Electoral Circles
Punavihreä Kupla (Punavihreä kupla)
TREY is the most important advocate for students, and at its best, a force for the student movement and society as a whole. That’s why it’s worth electing students who defend well-being, education, and equality!
The Punavihreä rengas brings together TREY’s council candidates from the Green List and Viva – the Green Left of Tampere University.
By voting for a candidate from Punavihreä rengas, you can be sure that your vote will be used to advance your values in the Student Union!
Electoral Alliances: Viva – Tampereen yliopiston vihreä vasemmisto & Vihreä lista
Silta (Silta)
The Electoral Circle Silta (Bridge) promotes open dialogue and, true to its name, builds bridges between campuses, faculties, and fields of study. Kontakti and Pro Kasvatustieteilijät are all about recognizing the unique needs of different fields, boosting student influence, and improving the status of student organizations. Here at Silta, with our constructive efforts, we’re working to create an active and responsible student union that cares deeply about student well-being, offers a wide range of useful member services, and provides impactful advocacy.
Electoral Alliances: Kontakti & Pro Kasvatustieteilijät
Tekniikan ratas (Tekniikan ratas)
Tekniikan ratas is an electoral circle formed by teekkari based representative alliances with the aim of strengthening the voice and position of teekkaris in the decision-making of the Tampere Student Union (TREY). The background to this is a desire to improve the cooperation between teekkari’s electoral alliances and promote common interests more effectively. The spirit of working together, which is essential to the culture, is also reflected in the activities of the circle, as the discussion is kept open to those outside the circle.
Electoral Alliances: RATTOISA, Kahden Tähden Teekkarit, Kyltyrböndet, Brothers and Sisters of Alpha-Chemistry & KeltaPunaSininen
Punamulta (Punamulta)
Electoral Alliances: Keskeiset & Treyn Demariopiskelijat
TRIO (3O)
We are TRIO: an alliance of four groups! We consist of Hallintotieteiden liitto (HALLI), International representatives group (IRG), Luuppi_puolue and MedBoomare. We are an electoral circle that is united by the shared values of four groups from the three Tampere University campuses, uniting stuudents locally and globally.
We are association- and people-oriented; associations and the diversity between students are at the core of our activities.
Electoral Alliances: Hallintotieteiden liitto, International representatives group, Luuppi_puolue & MedBoomare
Electoral Alliances
Oikeisto-opiskelijat (OIKO)
Oikeisto-opiskelijat wants to bring students and the student union closer together and highlight the voice of ordinary students. We are an interdisciplinary group and represent right values at Tampere University. What unites our candidates is a worldview whose cornerstones are belief in freedom, democracy, education, and sustainable development. We are rational bearers of responsibility and stand firmly behind our values.
Viva (Viva – Tampereen yliopiston vihreä vasemmisto)
Viva advocates left and green values in TREY’s Council of Representatives and participates in discussions in our university and in society as a whole. Viva can be described as a radical association that questions and tries to change power structures by studying in their own terms, by events, and with protests.
In TREY’s Council of Representatives Viva politicizes our university, advocates for livelihood of students and their housing and study policies. In addition, Viva advocates for better development of Tampere, our university and for more ecological and social TREY. Viva’s culture is political, collective and creative action together.
Keskeiset (Kesk.)
The Student Union of Tampere University should focus on matters related to students’ everyday lives. We want to build a student union that is dedicated to improving students’ daily experiences and well-being. Greater visibility of the student union’s activities among students enhances its impact and increases trust in it. Key priorities to Keskeiset are include high-quality education, a diverse campus, student well-being and securing the future of the student union.
Pro Kasvatustieteilijät (Proka)
Pro Kasvatustieteilijät is an electoral alliance for educational students. Proka brings educational knowledge and pedagogical management as well as responsible and active action to the council of representatives. Proka works for our associations and hopes to build an equal and accessible student culture for all students in Tampere.
Proka builds an ecologically, socially and culturally sustainable student union. The student union should be a socially influential member of society, who speaks up, defends their members and builds a student friendly environment. As educational students we understand our place and meaning in society and find ways to develop the student union’s position and actions. Proka’s Instagram
Luuppi_Puolue (LP)
Luuppi_Puolue was founded in 2011, with its roots reaching back to LuuppiX, which had been active since 2007. What unites us is our Luuppi identity and the desire to promote the interests of associations and students in the Student Union Council. Our goals in the previous term were inter-campus cooperation, placing organizations at the center, and improving accessibility in services and communication. The new candidates will define the future goals of our group.
Kahden Tähden Teekkarit (KTT)
Kahden Tähden Teekkarit (Two Star Teekkaris or tech students), familiarly KTT, is an interdisciplinary group consisting of active teekkari-minded students. KTT’s core values have stayed the same from one council term to another: communality, focus on associations, inclusivity, equality, and open discussion. We at KTT want to do council work with effort, where we use the places to influence things actively, and discuss things between council groups. Follow KTT’s Instagram, and contact us there for example if anything’s on your mind!
