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University of Helsinki in Brief 2000
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Founded in Turku in 1640, the University moved to Helsinki in 1828.
The University of Helsinki has nine faculties: Theology, Law,
Medicine, Arts, Science, Education, Social Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry, Veterinary Medicine.
35,739 students (63% women)
1537 foreign students
3063 teachers and researchers
2204 docents
3759 other staff
3956 degrees granted
369 doctoral dissertations approved
The University is bilingual:
7% of the students are Swedish-speakers
27 chairs for which Swedish is the statutory teaching language.
Based on statistics for the year 1999
ADMINISTRATION
Chancellor: Risto Ihamuotila
Rector: Kari Raivio
Vice-Rectors: Raija Sollamo, Thomas Wilhelmsson, Ilkka Niiniluoto
Director of Administration: Sinikka Mertano
Senate: Rector, 1st Vice-Rector, 9 professors, 3 teachers and scholars, 3 representatives
for other staff, 7 students
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
Professors:
Prof. Markku Heikkilä, Faculty of Theology
Prof. Raimo Lahti, Faculty of Law
Prof. Matti J. Tikkanen, Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Fred Karlsson, Faculty of Arts
Prof. Juhani Keinonen, Faculty of Science
Prof. Hannele Niemi, Faculty of Education
Prof. Hannu Niemi, Faculty of Social Sciences
Prof. Kim von Weissenberg, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
Prof. Hannu Saloniemi, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Teachers and researchers:
Björn Fant, Senior Assistant
Maija Wessman, Assistant
Markku Heikinheimo, Docent
Other staff:
Kerttu Pellinen, Research Technician
Anu Holvikivi, Student Secretary
Elisa Hyytiäinen, Librarian
Students:
Arto Aniluoto, Faculty of Social Sciences
Esa Perkiö, Faculty of Arts
Elina Moisio, Faculty of Social Sciences
Kaisa Väänänen, Faculty of Medicine
Päivi Lahti, Faculty of Vetenary Medicine
Janne Impiö, Faculty of Arts
Tiina Metso, MA
TEACHERS AND RESEARCHERS
Professors 463
Lecturers and Teachers 382
Senior Assistants 121
Assistants 448
Full-time Teachers 77
Part-time Teachers and Docents 130
Researchers 442
Total 3063
Person years in 1999, including all sources of funding.
FUNDING
The main sources of University funding are the national budget and
outside funding. In 1999, the University's total expenses amounted to
2477 million Finnish marks. Personnel expenses accounted for 54% of
the total expenses.
TOTAL EXPENSES PER SOURCE OF FUNDING IN 1998-1999
(million FIM)
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1998 |
1999 |
| National budget |
1662 |
1939 |
| Operating expenses
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1289
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1324 |
| Paid services |
182 |
315 |
| Jointly funded
contract research |
87 |
108 |
| University's share of
Min. of Education appropriation |
37 |
48 |
| Teacher Training Schools |
53 |
65 |
| Building projects and
real estate acquisitions |
14 |
79 |
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| Outside funding |
470 |
403 |
| Public funding |
351 |
323 |
| Private fundings |
64 |
37 |
| Extra-budgetary funds |
55 |
43 |
| VAT |
69 |
135 |
| TOTAL |
2201 |
2477 |
RESEARCH
The University of Helsinki is Finland's most multidisciplinary higher
education institution. High-level research is carried out at the
departments of the faculties and departmentally affiliated research
stations, as well as at independent research institutes. The volume of
outside funding currently accounts for about 50 per cent of the total
research budget. The most important sources of outside funding for
research include the Academy of Finland, the Technology Research
Centre Finland, the European Union, various ministries and government
agencies, as well as research foundations.
Each year, the University of Helsinki Research Foundation awards about
30 scholarships to young scholars and scientists.
In 1999, the University allocated about 20 million marks of its
extrabudgetary funds for research. Special funding was granted, for
example, to the University's own Centres of Excellence: Aerosol
Physics and Forest Ecology, the Cognitive Brain Research Unit, the
State Archives of Assyria Project, the Research Programme in
Developmental Biology and the Helsinki Bioenergetics Group.
