UNIVERSITY OF TURKU founded in 1920

"From a Free People to Free Science"

Royal Academy of Turku – Academia Aboensis

(1640–1828)

OTSIKKOTekstiä

21,000 STUDENTS

16,000 Degree Students,2,500 Post-graduate Students &

2,500 Visiting Students

3,500 EMPLOYEES

3rd largest employer in Turku

University Staff

34 %

23 %

43 % Teaching staff

Research staff

Other staff members

UNIVERSITY ORGANISATION

Financing € 221 million

68 %

32 %

Direct budgetfinancing € 127million

Other externalfinancing € 59million

AREAS OF STRENGTH IN RESEARCH Molecular biosciences Cardiovascular and metabolic research

Ecological interactions and ecological genetics research

Learning and education research

Futures studies

Research on institutional design and social mechanisms

OVER 3 000 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS ANNUALLY

76% of which in international publications

DEGREES ANNUALLY

1,000-2,000 Master's degrees1,500 Bachelor's degrees

150 Doctoral degrees

ACTIVE IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Research projects and programmes

Global academic networks

Student & staff exchanges

Joint curriculum development

Coimbra Group

An association of long-established European multidisciplinary universities of high international standard, founded in 1985 in Coimbra

38 members including universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Lyon, Prague, Bologna, Uppsala, Barcelona

University of Turku invited to join the Group in 1996

Baltic Sea Region University Network (BSRUN)

Founded in 2000 in Turku by 17 universities in the Baltic Sea Region

39 member universities

Supporting joint research projects and information exchange

Encouraging student and staff mobility

Coordinated by the University of Turku

Member ofNordic Centres in Asia & Africa

Nordic Centre at the University of Fudan (Shanghai, China)

Nordic Centre at the Western Cape University (Cape Town, South Africa)

1,500 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

from 85 countries

Asian Studies

Baltic Sea Region Studies

Bioinformatics

Biomedical Imaging

Embedded Computing

Environmental Sciences

European Heritage, Digital Media and the Information Society

Future Studies

Global Information Technology Management

INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMMES 2010

Global Innovation Management

Information Technology Institutions and Social Mechanisms

Physical Sciences; Astronomy track

Learning, Learning Environments and Educational Systems

Mangement of Information Technology (Erasmus Mundus Programme)

Finnish and Other Finno-Ugric Languages (in Finnish)

EXCELLENT INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES

Student tutors Orientation week Academic contact persons International coordinators at faculties Extensive Language Centre services Well equipped libraries & computer services

ACCOMODATION

Close to the campusAll the services nearbyBuilt and designed for studentsUp-to-date standards with e.g. Internet-access

ACTIVE STUDENT UNION run by students – for students!

Starting packages Counselling services Events and activities International degree students network

CITY OF TURKUToday

a modern ambitious city with 170,000 inhabitants and

with a large cluster of bioscience and IT

FAMOUS FOR VIBRANT STUDENT LIFE

Two universities, four universities of applied sciences, active student unions and

altogether 40,000 students guarantee action 24 hours a day

PLENTY OF FREE TIME ACTIVITIES

Sports – Culture – Nature

European Capital of Culture 2011

A SAFE AND COMPACT CITY with short distances

Ideal for walking and cycling – excellent public transportation also available

Within easy reachTHE UNIQUE

TURKU ARCHIPELAGO

Fascinating and interesting opportunities for excursions and travelling

EDUCATION IN FINLAND

Elementary and Lower Secondary School9 years

Includes entire age group

General Upper Secondary Education

3 years

Initial Vocational Education

3 years

Universities3 + 2 + 4 years

Polytechnics3.5-4.5 + 1-1.5

years

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

Bachelor's degree180 ECTS credits

3 years

Master's degree120 ECTS credits

2 years

Doctoral degree(Licentiate degree)

4 years