University of Helsinki is an international scientific community of 40,000 students and researchers. As one of the top 1% research universities in the world, it believes that the power of knowledge can change attitudes, people and society – for the world.
Quick facts
- 31 000 students, 7% international students
- 8 300 employees, 58% represent teaching and research staff (30% international)
- 11 faculties at 4 campuses in Helsinki within 10 km from each other
Check out the University of Helsinki in numbers and see our success in university rankings.
You can easily connect with the teachers. You don’t just have to sit down and listen. Instead, you can have real conversations.
Why study at University of Helsinki
In nearly all the most important international university rankings, the University of Helsinki ranks around the 100th place. It is usually within top 50 of the European universities and top 5 of the Nordic universities. Graduating from one of the top 1% universities in the world gives good opportunities for future professional life.
At the University of Helsinki, education is based on high-quality research while learning from and interacting with world-class scholars. All professors and teachers participate in research and are easily approachable for discussions and informal consultations. This close interaction between students and researchers is highly appreciated by international students together with the high-class technology, learning spaces and laboratories.
University of Helsinki aims to produce and share knowledge that contributes to solving global challenges. The degree programmes link to research efforts that are key to building a better, more sustainable world. This allows, together with the multidisciplinary thinking and approach to teaching that focuses on collaboration rather than competition, the students to aim for a real impact too – for the world.
The best thing is the modern approach to education. We are not memorising the content, but actually understanding what we are studying. The focus is on collaboration with students and teachers, rather than competition.
What to study at the University of Helsinki
University of Helsinki offers multidisciplinary undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate education in a wide variety of fields, incl. agriculture and forestry, education, law, life science, humanities, information technology, social sciences, health and medicine, natural sciences, food, environment and sustainability.
The options with teaching in English include:
- Bachelor’s Programme in Science
- More than 35 International Master’s Programmes
- Over 30 doctoral programmes for postgraduate studies
- Online courses and MOOCs as open university studies
Explore the degree programmes and online courses at the University of Helsinki.
