University of Helsinki

The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available. Around 38,000 students (including 5,500 post-graduate students) are currently enrolled in the degree programs of the university.

Notable people

• Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832-1901), geologist, arctic explorer
• Hugo Gyldén (1841-1896), astronomer
• Anders Donner (1854-1938), astronomer
• Karl Fritiof Sundman (1873-1949), astronomer
• Mika Waltari (1908-1979), novelist
• Esa Saarinen (b. 1953), philosopher
• Tarja Halonen, Lawyer, President of Finland since 2000.
• Linus Torvalds, (b. 1969), software engineer (M.Sc. 1996)
• Ernst Lindelöf (1870-1946), mathematician
• Rolf Nevanlinna (1895-1980), mathematician
• Lars Ahlfors (1907-1996), mathematician, one of two first to be awarded the Fields Medal in 1936
• Björn Kurtén (1924-1988), palaeontologist
• Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895-1973), Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1945)
• Jorma Ollila (b. 1950), CEO of Nokia (M.Sc. Economics)