teekkari

thumb|right|First-year technical students at a basic mathematics lecture at the Aalto University. In Finland, "teekkari" (Swedish: teknolog) refers to students of institutes of technology. The term is also used for students of technical subjects in other universities and Bachelors of Science in Technology.

==Teekkari culture== thumb|right|First-year technical students being dipped into the ice-cold Tammerkoski rapids in May 2007. thumb|right|First-year students of the machinery engineering guild and the electrical engineering guild at a tug-of-war against Tela-Weera in autumn 2015. In technical institutes and faculties, teekkari culture is known for its specific terms, of which part can also be found at other universities: for example the teekkari student cap, wappu, student pranks, guild activities, spexes, sittnings, excursions, student boilersuits and coups.