TheUniversityofHelsinkihas11departmentsand20relativelyindependentresearchinstitutes.TheUniversityofHelsinkiimplementsbilingualeducationinFinnishandSwedish.AlongwithFinland'sinternationalizationprocess,Englishisalsowidelyusedintheteachingofmaster'sanddoctoraldegrees.TheUniversityofHelsinki'slaw,philosophy,mathematics,theoreticalphysics,lifesciencesandmedicineareamongtheworld'sleadingsubjects.
TheUniversityofHelsinkigavebirthto5NobelPrizewinners.LarsAlforswontheFieldsMedalin1936(theNobelPrizeinmathematics),FransEmileSilampawontheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1939,andAlturiIrmariWeirTaninwontheNobelPrizeinChemistryin1945,andRagnarGranitwontheNobelPrizeinMedicinein1967.In2016,BentHolmstromwontheNobelPrizeinEconomics.
Inaddition,theworld-renownedmusicmasterJeanSibeliusandthemostactiveandinfluentialwell-knownlogicianandphilosopherJaakkoKaarloJuhani(JaakkoKaarloJuhani)intheworldtodayHintikka)andFinland'sfirstfemalepresidentTarjaKaarinaHalonen(TarjaKaarinaHalonen)arealsofromtheUniversityofHelsinki.Today'sUniversityofHelsinkihasmorethan40,000faculty,staffandstudents,includingmorethan37,000full-timestudents.TheUniversityofHelsinkihasninecolleges(theology,law,medicine,arts,science,education,socialscience,agricultureandforestry,veterinarymedicine)inwhichmorethan1,700foreignstudentsareregisteredtostudy.
AsthecapitalandlargestcityofFinland,Helsinkihasatotalpopulationofoveronemillion,aprosperouseconomyandwell-developedtransportation.Inthisfertilesoilforhighereducation,theUniversityofHelsinkiisbasedinthecenterofthecityandprovidesfirst-classculturalandtechnologicaleducation.TheUniversityofHelsinkioffersvariousprofessionalcoursesfrombachelortodoctoraldegree.
Finlandhasmorethan5millionpeopleand20universities.Itisthecountrywiththemostuniversitiespercapitaintheworld.TheFinnishNationalUniversityofHelsinkiisthelargestschoolamongthem.ItislocatedinthecenterofHelsinki,knownasthe"DaughteroftheBalticSea".Itiswell-knowninNorthernEuropeforitsbeautifulandquaintarchitecture,abundantbookcollection,completeprofessionalism,outstandingachievementsandlonghistory.TheeightexistingcollegesinHelsinkiarethetheologicalschool,thelawschool,themedicalschool,theliberalartsschool,thescienceschool,theeducationschool,thesocialscienceschool,andtheagricultureandforestryschool.
History
TheUniversityofHelsinkiwasfoundedonMarch26,1640andwasoriginallycalledtheRoyalAcademyofTurku.FinlandwaspartoftheKingdomofSwedenatthattime,andTurkuRoyalAcademywasoneoftheimportantacademicinstitutionsoftheSwedishEmpireatthattime.Inordertotrainmorecompetentnationalmanagers,the13-year-oldQueenChristinaofSwedendecidedtoestablishTurkuUniversityinTurkuinwesternFinland(thecapitalofFinlandatthetime)ontheproposaloftheregent.TheinitialestablishmentofthecollegecompletelyadoptedtheEuropeanuniversityeducationsystemandtaughtinLatin.ThestudentsfirststudyintheSchoolofPhilosophy,andthenmajorintheology,lawormedicineaccordingtotheirpersonalinterests.TeachersandstudentsoftengotootheracademicresearchinstitutionsinEuropetovisitandexchangeanddiscussacademicstudies.
FinlandwasaGrandDuchyofTsaristRussiafrom1809to1917.TheuniversityisincorporatedintotheuniversitysystemofTsaristRussia.TsarAlexanderIallocatedfundstoexpandtheuniversity.TheuniversityofficiallymovedtoHelsinkiin1828,andthecapitalofFinlandalsomovedfromTurkutoHelsinki.ThepurposewastotrainvariousprofessionalsforTsaristRussia.Inthe19thcentury,EuropeanandTsaristRussianuniversitiesbegantoleantowardsexperimentalandempiricalscientificresearch,whichpromotedthenewdevelopmentoftheuniversity.
