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Discover the

UniversityUniversity of of TurkuTurku

- where tradition meetsmodern technology

- where tradition meetsmodern technology

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• Finland's oldest city and the capital until 1812

• Today, the fifth largest city in Finland with 176,000 inhabitants

• The Nordic countries' largest single-place cluster of biosciences and IT

Turku: Tradition and theNewest Technology

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University of Turku: Facts

• A major research university with six faculties and Turku School of Economics

• The second largest in Finland with 21,000 students (approximately 1,400 international students each year)

• Areas of strength include biosciences, IT, cultural interaction and integration, cooperation in the Baltic Sea region

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Turku – a lively student city

• 30,000 students in two universities and Polytechnics in Turku:

– every fifth person studies or works in higher education

• The universities form a unified campus in the heart of the city

• A vibrant city in the midst of beautiful Finnish nature

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International Student Services

• Orientation week for new incoming international students in September and January

• Academic contact persons at the departments

• International coordinators at the faculties

• Reasonably priced student accommodation

• Extensive Language Centre services

• Well-equipped libraries and computer services

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Faculties

MATHEMATICS AND

NATURAL SCIENCES

4200 students

SOCIAL SCIENCES

1800 students

HUMANITIES

5200 students

MEDICINE

2300 students

EDUCATION

2500 students

LAW

1300 students

TURKU SCHOOL

OF ECONOMICS

2200 students

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Master's Degree Studies

• 17 international Master's degree programmes in English available at six different faculties and Turku School of Economics for the academic year 2010-2011

• In addition, one programme in Finnish designed for non-native speakers

• www.utu.fi/en/studying/programmes/masters.html

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• Asian Studies

• Baltic Sea Region Studies

• Bioinformatics

• Biomedical Imaging

• Embedded Computing

• Environmental Sciences

• European Heritage, Digital Media

and the Information Society

• Future Studies

• Global Information Technology Management

• Global Innovation Management

• Information Technology

• Institutions and Social Mechanisms

• Law and Information Society

• Learning, Learning Environment and Educational Systems

• Management of IT (IMMIT)

• Physical Sciences, Astronomy Track

• Finnish and other Finno-Ugric Languages

Master's Degree Studies

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Doctoral Studies

• A doctoral degree can be achieved in all the subjects available at The University of Turku

• First-class environment and atmosphere for international studies

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Choose the University of Turku

• A wide choice of quality courses in English

• Excellent counselling services and state-of-the-art facilities

• Reasonably priced student accommodation

• Vibrant student life with 30,000 students

• Compact city with short distances

• Plenty of free time activities• Unspoilt nature and the archipelago within easy reach

www.utu.fi/en

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For more information, please visitwww.utu.fi/en/studying/programmes

or contact

[email protected]

Welcome to Turku!