1. ”FROM A FREE PEOPLE TO FREE SCIENCE AND LEARNING”
The University’s founding years was an era of strong patriotism and Finland took its first steps as an independent country. This spirit can also be sensed in the motto of the University:
From a free people to free science and learning

2. UNIVERSITY OF TURKU was founded in 1920 as the first Finnish- language University.
100
years in
2020
Academic heritage in Turku since 1640:
Royal Academy of Turku – Academia Aboensis 1640–1828.

3. MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY 2nd largest university in Finland7
faculties 7
independent
units
Annual budjet 2017: total income 259,8 M€ 19,722 students (2017)
Total costs
261.5 M€
20,000
students

4. THE UNIVERSITY OF TURKU IS IN THE TOP 1 % of more than 30,000 universities in the world.
Ranked 276th in QS World University Ranking 2017

5. …and close to the unique archipelago of Turku