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University of Turku, the campus area is home to Turku’s Swedish university, Åbo Akademi, and the Turku University of Applied Sciences. The total of students in the Turku universities is nearly 40 000.
All the important services for the staff and students are on the campus: student restaurants, libraries, cafés, bars, convenience stores to name a few. Furthermore, the city centre and m...arket square are within an easy 10-minute walking distance. Right next to the campus lies the Student Village – a home and a familiar place to many students and alumni.
The buildings on the Turku campus represent different centuries and decades. The idyllic wooden houses operated as a garrison for the Russian army at the end of the 19th century.
One of the newest buildings on the campus is the ICT building, where all three universities, the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi and the Turku University of Applied Sciences, operate and collaborate with each other.
The University of Turku, established in 1920, has 7 faculties and 11 independent units. There are 20,000 students and 3,300 staff members. More information on the University can be found on these pages, in the Annual Report or the statistics by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
The main themes of the new strategy are effective research, responsible education, a catalyst for social well-being and the economy, and community well-being. The strategy is based on the common values of the University: ethicality, criticality, creativity, openness and communality.
The University of Turku is an internationally competitive university whose operations are based on high-quality, multidisciplinary research. We promote education and free science and provide higher education that is based on research. The University is part of the international academic community. We collaborate closely with the Finnish society and participate actively in the development of its region.
We solve today"s and tomorrow"s complicated problems with the help of our basic research. We apply an interdisciplinary approach to research in order to increase its quality and societal effectiveness. We strengthen the researcher career path, open science and support for research.
We are a multidisciplinary and inspiring higher education institution. Our education is based on the latest scientific knowledge and meets the changing needs of society. We ensure that the study tracks are flexible and straightforward.
We recognise the innovations emerging from research and our globally competitive education services. We promote entrepreneurial attitude and utilisation of research in collaboration with business life.
We are a responsible employer and our operations are built on common values. We are building an encouraging and interactive university, where it is a pleasure to study and work.
The quality of the University"s operation is the result of competent, responsible and ethical activities of the members of the university community. Quality management is part of the regular operation of the University. Responsible persons and a quality work steering group are in charge of the development and coordination of quality management. In addition, we participate in different external evaluations and audits. The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre has awarded the University of Turku a quality label, which is valid for six years until 16 June 2020.
The quality of the University"s operation is the result of competent, responsible and ethical activities of the members of the university community. At the University of Turku, the Vice-rector in charge of the quality work is Riitta Pyykkö.
Quality management at the University of Turku is an integrated part of all operations, and the same division of responsibilities is followed in quality management as in other operations. The University’s Quality Manager is Senior Advisor Kari Seppälä. In faculties, the dean is responsible for organising the quality work. In departments and other units this responsibility lies with the head of the department.
The University’s Quality Manager is Senior Advisor Kari Seppälä. The Quality Manager is in charge of the coordination and development of operations pertaining to the University’s quality management, the preparation and presentation of the decisions pertaining to the University’s quality system and monitoring the execution of these decisions, reporting on the information and results produced by the quality system to the University’s leadership. As a coworker in quality, Development Specialist Ilona Tuominen is e.g. in charge of checking and updating the contents and links of the Quality Manual and the communication related to the University’s quality system in cooperation with University Communications.
The steering group for the University’s quality work monitors the implementation of the university’s quality work and makes suggestions concerning the instructions and recommendations for its development. The chair of the steering group is Vice Rector Riitta Pyykkö, Senior Advisor to the steering group is Kari Seppälä and the secretary is Development Specialist Ilona Tuominen.
The academic history of Turku extends all the way back to the 13th century, when people from Turku went to study in the universities of Central Europe. In 1640, the first university of Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku, was established by Christina, Queen of Sweden.
The University of Turku was established in 1920 with the aid of donations from 22 040 citizens, and it became the first Finnish university in Finland.
The University’s founding years was an era of strong patriotism and Finland took its first steps as an independent country. This spirit can also be sensed in the motto of the University: