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Discover the
UniversityUniversity of of TurkuTurku
- where tradition meetsmodern technology
- where tradition meetsmodern technology
• 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
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
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
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
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
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
• 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
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
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
For more information, please visitwww.utu.fi/en/studying/programmes
or contact
Welcome to Turku!