University of Lapland

The University of Lapland is located in the city of Rovaniemi, Finland. It was founded in 1979. The University of Lapland is the most northern university in the European Union.

University of Lapland

Lapin yliopisto
Type	Public
Established	1979
Rector	Professor Antti Syväjärvi
Administrative staff	647
Undergraduates	5100
Postgraduates	345
Location	Rovaniemi , Finland 66.4853°N 25.7149°E / 66.4853; 25.7149
Affiliations	UArctic
Website	www.ulapland.fi

The university is divided into four faculties:

• Faculty of Art and Design
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Social Sciences

In addition to faculties, there is the Arctic Centre that is devoted to the arctic studies and research. The European Union has planned a resolution on the Arctic Strategy for the EU. The resolution includes paragraphs that are after the establishment of the EU Arctic Information Centre as a networked undertaking with a permanent office in Rovaniemi at the University of Lapland, Finland.

Finally, a subunit exists called the Institute of Business and Tourism; formerly it was a faculty but it is subsumed within the Faculty of Social Sciences.