI ry is TAMK’s Business Information Systems students’ club. The club’s purpose is to make the students more visible and create suitable events for them.

Board 2025:

• Noora Vainionpää – chairperson
• Pyry Ikonen – vice chairperson
• Ville Lindgren – secretary
• Santeri Korpela – treasurer
• Aasa Aho – external relations coordinator
• Teemu Tontti – webmaster 
• Kharon Saari – members coordinator
• Mikko Pasanen – event coordinator
• Matias Leppänen – communications and marketing coordinator
• Leo Pura – event coordinator
• Tuukka Rintala – culture and leisure coordinator

syntaksi(a)tamko.fi / hallitus(a)syntak.si
SYNTAKSI ry on Facebook
Instagram:  @syntaksiry

TaTeK

Talotekniikan Kilta (freely translated as Building Services Engineering Guild), TaTek, is a club under the Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences (Tamko) that was established in 2010. The purpose of the guild is to enhance the feeling of solidarity between students of HVAC Systems and Electrical Systems and improve the cooperation with firms in the field.

Board 2025:

• Viivi Vatanen – chairperson
• Eetu Koskinen – vice chairperson and educational affairs
• Miska Koskenniemi – treasurer
• Maria Niemelä – secretary and members coordinator
• Väinö Mäkinen – communications coordinator
• Jetro Nurmi – event coordinator
• Ville Tarra – company and co-operation coordinator

tatek(a)tamko.fi
TaTeK on Facebook
Instagram: @talotekniikankilta

Tarkka

Tarkka is Tampere’s Construction Architect students’ club that offers its members fun recreational activities and interesting extra content to their studies. The primary purpose of Tarkka is to enhance the feeling of solidarity between the Construction Architect students and Architect students. Tarkka cooperates with other clubs, associations and

business representatives. Tarkka was founded in the autumn of 2014 when the Degree Programme in Construction Architecture was reinstated to the curriculum. All Construction Architecture students of Tampere University of Applied Sciences can join Tarkka as student members. Students from other fields of study can also be accepted as endorsement members. You can join as a student member by paying Tarkka’s membership fee at Tamko’s office.

Welcome to Tarkka!

Board 2025:

• Hanna Koivisto – chairperson
• Aarto Markkanen – vice chairperson
• Eero Malila – secretary
• Emilia Kettunen – treasurer
• Jenny Räty – excursion coordinator
• Minna Tolkki – educational and social affairs
• Kiia Pitkänen – communications coordinator
• Jessina Pulliainen – event coordinator
• Tua Huotari – calendar coordinator
• Linnea Nevala – coffee point coordinator

tarkka(a)tamko.fi
Tarkka on Facebook
Tarkka’s website
Instagram: @Tarkkakerho

TASO ry

The purpose of Tampereen sähköopiskelijat TASO ry (freely translated as the Electrical Engineering students of Tampere) is to enhance our members knowledge of the electrical engineering trade and offer them facilities, equipment and materials to carry out their own projects. In addition, we have a spacious office in the downstairs of the electrical wing of the Kuntokatu Campus (A0-18) where we offer five-star services and equipment, such as computers, a refrigerator and a coffee maker. You can find us by following the smell of smoke and the signs that start by the elevator. When possible, TASO ry aims to organize small-scale activities for its members, such as excursions to industrial plants and visits to fairs dedicated to the electrical trade. We aim to also organize more relaxed forms of entertainment, such as sauna evenings, when there is demand.

Because TASO ry consists of students from different student year groups, we also offer assistance in matters related to electrical and electronics, studying and whatever else you may require. TASO ry’s membership fee is a paltry 5 €/academic year, and you can join through Kide.app.

Board 2025:

• Juho Raitanen – chairperson 
• Juuli Heikkala – vice chairperson
• Antti Puranen – treasurer
• Elmeri Rantanen – secretary
• Connor Bain – educational affairs
• Aleksi Huitula – event coordinator
• Riku Juvalainen – company and co-operation coordinator
• Mikko Kallioniemi – members and facility coordinator
• Roosa-Maria Rovio – social media coordinator

taso(a)tamko.fi
TASO ry on Facebook
Instagram: @tasory_tamk

VETO-kerho

The VETO club is a club for students of the Network Learning and Competencies Degree Programme (Veto). We consist of students from the interdisciplinary study line, and our goal is to promote the interdisciplinary nature of the student community and to make the voices of our green overalls heard.

The VETO club acts as the guardian of Veto students and organizes various events for its members. As a new club and degree, our goal is to reach everyone’s awareness in the higher education community and beyond.