In1917,theRepublicofFinlandformallybecameindependentfromTsaristRussiaandbecameanindependentdemocracy.TheuniversityhasbeengiventhehighestmissionbytheFinnishgovernmenttotrainvariousprofessionalsforFinland.Inthe20thcentury,theresearchcapabilitiesoftheUniversityofHelsinkihavebeencomparabletootherwell-knownuniversitiesinEurope.
Uptonow,theUniversityofHelsinkihas11collegesand20relativelyindependentresearchinstitutes,500professorsand40,000students.TrainingvariousprofessionalsforFinlandandEurope.Atthesametime,theUniversityofHelsinkiisalsoamemberoftheEuropeanResearchUniversityAlliance,anoutstandingrepresentativeofEuropeanhighereducation,andhasextensiveacademicexchangesandcontactswithothercountriesintheworld.TheUniversityofHelsinkiinthe21stcenturyhasbecomemoreinternational,attractingscholarsfromallovertheworld.
TheUniversityofHelsinkihasalwaysemphasizedthespontaneityandindependenceofstudentlearning.Mostclassroomsfollowthetraditionallecturemode,andtheteacher-studentrelationshipstillmaintainsformalandclasscommunication;however,withtheincreasingopennessofsociety,someteachersarealreadywillingtodiscusswithstudentsandwelcomestudentstotaketheinitiativetoexpresstheiropinions.Infact,sincethe1970s,theUniversityofHelsinkihassilentlycarriedoutreforms,suchasthedevelopmentofadulteducationandthedesignofshort-termcoursesforgovernmentemployees,sothattheincumbentscangraspthelatestprofessionalknowledgeandnotbeoutoftouchwiththetimes.TheUniversityofHelsinkiisacomprehensiveuniversityfocusingonliberalarts.Itsagricultureandforestry,medicine,naturalsciencesarewell-knowninternationally.TheCapitalUniversityofmanycountrieshassignedexchangeagreementswithit,andregularlysendspersonneltotheUniversityofHelsinkito"learnfromtheexperience".
OnApril2,2020,NanjingUniversityandotheruniversitiesformallyannouncedtheestablishmentoftheInternationalUniversityClimateAlliance.
Geographicallocation
InthecenterofHelsinki,thecapitalofFinland,knownasthe"DaughteroftheBalticSea",thereisauniversitywithalonghistoryandawell-knownNorthernEurope.ThisistheUniversityofHelsinki.ThemainbuildingoftheUniversityofHelsinki,locatedontheconferencesquareinthecenterofHelsinki,formsabeautifulpicturewiththetoweringgreenroofandwhitewallsofthecathedralandtheoppositegovernmentofficebuilding.Thisfour-storyyellowbuildingwasbuiltinthemainuniversitybuildingin1832andisasymboloftheFinnishHigherEducationCenter.
Thelibraryoftheschoolhas160librariesofdifferentspecialties,withatotalcollectionofmorethan4millionbooks.Amongthem,theprecioussetofbooksintheRussiantreasuryandthebooksinallminoritylanguagespublishedbytheTsaristEmpirearepreserved.MakeitenjoyahighreputationamongscholarsstudyingRussiaintheworld.
TheUniversityofHelsinkihas4maincampuses,andthereare17differentresearchinstitutesscatteredinotherpartsofFinland.Thecitycentercampusisthelocationofthehumanitiesandsocialsciencesdepartments,theMeilahticampusisthelocationofthemedicinedepartmentsandlaboratories,theKumpulacampusisthelocationofthesciencedepartmentsandlaboratories,andtheViikicampusisthelifesciencesWherethedepartmentsandlaboratoriesarelocated.