Treyn Demariopiskelijat (Demop)
Social Democratic Students of TREY is an active and inclusive student community in Finland, bringing young voices to local and regional decision-making. We address students’ everyday challenges and promote well-being, financial security, and community life – improving services, supporting employment opportunities, and organizing social events, while advancing a sustainable and international perspective.
We value international students and offer everyone the chance to participate and share ideas. Join TREY Social Democratic Students or run as a candidate – make a difference in student life, expand your network, and experience social democracy in action in Finland.
Hallintotieteiden liitto (HALLI)
Hallintotieteiden liitto, or for short: HALLI, is a representative group based on student organizations and politically independent.
Our values are equality, openness, and good governance. At the core of our activities is high-quality decision-making, which is reflected in how we operate: we prepare carefully for council meetings and discuss the matters at hand with the entire group. In our group, not only the official representatives but also our deputy representatives have influence over decisions. Thanks to our organizational basis and political independence, we act as bridge-builders between different groups. Our goal is to ensure a strong and approachable student union for everyone, as well as a student life that reflects each individual’s own choices. Read more about us on HALLI’s Instagram! Traditionally, HALLI has consisted of students of administrative sciences, but true to our interdisciplinary spirit, we welcome everyone who shares our values!
Kontakti (Kontakti)
Kontakti is the nonaligned council list for students of languages, communication and social sciences. We work to increase the visibility and interdisciplinarity of both small and large fields at Tampere University. Our goal is to make sure that students from every field have their voices heard in the decision-making processes of the Student Union and the university. We focus on cross-disciplinary networking and encourage connections across different faculties. We want to keep supporting a university where every student can build their own path, find new opportunities and get involved in student organizations. Kontakti has been actively involved throughout TREY’s history, playing a key role in the Council of Representatives, the board, and various working groups. Let’s keep in Kontakti!
Vihreä Lista (Vihreä Lista)
For TREY’s Green List, education is free, financial security is guaranteed by basic income, and the city is student- and environmentally friendly. The Green List brings together green-minded university students who want to build a more sustainable and equal student union, university community, and society.
TREY must be a social and political influencer not only at the university and in Tampere but also nationwide. Advocacy should be based on promoting students’ interests, education, democracy, equality, and ecology. We have actively worked for these values in the representative council. By voting for the Green List, you will get representatives in the council who share your values! Green List’s Instagram
MedBoomare (MB)
MedBoomare is a student and organization-centered, politically independent council group which focuses to ensure that the membership fees paid to the student union serve students as equitably as possible. The membership fee should be meaningful to each member, and the amount of the membership fee and the use of the money should be firmly justified by the student union.
MedBoomare’s goal is for the student union to actively support stundent organization and guild activities and to represent the interests of students on all three campuses. You can find more information about us on MedBoomare’s Instagram!
Rakennustekniikan, Arkkitehtuurin, Tuotantotalouden ja Tietojohtamisen OpISkelijAt (RATTOISA)
RATTOISA is an inter-guild electoral union consisting of students of Civil Engineering, Architecture, etc. RATTOISA’s core values include student orientation, support for organizations, and community spirit.
Kyltyrböndet (KB)
Bread and Circuses
Brothers and Sisters of Alpha-Chemistry (BS Alchemy)
Brothers and Sisters of Alpha-chemistry is a guild-based list from Hervanta. Our candidates are mainly members of Bioner, MIK and YKI. Our most important goal is to keep organizations at the center of TREY’s activities, as organizations are experts in student culture and the easiest way for a single student to be part of the university community. We want to support students’ sense of commonality, also across campus boundaries, and to bring TREY’s activities closer to students. We also consider it important to have good support services for students’ well-being and studies.
KeltaPunaSininen (KPS)
KPS (YellowRedBlue) is a guild-based electoral alliance for automation, mechanical, and electrical engineering students. We value a fun and enjoyable study environment. We believe that such an environment is best created for individual students through subject organizations as well as professional subject and hobby clubs. Our goal is to support these organizations so that Tampere will continue to have a vibrant student culture that knows no boundaries between subject organizations and where everyone is welcome. KPS Instagram
International Representatives Group (IRG)
As the International Representatives Group we are collective of students dedicated to making Tampere University as international, sustainable and inclusive as possible, bridging the gap between international and Finnish students to create a community based on cooperation and unity. We want to make sure international students are represented when decisions concerning all students are made.
We believe in equality beyond nationality. Students’ voices should be heard regardless of who they are or where they come from.
IRG is a part of TRIO, sharing it’s values of: Associations at the center of the student union and student culture, campus cooperation and equality, and a bilingual Student Union.
Akseli Nyrhinen (nonpartisan candidate)
I will do good work
Mikael Viitanen (nonpartisan candidate)
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