Board 2025:

• Veeti Pulkkinen – chairperson
• Aino Leinonen – vice chairperson
• Julia Laurikainen – treasurer
• Jasper Reilson – secretary
• Maria Pulkkinen – educational affairs
• Pyry Kaikuvuo – network coordinator
• Malla Ryynänen – event coordinator
• Viivi Niinisalo – event coordinator
• Nita Nieminen – overall coordinator
• Oona Havulehto – social media coordinator
• Martta Romo – members and tutors coordinator
• Riika Toiviainen – board’s brother

veto(a)tamko.fi
Instagram: @vetokerho

tamko’s hobby clubs

Bubiklubi

Bubiklubi maintains and improves students’ knowledge of the city and sub-region by cultural events and supports social relations between students during the academic year by means of collaboration. Bubiklubi organizes visits to restaurants and pubs in Tampere Region.

Board 2025:

• Ville Paananen – chairperson
• Severi Kettula
• Toni Mähönen
• Juho Mäkitalo
• Markus Inkinen
• Pauli Matilainen
• Marianne Lehvilä
• Lauri Ristimäki
• Juuso Alanko
• Pyry Ikonen
• Saija Kukkonen
• Rasmus Ruuth
• Mikko Hiltunen

info(a)bubiklubi.fi
Bubiklubi on Facebook
Bubiklubi’s website
Instagram: @Bubiklubi

clint

Club International Tampere (CLINT) is a sub-organization of Tamko (Student Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences).

The main mission of CLINT is to enhance the co-operation between Finnish students and exchange students who come to study in Tampere University of Applied Sciences, and that way facilitate their adaptation to Finnish culture. CLINT is operated by its board members and many active international tutors.

Our main activities include maintaining and supervising the Survival Kits as well as organizing various events for the exchange students. CLINT also takes part in training the new international tutors.

Board 2025:

• Illarek (Jadek) Reyes – chairperson
• Saaga Mylläri – vice chairperson and secretary
• Suvi Ahtikari – treasurer
• Roope Sirparanta – event coordinator
• Joey Audi – event coordinator
• Jose Karsikas – overall, Survival Kit and event coordinator
• Aurora Lahti – communications and social media coordinator
• Marianna Jylhä – external relations coordinator

clint(a)tamko.fi
CLINT on Facebook
Instagram: @tamkclint

Kolpakko – Kaupin olut- ja panokerho

Kaupin olut- ja panokerho KOLPAKKO (freely translated as Kauppi Beer and Brewing Club) promotes the homebrewing hobby of TAMK’s students. KOLPAKKO improves its members know-how in tasting specialty beers and homebrewing. The members can rent equipment from the club for their homebrewing activities.

Board 2025:

• Juha Hautakangas – chairperson
• Carita Lindfors – vice chairperson
• Herman Terho – treasurer
• Otto-Oskari Suuronen – secretary
• Ville Lundén – brewing and entertainment coordinator
• Aisha Prévost – event coordinator
• Eevertti-Iivari Salo – co-operation coordinator
• Laura Tiainen – graphic designer
• Eetu Reijasto – social media coordinator
• Alina Kauppila – excursion coordinator

hallitus(a)kolpakko.fi
Kolpakko on Facebookissa
Instagram: @kolpakko_tre

Mesikerho

Mesikerho is a forest and mind club born out of the Forest Recipe project.  Our aim is to improve students’ relationship with nature, increase inclusion and provide peer support for studying. We organize both low-threshold walks in the nearby forest and larger-scale nature hikes with varying themes. Our activities encourage substance abstinence. 

Board 2025:

• Timo Skovmand – chairperson
• Gavriel Van der Walt – vice chairperson
• Elise-Emilie Wallin – secretary
• Jenni Räsänen – treasurer
• Arttu Vaskuri – co-operations coordinator
• Aleksandra Lainio – communications and marketing coordinator

mesikerho(a)tamko.fi
Instagram: @mesikerho

Sober club

Sober Club is a club for Tampere University of Applied Sciences students. The purpose of the club is to create more alcohol-free events, to involve and provide a safer space for all students. The club offers its members cheaper ticket prices for events, the opportunity to participate in the club’s member evenings and access to the club’s Telegram group.

Board 2025:

• Maria Niemelä – chairperson
• Suvi Kauppinen – vice chairperson
• Aliisa Vikman – treasurer
• Karoliina Jefremoff – secretary
• Marianna Jylhä – co-operations coordinator
• Emil Nippolainen – marketing and communications coordinator

soberclub@tamko.fi
Instagram: @soberclub_tre

Tampere Formula Student ry

The Formula Student SAE/Formula Student competition is international racing series in which students compete with their self-made small formula -style racing cars. Students from over 100 educational institutions conceive, design, produce and compete with approved Formula Student -class racing vehicle annually in events arranged all over the world. During recent years Formula Student has been in a strong buoyant force and especially in Europe awareness of the series has escalated among upcoming engineers, motor sport fans and also companies from all over the globe.  Therefore the events offer excellent and substantial network for making international contacts.

