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

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

A STRONG MULTIDISCIPLINARY

PROFILE with 7 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

FACULTIES

2 400 INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

from 103 countries

CITY OF TURKU Finland´s oldest city

Finland's capital until 1812,important link between the East and the

West since Medieval times

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 THE UNIVERSITY OF TURKU