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TAMK Alumni of the Year

Alumnus/Alumna of the Year is an honorary title given to a former student or an employee of TAMK or PIRAMK. The Alumnus/Alumna of the Year is a person who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in working life and serves as a role model and inspiration for the whole TAMK community.

Alumni of the Year 2024

Turkka Lehtonen

The alumnus of the year 2024 is radiographer Turkka Lehtonen. He works in the radiation therapy unit at the Tampere University Hospital

As the Alumnus of the Year, Lehtonen hopes to be an advocate for the profession of a radiographer.

– I am quite honoured to be the Alumnus of the Year. The quality of education at the Tampere University of Applied Sciences is at a very high level, and radiographers who have graduated from Tampere are highly appreciated across Finland. 

Selecting the Alumni of the Year

This year the nomination period is 2.-30.4.2024. TAMK staff, students and graduates as well as other TAMK symphatizers may suggest the next alumni of the year.

Selection criteria 

You may suggest a person who has

  • graduated from TAMK or PIRAMK in 1992 or after
  • promoted cooperation between TAMK, society and alumni community at large
  • been a societal influencer in Finland and/or abroad
  • strengthened TAMK’s reputation
  • been a pioneer and multidisciplinary player in working life

TAMK’s alumni committee appoints the alumni of the year and the title holder will be announced in October, which is the national alumni month in the Finnish universities of applied sciences. TAMK will organize many kinds of alumni activities in October.