List of universities in Finland

A list of universities in Finland. Institutions of higher education are designated universities by Finnish legislation.[1] Only these universities have the right to confer the degrees in the categories alempi korkeakoulututkinto/lägre högskoleexamen (Bachelor's degree) and ylempi korkeakoulututkinto/högre högskoleexamen (Master's degree) and doctoral degrees.[2]

In addition to the universities, Finland has another, separate system of tertiary education, the ammattikorkeakoulu/yrkeshögskola, which is variously translated as polytechnic or as a University of Applied Sciences (see a list of polytechnics in Finland). The polytechnics have the right to confer degrees in categories ammattikorkeakoulututkinto/yrkeshögskoleexamen and ylempi ammattikorkeakoulututkinto/högre yrkeshögskoleexamen. In international usage, these degrees are classified as bachelor's and master's degrees.[2]

Universities

Multidisciplinary universities

The Finnish universities are (sorted by the year of establishment):

No Name Established date Type Location Students Administrative staff
1University of Helsinki1640PublicHelsinki348338000 [3]
2Åbo Akademi University1918PublicTurku, Vaasa and Jakobstad55001300 [4]
3University of Turku1920PublicTurku, Pori194883319 [5]
4University of Tampere1925PublicTampere, Pori144301982 [6]
5University of Jyväskylä1934PublicJyväskylä144922583 [7]
6University of Oulu1958PublicOulu142212852 [8]
7University of Vaasa1968PublicVaasa5048498 [9]
8University of Lapland1979PublicRovaniemi4349633 [10]
9University of Eastern Finland2010PublicJoensuu, Kuopio, and Savonlinna150002800 [11]
10Aalto University2010PublicEspoo and Helsinki181164424 [12]

Specialised universities

In Finland, there are also some institutions of higher education that have full university status, but which specialise in certain academic fields:

No Name Established date Type Location Students Administrative staff
1Hanken School of Economics1909PublicHelsinki, Vaasa2200130
2Tampere University of Technology1965PublicTampere, Pori82951713
3Lappeenranta University of Technology1969PublicLappeenranta4900893
4National Defence University1993PublicHelsinki850350
5University of the Arts Helsinki2013PublicHelsinki1993729

The National Defence University is not considered a university by Finnish law, although it has the authority to award bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and to pursue free research, and its rector is a member of the Council of Finnish University rectors.[13] The practical effect of this distinction is minor, and most notable in the administrative organisation of the university, which is military instead of civilian.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yliopistolaki/Universitetslag (558/2009). 1 §. Retrieved 10-3-2007. (in Finnish) (in Swedish)
  2. 1 2 Asetus korkeakoulututkintojen järjestelmästä/Förordning om högskolornas examenssystem (464/1998) as amended by decree 426/2005 1.1 §, section 1 and 8 §. Retrieved 10-3-2007. (in Finnish) (in Swedish)
  3. ↑ "The University of Helsinki in Brief - University of Helsinki". 17 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Åbo Akademi - Startsida". Åbo Akademi.
  5. ↑ "Yliopiston avaintiedot". www.utu.fi.
  6. ↑ "University - Tampereen yliopisto". www.uta.fi.
  7. ↑ "Graafiset esitykset - Statistics". Jyväskylän yliopisto.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  9. ↑ "Avaintiedot". www.uva.fi. 27 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Yliopisto - Lapin yliopisto". www.ulapland.fi.
  11. ↑ "Introduction - UEF". www.uef.fi.
  12. ↑ "Avaintietoa ja vuosittaiset raportit". 12 November 2013.
  13. ↑ Finnish Council of University Rectors. Member Universities Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 10-3-2007.
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