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At the Faculty of Arts you can complete a degree in 6 Bachelor’s, 18 Master’s and 11 Doctoral programmes. The University of Helsinki scores highly in international comparisons of research and teaching in the humanities: it is among the leading Nordic and European universities and close to the top 50 in the world.
Events
Event NORDIK 2025: Why so Nordic? The Nordic as Fact and Fiction in Art History

NORDIK 2025: Why so Nordic? The Nordic as Fact and Fiction in Art History

20.–22.10.2025 at 09.00–16.00 Fabianinkatu 33, 00170 Helsinki
The Conference is organized by the Nordic Association for Art Historians NORDIK in collaboration with the University of Helsinki.
Event Aleksanteri Conference: Extremisms: ambiguities, ideologies, agency

Aleksanteri Conference: Extremisms: ambiguities, ideologies, agency

22.–24.10.2025 at 09.00–19.00 Unioninkatu 40, 00170 Helsinki
The 24th Annual Aleksanteri Conference addresses the pressing challenges of extremism in a world shaped by prolonged and overlapping crises under the title Extremisms: Ambiguities,
Event Aleksanteri Conference Keynote Olesya Khromeychuk: Embracing Agency in an Age of Polarisation

Aleksanteri Conference Keynote Olesya Khromeychuk: Embracing Agency in an Age of Polarisation

23.10.2025 at 13.30–14.45 Think Corner, Yliopistonkatu 4, 00100 Helsinki
In her keynote talk Ukrainian Historian Olesya Khromeychuk explores how we decide what to carry into an uncertain future, and how we can carry it together.