Welcome to the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry!

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry promotes sustainable use of natural resources and human wellbeing through scientific research and teaching.

Our values are:

• biodiversity
• human wellbeing
• ethicality
  

The state of the environment and sustainable use of natural resources are the base for human wellbeing now and in the future.

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry is situated on Viikki campus, together with three other Faculties of University of Helsinki: Faculty of Bioscienses, Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The Viikki Science Park is, with more than 6,000 students, one of the largest concentrations of biosciences in the world.

Four departments in 2010

The departmental structure of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry changed in the beginning of 2010. The new departments are:

• Department of Agricultural Sciences
• Department of Forest Sciences
• Department of Food and Environmental Sciences
• Department of Economics and Management

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry in a nutshell 2010:

• 3400 students
• 470 doctoral students
• 500 staff
• Doctor’s degrees 30,  master’s degrees 216, bachelor’s degrees 248
• Seven international master’s degree programmes in English
• Part of four National Centres of Excellence selected by the Finnish Academy of Sciences

Vision of Faculty for years 2010 - 2012

The Faculty is an internationally recognised research and teaching unit that enjoys a solid reputation for its scientific expertise and is regarded as an attractive cooperation partner. The Faculty is Europe’s leading multidisciplinary research and teaching unit in its field.

Strategic resources:

The know-how of the Faculty is focused on scientific knowledge of the whole production and marketing chain, as well as natural circulation “from the woods to the world market” and “from the field to the household”.

• Research and teaching are founded on the basic sciences (biology, chemistry, physics), technology, social sciences and economics.
• Multidisciplinary innovativeness.
• Cooperation between the units at the Viikki Campus in the development of interdisciplinary research and teaching.
• As part of the University of Helsinki, the Faculty is part of a leading European university.