In addition, the Academy of Finland has designated the following units
of the University of Helsinki as Centres of Excellence in 2000-2005:
Program in Cancer Biology; Programme on Structural Virology; Center
for Activity Theory and Developmental Work Research; Ancient and
Medieval Greek Documents, Archives and Libraries; Metapopulation
Research Group; Center of Excellence in Disease Genetics; Plant
Molecular Biology and Forest Biotechnology Research Unit; Programme of
Molecular Neurobiology; Research Unit for Variation and Change in
English; Formation of Early Jewish and Christian Ideology; Helsinki
Bioenergetics Group; and Tissue Engineering and Medical, Dental and
Veterinary Biomaterial Research Group.
ADULT EDUCATION
The University of Helsinki Centre for Continuing Education is the
largest organisation providing adult education in Finland. Through the
different forms of adult education, i.e. continuing education,
employment training and the Open University, the Centre provides
academic know-how and research results to the public at large. It runs
a network of independently administered specialised institutes across
the country:
Central Unit in Helsinki
Continuing Education Centres in Kotka and Kouvola
Länsi-Uusimaa Institute for Continuing Education (units in Siuntio and
Lohja) Mikkeli and Seinäjoki Institutes for Rural Research and
Training Palmenia Centre for Research and Continuing Education (units
in Helsinki, Imatra, Lahti) Vantaa Institute for Continuing Education
(units in Vantaa and Hyvinkää)
In 1999, the centres for continuing education arranged 1587 courses
for 38,252 students; 3600 of the students took part in employment
training.
The Open University provides instruction in most of the fields taught
at the University of Helsinki. During 1999, the number of students at
the Open University was 19,984, and 2,182 students were enrolled at
the University of the Third Age. In addition to providing contact
teaching in its own units, the Open University has concluded
cooperation agreements with 13 summer universities and 71 other
educational institutions.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
International relations are based on personal contacts between
researchers and on agreements between departments, faculties,
universities and governments. The University of Helsinki has
cooperation agreements for scientific and student exchanges with more
than 75 universities around the world, and it is active in the
European Community action programmes in the field of education,
research and development.
Between 1994 and 1998 the University of Helsinki has participated in
over 160 research projects within the Fourth Framework Programme.
About a third of these projects will continue until 2001. Funding from
the Fourth Framework Programme totalled about 130 million Finnish
marks. The University submitted 214 project proposals for the Fifth
Framework Programme launched in 1999, of which sixty-three were
approved. A number of University of Helsinki research groups have also
participated in special programmes promoting scientific cooperation
with Eastern Europe and in more than a hundred projects funded by EU
Structural Funds.
The University of Helsinki participates in the Tempus, Jean Monnet and
Leonardo da Vinci programmes. The University also cooperates with 315
European partners through the Sokrates programme, which includes
teacher and student exchanges, as well as action programmes in the
field of education.
The University of Helsinki actively promotes the application of the
European Community Course Credit Transfer System.
Teacher and student exchanges with all major Nordic universities take
place via the NORDPLUS programme.
Student exchange with the United States, as well as some universities
in South America, Canada, Oceania and Asia, is organised via the ISEP
programme.
During 1999, the total number of outgoing exchange students was 970,
while the University received 572 exchange students.
In 1999, the University of Helsinki welcomed:
- 1537 foreign students (of whom 1052 were pursuing a degree);
- 280 foreign researchers and scholars;
- 156 foreign opponents of doctoral dissertations out of a total of
369 opponents.
In 1999, the University of Helsinki's international academic
contributions included:
- 970 exchange students;
- 388 lecturers and
researchers;
- 3496 papers read at conferences;
- 2019 referee
assignments for academic publications;
- 562 board members in
scientific and scholarly societies;
- 249 other official duties in
scholarly organisations;
- 93 assessor's statements for filling
professorships;
- 93 opponents for doctoral dissertations.
UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
P.O. Box 33 (Yliopistonkatu 4)
FIN-00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI
Tel. +358-(0)9-1911 (exchange)
Telefax +358-(0)9-191 23008
Public Relations and Press Office
Helsinki, 1999
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