Administration

Administative roles

Degree Program Head	Prof. Janne Heikkilä
Primary Student Counsellor	Departmental secretary Varpu Pitkänen
Representative in Education Committee of the Faculty of ITEE	Prof. Janne Heikkilä
Member of Doctoral training committee for Technology and Natural Sciences at UniOGS	Prof. Vassilis Kostakos
Deputy Member of Doctoral training committee for Technology and Natural Sciences at UniOGS	Prof. Juha Röning
Representative of other staff in Faculty Board	Dr. Heli Koskimäki
Attendant	Sauli Broström
Workshop	Anssi Rimpiläinen Antti Nevatalo Jari Pakarinen Vesa Kaltio
IT Administration	Ilkka Virtanen Lasse Salmijärvi Timo Mäkinen

Degree Program Committee

The Degree Program Head and the Degree Program Committee are responsible for undergraduate and graduate studies, for teaching and its development. Committee meetings are arranged once a month. The members are:

• Prof. Janne Heikkilä (chair)
• Act. Prof. Jari Hannuksela
• Senior Research Fellow Mika Rautiainen
• Oula Kuuva (student member), Matti Pulkkinen (student vice member)
• Soili Törmälä (secretary)

Together with the Committee Head, the committee handles all applications related to theses, accepts master's theses and recommends bachelor’s, master’s and licentiate's degrees to the Faculty of Technology. Moreover, the committee maintains and develops the degree program: develops the curriculum, prepares documentation of the curriculum, organizes events, and so on.  The Degree Programme Head:

• accepts the curriculum related to individual study modules
• accepts personal curriculums (HOPS)
• credits the studies performed outside the University of Oulu
• nominates the supervisors of the master's and licentiate's theses
• recommends the bachelor's and master's degrees to Dean of Education
• grants the permissions for postgraduate studies for leading to licentiate's degree (if the student has graduated from the department)

The Degree Programme Committee:

• grades the master's theses based on supervisors' statement
• accepts the licentiate's theses based on supervisors' statement

Postgraduate Studies Committee

The Postgraduate Studies Committee is, together with the University of Oulu Graduate School (UniOGS), responsible for postgraduate studies and improving the quality of the research conducted at CSE. The committee approves the extent (in credit units) of postgraduate courses. The other tasks of the Committee will be determined after the actual launch of UniOGS's practices.

• Prof. Juha Röning (chair)
• Prof. Janne Heikkilä
• Prof. Tapio Seppänen
• Prof. Timo Ojala
• Elina Rossi (secretary)

Study Affairs Office

The study affairs office provides services for all students from Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Electrical Engineering (EE) and Communications Engineering (DCE). It is located in Tietotalo 1, 1st floor. The opening hours are 9:30 - 14:00.

• Varpu Pitkänen (room TS112)
• Maritta Juvani (room TS114)
• Vaili Jämsä-Uusitalo (room TS110)

The law, statute, and rules governing our department can be found at http://www.ttk.oulu.fi/opinnot/.