The competitions are divided into two main sections, static events and dynamic events. Design of the car, marketability and cost analysis are evaluated in the static events. Performance, durability and fuel economy are evaluated in the dynamic events.

The purpose for the competition is to develop future engineering skills in designing, manufacturing and also in project management and financial sectors as well. Tampere Formula Student engineering team consist of students from Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland. Our association was established in 2006 and our mission is to design and build a new racing car annually in order to stay in the top class of the series. Currently the development of our new upcoming racing car is in progress.

Board 2025:

• Johanna Sihvonen – chairperson
• Eetu Snellman – vice chairperson
• Essi Autio – secretary
• Arttu Lahtinen – treasurer
• Jaakko Elomaa – board member
• Samuli Silvennoinen – board member
• Miko Maunuksela – board member

Active members

formula.tamk(a)tuni.fi
Tampere Formula Student ry on Facebook
Tampere Formula Student ry’s website
Instagram: @tampereformulastuden

Teatteri Ääriraja

Teatteri Ääriraja is a theater group founded in the autumn of 2014. The purpose of the group is to have fun in a theater setting and to have a play ready by the end of each academic year. In addition to theater activities, we aim to do fun things together off the setting and meet new people. If you are interested in joining us, send us an email to teatteriaariraja(a)tamko.fi or contact us on Facebook.

Board 2025:

• Janita Haaranen – chairperson
• Aya Shibly – vice chairperson and external relations coordinator
• Ella Översti – secretary
• Matias Korhonen – treasurer
• Anitra Von Essen – board member

teatteriaariraja(a)tamko.fi
Teatteri Ääriraja on Facebook
Instagram: @aariraja

Tolu ry

Tampereen orastavat lihakset urheiluseura ry (freely translated as Tampere’s Burgeoning Muscles Sports Club) is a student sports club that works closely together with Tamko. We participate in organizing various events and activities and in increasing knowledge about the delights and necessity of sports.

Hallitus 2025:

• Mira Mänty – chairperson
• Johanna Yrjölä – vice chairperson
• Jenni Ijäs – secretary
• Hermanni Koskinen – treasurer

hallitus(a)urheiluseuratolu.fi
Tolu on Facebook
Tolu’s website
Instagram: @urheiluseuratolu

VaHa Kabinetti

Alumni of the Students’ Union of Tampere University of Applied Sciences – VaHa Kabinetti.
VaHa Kabinetti was founded in November 2004.

vaha.hallitus(a)tamko.fi

Community Clubs

Academic Beer Association BOSA ry

BOSA is Finland’s largest and most spectacular interdisciplinary academic beer association. We bring together enthusiasts of beer, cider, wine, and other beverages. The association organizes tastings approximately every two weeks at our partner restaurants, as well as other events. Members enjoy fantastic discounts at restaurants in Tampere, and BOSA also produces its own beer and cider among other things. Whether you’re a casual cider sipper or a dedicated beer connoisseur, you’re warmly invited to join our beer association!

Board 2025:

• Saara Vartia – chairperson
• Juho Mäkitalo – vice chairperson, event and ICT coordinator
• Valtteri Hakala – secretary and tasting coordinator
• Ronja Hankaniemi – treasurer
• Onni Murtomäki – communications coordinator
• Emma Sjöholm – communications and tasting coordinator
• Patrik Verho – communications and ICT coordinator
• Oona Kuusisto – event and representation coordinator
• Tuija Sinkko – event and equality coordinator
• Janne Ananin – brewing master
• Aada Heikinheimo – apprentice brewer
• Valtteri Laari – apprentice brewer

hallitus@bosa.fi
BOSA’s website
BOSA’s Facebook
Instagram: @olutseura

Kuisti ry

Kuisti ry (freely translated as Porch ry) is an association founded in 2020. Our purpose is to prevent the social exclusion of students and to offer a safe space for meeting other students. The main project of the association is to build a mobile porch by which we would facilitate student events and grill sausages both with meat and without.

Kuisti ry aims to improve students’ knowledge of porches and terraces, and we also annually hand out the Kuisti of the Year award.

Board 2025:

• Eetu Reijasto – prime minister
• Mikko Wrightson – minister of Kuisti finance
• Joakim Sundberg – pencil skirt minister
• Aaro Toivonen – SK minister
• Juuso Tuomaala – fruits and facade minister
• Janika Laitinen – communications minister
• Toni Rantanen – 油おじさん 
• Kalle Kangaspusu – towbar minister
• Juuso Alanko – defense minister of Kuisti
• Eetu Perkko – culture minister

hallitus(a)kuisti.org
Instagram: @kuistiry

Nääspeksi ry

NääsPeksi ry, an interactive musical plays association, is a public benefit purpose association founded in 2011 whose purpose is to produce and support the theater hobby of the universities students of Tampere. However, the activities of NääsPeksi have continued with the same objective since 1999, and it is currently one of the largest amateur theaters of Finland. We have hundreds of volunteers with various tasks from Tampere Universities each year. Of those, Tampere University of Technology is most prominent, as NääsPeksi has operated within its student union since its beginning.

