About the Department

The mission of the department is

• to conduct extensive research on languages spoken in Europe and elsewhere (English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, German, Russian) as well as other important European languages (incl. Dutch, Catalan, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech) and literature written in these languages;
• to develop the general theory of linguistics, translation studies, language technology and literary research;  
• to educate experts in these areas of language and culture for the needs of society (teachers, translators and interpreters, researchers as well as academically educated experts for the public sector);
• to function as a prominent opinion leader in these disciplines within Finnish society.