List of universities in Finland
Institutions of higher education are designated universities by Finnish legislation, most importantly, the University Act (Yliopistolaki/Universitetslag, 558/2009).[1] According to the decree on the System of the degrees of higher education (Asetus korkeakoulututkintojen järjestelmästä/Förordning om högskolornas examenssystem, 464/1998), 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. These institutions are listed in the article 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.[3]
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[edit] Universities
[edit] Multidisciplinary universities
The Finnish universities are (sorted by the year of establishment):
- University of Helsinki (1640/1827)
- Åbo Akademi University in Turku (1918)
- University of Turku (1920)
- University of Tampere (1925)
- University of Jyväskylä (1866, promoted to university status in 1934)
- University of Oulu (1958)
- University of Vaasa (1968)
- University of Lapland in Rovaniemi (1979)
- Aalto University (1849/2010)
- University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu and Kuopio (2010)
[edit] Specialised universities
In Finland, there are also some institutions of higher education that have full university status, but which specialise in certain academic fields:
- Academy of Fine Arts (Finland) in Helsinki
- Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Swedish-language School of Economics, in Helsinki
- Lappeenranta University of Technology
- Sibelius Academy, University level music school, in Helsinki
- Tampere University of Technology
- Theatre Academy in Helsinki
Unlike the other schools in this list, 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.[4] The practical effect of this distinction is minor, and most notable in the administrative organisation of the university, which is military instead of civilian.
[edit] See also
- University Admissions Finland
- List of polytechnics in Finland
- List of colleges and universities
- List of colleges and universities by country
- Finnish innovation system
[edit] References
- ^ Yliopistolaki/Universitetslag (558/2009). 1 §. Retrieved 10-3-2007. (Finnish) (Swedish)
- ^ http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/1998/19980464 Asetus korkeakoulututkintojen järjestelmästä/Förordning om högskolornas examenssystem (464/1998) as changed with decree 426/2005] 1.1 §, section 1 and 8 §. Retrieved 10-3-2007. (Finnish) (Swedish)
- ^ http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/alkup/1998/19980464 Asetus korkeakoulututkintojen järjestelmästä/Förordning om högskolornas examenssystem (464/1998) as changed with decree 426/2005] 1.1 §, section 3 and 10 §. Retrieved 10-3-2007. (Finnish) (Swedish)
- ^ Finnish Council of University Rectors. Member Universities. Retrieved 10-3-2007.
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