Hallitus:

hallitus(a)naaspeksi.fi
Nääspeksi website
Nääspeksi on Facebook
Instagram: @naaspeksi

PAH ry – Puhallinorkesteri Akateeminen Henkäys

Puhallinorkesteri Akateeminen Henkäys, or more familiarly PAH (freely translated as Academic Breeze Wind Orchestra), is a student wind orchestra founded in 2019. The orchestra was founded because of the need to have an active, good-quality wind orchestra for the students of Tampere. The objective of the orchestra is to offer the members of Tampere Universities community a good-quality, goal-oriented musical hobby activities. Our diverse repertoire consists of both classics and contemporary music, from marches to film scores.

Board 2025:

• Pihla Antila – chairperson
• Jenni Halme – vice chairperson, social media and communications coordinator
• Jami Särkinen – treasurer
• Tuuli Kirveskoski – secretary
• Saini Koivuniemi – sheet music coordinator and vice secretary
• Ellimaria Ojala – members coordinator
• Kaari Ketola – equality coordinator
• Maija Maskuniitty – facilities and concert coordinator
• Reetta Pasula – leisure, equality and karonkka coordinator

pah.hallitus(a)gmail.com
Puhallinorkesteri Akateeminen Henkäys on Facebook
Instagram: @pahpuhku

Sinni ry

Sinni ry is a club at Tampere University dedicated to Laplanders or those with a Lapland-spirited mind. We host events inspired by Lapland’s lifestyle and culture. 

Board 2025:

• Sofia Rahkonen – chairperson
• Pinja Tiensuu – vice chairperson
• Matti Heiniemi – secretary
• Johanna Westerholm – treasurer
• Julius Virtasalo – communications coordinator
• Ella Översti – event coordinator

sinniosakunta(a)gmail.com
Instagram: @sinniry
Facebook: Sinni ry

Sekava ry

Sekava ry is a club meant for Tampere university and TAMK students who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. The club works as a peer group to all LGBTQ+ students, organizing events and raising awareness on the rights of LGBTQ+ students.

Becoming a member is free and we welcome everyone to take part in our events!

The events that Sekava ry organizes include for example movie nights, hangouts, Queer cursing nights, various board game events, Leimarit Pre-parties, themed parties at Mixei, sitsit (sitsfests) and of course Manse Pride -events! Most events are free of charge and everybody is welcome to join!

You can find Sekava ry in social media at Instagram @sekavatampere and Telegram. Remember to check out our website as well!

Board 2025:

• Kaj-Erik Dahlberg – chairperson
• Meeri Härmä – vice chairperson and event coordinator
• Helmi Parviainen – secretary
• Teo Mäki – treasurer
• Kuura Ahola – event coordinator
• Julian Heinonen – equality coordinator
• Jules Saari – communications coordinator
• Cecilia Foxell – communications coordinator

Instagram: @sekavatampere
website: https://sekavatampere.wordpress.com/

TAKSIGAYS – TAMPEREEN AKATEEMISESTI SIVISTYNEET GAMBINAN YSTÄVÄT ry

Tampereen akateemisesti sivistyneet Gambinan ystävät ry (TAkSiGaYs, freely translated as Tampere Academic Gambina Appreciation Society) operates in Tampere to bring students and the student-minded together in an interdisciplinary, national and international manner. The society organizes annually all kinds of events that also have alcohol-free options despite our name. If you have ever heard about the Gambina meetings, or you know what the interdisciplinary Gambina group is, you are an already familiar face for our activities. For more information: gambina.fi.

Board:

hallitus(a)gambina.fi
TAkSiGaYs website
TAkSiGaYs on Facebook
Instagram: @kampiviina

TTHP – Tampereen Teekkarien Hiihto- ja Purjehdusseura ry

TTHP is the skiing and snowboarding club of Tampere university students. We organize annual skiing trips to Ruka, Åre, the Alps, and nearby ski resorts in Tampere. We also arrange overseas surfing trips, as well as wakeboarding and skateboarding gatherings in Tampere. All our trips are suitable for pros, beginners, and park rats alike – whether you’re interested in après-ski or not!

hallitus@tthp.fi
Website tthp.fi
Instagram @tthp_official
TikTok @tthpry
Youtube @tthpofficial