University of Turku Rankings and Quick Facts
Motto: Vapaan kansan lahja vapaalle tieteelle (English: From a Free People to Free Science and Learning)
Known as Turun yliopisto in Finnish and Åbo universitet in Swedish
| University world Ranking - Times 400 (UK) | = 237 |
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| University world Ranking - Jiaotong 500 (China) | 305 to 402 |
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| University world Ranking - Newsweek 100 (USA) | N/A |
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| European Rank (Jiaotong) | 124 to 172 |
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University Turku Facts |
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) | 18,000 |
5,000 |
23,000 |
| Faculty / Staff | 2,500 |
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| Established | 1920 |
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| Affiliations | Coimbra Group |
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University Turku Information
The university of Turku is located in the Scandinavian country of Finland. The established has been around since 1920 and nowadays caters for around 23,000 students; this makes it the second largest university in the country. In addition to the main campus in Turku the university of Turku also has branches in Pori, Rauma, and Salo.
There are six major faculties at the university of Turku, these are:
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Social Science
Being the largest Finnish educational establishment outside of Helsinki has enabled the University of Turku to attract many gifted scholars and faculty over the years, some of the alumni include the president of Finland Mauno Koivisto, the secrety General Jarmo Viinanen, and the poet Heli Laaksonen.
University Turku Address
University Turku
Turku
Finland