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The Helsinki University of Technology is the oldest and largest technical university in Finland. It was founded in 1849 and received university status in 1908. It is situated on a modern campus area, about 8 km west of Helsinki city centre. The university consists of 12 departments and several separate institutes. The departments contain in total approximately 100 laboratories. The student enrolment is presently around 13800, of which 2600 are doctoral students.

In 1959 Metallurgy obtained its own laboratory in the Dept of Technical Physics and in 1964 the Department of Rock Engineering was built and extended in 1973. Today the Laboratory of Metallurgy is one of the six laboratories of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The laboratory is now in freshly renovated rooms on the third floor of the department building.

 
 
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