WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TURKU!
ACADEMIC HERITAGE IN TURKU SINCE 1640 Royal Academy of Turku – Academia Aboensis (1640–1828) until the Great Fire of Turku
The Akatemiatalo was formerly the main building of the Royal Academy of Turku.
UNIVERSITY OF TURKU (the first Finnish-language University) was founded in 1920 "From a Free People to Free Science"
20,000 STUDENTS 15,000 Degree Students, 2,000 Doctorate and Licentiate Students & 3,000 Visiting and Non-Degree Students 2012 statistics
DEGREES ANNUALLY 1,500 Master's degrees 1,400 Bachelor's degrees 180 Doctoral degrees Statistics 2012
The ceremonial conferment of Doctoral Degrees
A STRONG MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROFILE with 7 faculties
FACULTIES Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Law Faculty of Social Science Faculty of Education Turku School of Economics
1,900 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS from 95 countries Statistics 2012
ACTIVE IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Global academic networks Student & staff exchanges Joint curriculum development Member of Coimbra Group Member of Nordic Centres in Asia & Africa Research projects and programmes
Some international students at the annual May Day celebration
TURKU - 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
WELCOME TO TURKU FINLAND
WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TURKU