University of Helsinki

The University of Turku was founded in 1640 as the Royal Academy in Turku. In 1828 he was transferred to Helsinki, closer to the administrative authorities. In 1944, several university buildings were destroyed by Soviet bombardment.

The campus consists of four parts, each of which has its own research direction. The central campus (Keskustakampus) houses the faculties of humanities and social sciences, theology and law, as well as the Open University. Medical students study in Meilahti. Mathematicians, geographers, geologists and meteorologists are stationed on the Kumpulan kampus campus. Students of the Faculty of Agriculture, as well as pharmacists and veterinarians are engaged in Viikki. In addition, the university has a number of regional seismological stations. In January 2012, a new Russian Research Center was launched at the university.

According to the Times, the university has decreased its position and since 2012 it is no longer included in the hundred most prestigious universities in the world, and in the hundred European it ranks 30th.