University of Helsinki

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1 History 2 Organisation 3 See also 4 External links

History

The university was founded in 1640 by Count Per Brahe in Åbo (Turku), as the Academy of Åbo, but in 1827 it was relocated following the move of the capital to Helsinki. It was the third university founded in Sweden, following Uppsala University and the Academia Gustaviana, today the University of Tartu in Estonia.

The main building of the university, which was designed by C.L. Engel, was completed in 1832. It is located next to the Senate Square in the heart of Helsinki's Empire-style centre.

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:

• 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)

Research institutes within the university include the following:

• 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

• History of Finland
• History of Sweden

• University of Helsinki - Official site

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