UniversityRankings
2019TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRankings:99thintheworld
2020TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRankings96th,2020QSWorldUniversityRankings107th,87thinthe2020U.S.NewsWorldUniversityRankings,63rdintheAcademicRankingofWorldUniversityRankingsin2019
98thinthe2021TimesHigherEducationWorldUniversityRankings,104thinthe2021QSWorldUniversityRankingsRanked86thinthe2021U.S.NewsWorldUniversityRankings,63rdintheAcademicRankingofWorldUniversityRankingsin2020
104thinthe2022QSWorldUniversityRankings
FacultyScale
Today,theUniversityofHelsinkihasbecomeFinland’slargestcomprehensiveuniversitywiththemostcomprehensiveprofessionalsettings.Itcurrentlyhasseminaries,lawschools,medicalschools,liberalarts,sciences,education,socialsciences,agricultureand8collegesincludingtheForestryCollege,withmorethan20,000registeredstudentsandmorethan5,000facultyandstaff,sendalargenumberofmastersanddoctoralgraduateseveryyear.
TheUniversityofHelsinkiisconstantlyreforming,developingadulteducation,organizingin-servicepersonneltraining,carryingoutemploymenteducation,andattachingimportancetocooperationwithbusinessandresearchdepartmentsoutsidetheschooltodevelopappliedtechnologiesanddirectlyserveproduction.
TheUniversityofHelsinkihassentalargenumberofnationalmanagementandconstructiontalentstoFinlandinvariousperiods,andsomeoutstandingpeoplehaveemerged.ProfessorStalleborgoftheschoolwasoneofthefoundersandfirstpresidentoftheRepublicofFinland.Theothertwopresidents,JaoKustiBaskoviandEoKalevaKkenan,werealsoDoctoralstudentoflawschool.ResearchersfromtheDepartmentofPhysicsdiscoveredthesubstancecalledomegaparticlesorganizedbytheEuropeanInstituteofAtomicResearch,whichwonthe1984NobelPrizeinPhysics.Thefamousprofessoroftheschool'sseminary,MadiBavio,spent10yearscompletingtheworld'sfirstcopyoftheMissal,whichwaspublishedin1971.
ThecryptographicplantscollectedbytheBotanicalMuseumoftheDepartmentofBotanyoftheschoolaresecondtononeintheworld.
ProfessionalFeatures
TheUniversityofHelsinkihasestablishedacademicpartnershipswithmanyprestigiousuniversitiesintheworld.TheschoolhasaChineselanguagemajorandaChineselanguageprofessorposition,andamaster'sdegreeinChineselanguageisawarded.TheUniversityofHelsinkialsohasseveralindependentresearchinstitutesandsomespecializedserviceinstitutions.TheInstituteofTheoreticalPhysicsenjoysahighreputationintheworld.ItsresearchresultsrepresentthehighestleveloftheInstituteofTheoreticalPhysicsofFinnishuniversities.ItisalsoresponsibleforhelpingresearchersfromFinnishuniversitiestoestablishdomesticandforeigncooperativerelations.TheInstituteofSeismologymainlyrecordsandanalyzesearthquakesandnucleartestsworldwide.
Inaddition,italsostudiestheformationandmovementofthecrust,mantle,bedrock,etc.TheinstitutehasresearchbasesalloverFinland,anditalsohasafamousradiocarbonlaboratory.UniversitypharmaciesincludetheheadofficeinHelsinkiand16branchesalloverthecountry.Asearlyas1755whentheUniversityofTurkuwasallowedtoopenpharmacies.
Theuniversityartroomisopentoallstudentsinterestedinartintheschool.Studentscanexpresstheirideasthroughpainting,andtheycanalsoreceivespecialtutoringfromartteachers.Manystudents’artcareersbeginhere.TheUniversityCoinandMedalCollectionRoomisthemainnumismaticresearchcenterinFinland.Itsmorethan66,000collectionshavebeenexhibitedmanytimesintheFinnishNationalMuseum.
Although,theHelsinkidecreeclearlystatesthatthemissionoftheschoolistopromotescientificresearchandacademiceducationinFinland,andtoeducateyoungstudentstobetterservethemotherland.However,theincreasinginternationalizationoftheworld'sdevelopmentmakestheschool'sschool-runningpolicybegintobeinternationalized.AsPresidentOliLedosaid:“Knowledgeknowsnoborders,sointernationalculturalexchangesarebothverynecessaryandveryimportant.Ifanycountrybreaksawayfromthelargeacademicsystemoftheworld,itwillpayahugeamount.Theprice."In1990,ontheoccasionofthe350thanniversaryoftheUniversityofHelsinki,theInternationalAssociationofUniversitiesheldaplenarymeetingattheuniversity,whichgreatlyexpandedtheinternationalinfluenceoftheUniversityofHelsinki.
