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.

Organisation

The university is divided into eleven faculties. They are listed below in the official order that is used by the university, reflecting both the history of the university and the hierarchy of disciplines at the time when the university was established:

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• Faculty of Theology (established 1640)
• Faculty of Law (established 1640)
• Faculty of Medicine (established 1640)
• Faculty of Arts (established 1852, separate section 1863, separate faculty 1992)
• Faculty of Science (established 1852, separate section 1863, separate faculty 1992)
• Faculty of Behavioral Sciences (incorporated 1974, separate faculty 1992, reorganized 2004)
• Faculty of Social Sciences (established 1945)
• Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry (established 1924)
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (incorporated 1974)
• Faculty of Biosciences (separate faculty 2004)
• Faculty of Pharmacy (separate faculty 2004)

It also comprises several independent institutes, such as research centres and libraries.

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Research institutes within the university include the following:

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• Aleksanteri Institute - A national centre of research, study and expertise pertaining to Russia and East Europe
• Helsinki Center of Economic Research (HECER) - A joint initiative of the University of Helsinki, the Helsinki School of Economics and the Swedish School of Economics
• Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT) - A joint research institute of the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University of Technology
• Helsinki Institute of Physics
• Helsinki University Environmental Research Unit
• Institute of Biotechnology
• Neuroscience Center
• Rolf Nevanlinna Institute - Research institute of mathematics, computer science, and statistics