The University of Helsinki has the widest range of disciplines in Finland. It was established in Turku in 1640, but was transferred to Helsinki in 1828. The number of faculties is eleven. There are 35,000 degree students and 7,900 staff. The number of degrees taken each year is an average 5,000, of which about 470 are doctorates.
The University concentrates on high-level scientific research and researcher education. Scientific research is also the basis of the teaching provided by the University. The University operations support the development of society, as well as business and industry. University representatives offer their competencies for the benefit of society through a number of positions of trust and expertise.
The results produced by the research and teaching carried out at the University have been widely acclaimed. The University participates in more than half of the national Centres of Excellence in Research, elected by international scientific panels. The University of Helsinki has been invited to be a member of the League of European Research Universities, a co-operation body for the leading European research universities. According to international expert panels, also the teaching provided by the University of Helsinki is of a high European level.
The University has strong international connections. It has some 80 co-operation agreements with universities on different continents. The University researchers are in great demand as experts in international scientific communities, meetings and publications.
The University is bilingual, but in addition to Finnish and Swedish teaching is also provided in English. Besides Helsinki, the University has operations at 20 localities throughout Finland.
Specialties
research, higher education
New hires at University of Helsinki
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PhD-student at Environmental Change Research Unit
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Provincie Overijssel, Policy advisor nature and environment
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University of Helsinki Activity on LinkedIn
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University of Helsinki has a new Guía local
Francisco Gallego is now Guía local
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University of Helsinki has a new Post-doctoral Researcher
Enrico Di Minin is now Post-doctoral Researcher, was Teaching Assistant at University of Kent
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University of Helsinki has a new Research Assistant
Anna Maria Polli is now Research Assistant
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University of Helsinki has a new Graduate student
Johannes Rundgren is now Graduate student
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University of Helsinki has a new Research Assistant
Hanna Mäenpää is now Research Assistant
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University of Helsinki has a new Research assistant
Iiris Kokkonen is now Research assistant, was MSc student at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
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University of Helsinki has a new Research Assistant
Miiro Jääskeläinen is now Research Assistant
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University of Helsinki has a new Postdoctoral researcher
Tuomas Malinen is now Postdoctoral researcher, was GS-Fellow at Finnish Doctoral Programme in Economics
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University of Helsinki employee update:
Rami Ratvio is now Postdoctoral Researcher, title was previously Project Researcher at University of Helsinki
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University of Helsinki has a new Research Assistant
Andreas Helfenstein is now Research Assistant