Academiccooperation
TheUniversityofHelsinkihasestablishedacademiccooperationrelationshipswithmanyfamousuniversitiesandcollegesintheworld,suchas:MoscowStateUniversity,theInternationalSchoolofPsychologyandManagement(IPMC),ScandinaviaThemainpurposeofuniversitiesinthecountriesoftheNaviaPeninsulaistojointlyengageincooperativeresearchinbasicscienceandappliedscience.Inaddition,manyscholarsattheUniversityofHelsinkihavecloseprivatepartnershipswithscholarsfromuniversitiesinothercountries,whichalsopromotestheinterconnectionandexchangesbetweeninternationaluniversities.TheUniversityofHelsinkihasalsoestablishedextensiveacademicpartnershipswithtopdomesticuniversitiessuchasRenminUniversityofChina.
Forthedevelopmentofpolitics,culture,andrelationsbetweenChinaandFinland,theUniversityofHelsinkiopenedaChineselanguagemajor,establishedaChineselanguageprofessorposition,andawardedamaster'sdegreeinChinese.ItcanbesaidthatFinland’sinternationalinfluenceandstatusarelargelyrelatedtothepopularityoftheUniversityofHelsinki.Therefore,itisnowonderthatFinnsproudlycallit"FinnishUniversity".
TheSlavicEasternEuropeanInstituteofUniversityCollegeLondonandtheUniversityofHelsinkicollaboratedontheIMESSinternationalmaster'sdegreeprogram,strengthenedthecooperationandexchangesbetweenFinlandandtheUKinhighereducation,andconductedin-depthresearchongeopolitics,economics,culture,languageandhistory.Sexualinfluence.
TheInternationalSchoolofPsychologyandManagement(IPMC)andtheUniversityofHelsinkihavecooperatedwiththeUniversityofHelsinkitodeveloppsychology-relateddegreeprograms,suchasamaster'sdegreeinbusinesspsychology,andareresponsibleforthecurriculumdesign,operationsupervisionandmarketauthorizationofrelateddisciplines..
Departmentsetting
SchoolofSocialSciences
DepartmentofCommunication,DepartmentofEconomics,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,DepartmentofSocialMoralPhilosophy,DepartmentofSocialPolitics,SocialPsychologyDepartmentofScience,DepartmentofSociology,DepartmentofSocialCulturalAnthropology,DepartmentofStatistics,DepartmentofSocialDevelopment,DepartmentofSocialScienceHistory
CollegeofAgricultureandForestry
AgriculturalEngineeringandGeneralTechnology,AnimalScienceMedicine,PracticalBiology,AppliedChemistryandMicrobiology,EconomicsandManagement,FoodTechnology,ForestEcology,ForestEconomics,ForestResourcesManagement,LimnologyandEnvironmentalProtection
Master'sdegree
AdvancedChemicalSpectroscopy
ArtTheory-CriticismandManagement
EnvironmentandBiosphereResearch
BayesianStatisticsandDecisionAnalysis
p>BiologicalConsultancy
Biotechnology
Economics
Economy,StateandSociety
Racerelations,culturaldiversitySexandraceintegration
EuropeanStudies
FoodScience
ForestScienceandBusiness
ForestryandEnvironmentalEngineering
GeographicInformationSystems
History
InformationandMediaTechnology
Cross-CulturalCommunication
MediaandInternationalCommunication
Neuroscience
PlantProductionScience
AppliedPhilosophy
Psychology
RootsofEuropeanReligion
SocietyScience(MasterofResearch)
SpaceScience
EnglishStudies
AdmissionCriteria
StudyTime
BachelorDegree:120credits
Master'sdegree:160credits
Applicationrequirements
Studentswhohaveobtainedabachelor’sdegreeinarelevantmajor
Languagerequirements
TOEFL550-580or213-237(computer-basedtest)orTOEFL580orabove(computer-basedtest246)(dependingonprofessionalrequirements)
IELTS6.0-6.5orIELTS6.5orabove(dependingonProfessionalrequirements)
Othermatters
Examlocation:Finland,Helsinki(someoutstandingstudentscanbeadmittedwithoutexamination)