List of universities in Finland

This is a list of the universities in Finland. Institutions of higher education are designated as universities by Finnish legislation.^[1] Only universities have the right to confer degrees in the categories of alempi korkeakoulututkinto/lägre högskoleexamen (bachelor's degree) and ylempi korkeakoulututkinto/högre högskoleexamen (master's degree) and doctoral degrees.^[2]

In addition to the universities, Finland has another, separate system of tertiary education consisting of the ammattikorkeakoulus/yrkeshögskolas, which used to be translated as polytechnics but now call themselves universities of applied sciences (see the list of polytechnics in Finland). The universities of applied sciences offer a more practical, vocational approach to their education^[3] and have the right to confer degrees in the categories of ammattikorkeakoulututkinto/yrkeshögskoleexamen and ylempi ammattikorkeakoulututkinto/högre yrkeshögskoleexamen. In international usage, these degrees have the same names as those conferred by Finnish (normal) universities, i.e. bachelor's and master's degrees.^[2]

Universities

Multidisciplinary universities

The Finnish universities are (sorted by the year of establishment):

No	Name	Established date	First establishment	Type	Location	Students	Administrative staff
1	University of Helsinki	1640	1640	Public	Helsinki	34,833	8,000 [4]
2	Åbo Akademi University	1918	1918	Public	Turku and Vaasa	5,500	1,300 [5]
3	University of Turku	1920	1920	Public	Turku, Pori	19,488	3,319 [6]
4	University of Jyväskylä	1934	1863	Public	Jyväskylä	14,492	2,583 [7]
5	University of Oulu	1958	1958	Public	Oulu	14,221	2,852 [8]
6	University of Vaasa	1968	1968	Public	Vaasa	5,048	498 [9]
7	University of Lapland	1979	1979	Public	Rovaniemi	4,349	633 [10]
8	University of Eastern Finland	2010	1966	Public	Joensuu and Kuopio	15,000	2,800 [11]
9	Aalto University	2010	1849	Public	Espoo and Helsinki	18,116	4,424 [12]
10	LUT University	2019	1969	Public	Lappeenranta and Lahti	7,770	1,380 [13]
11	Tampere University	2019	1925	Public	Tampere, Pori and Seinäjoki[14]	20,600	3,550 [15]

Specialized universities

In Finland, there are a few institutions of higher education that have full university status, but which specialize in certain academic fields:

No	Name	Established date	First establishment	Type	Location	Students	Administrative staff
1	Hanken School of Economics	1909	1909	Public	Helsinki, Vaasa	2,200	130
2	National Defence University	1993	1919	Public	Helsinki	850	350
3	University of the Arts Helsinki	2013	1848	Public	Helsinki	1,993	729

The National Defence University is not considered a university by Finnish law, although it has the authority to award bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and to pursue free research, and its rector is a member of the Council of Finnish University rectors.^[16] The practical effect of this distinction is minor, and most notable in the administrative organization of the university, which is military instead of civilian.

See also

• University Admissions Finland
• List of polytechnics in Finland
• List of colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities by country
• List of schools in Finland
• List of universities in Denmark
• List of universities in Iceland
• List of universities in Norway
• List of universities and colleges in Sweden