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What are the advantages of studying in Helsinki University, Finland?
University of Helsinki (Helsinki,  [1], Helsing for Universitet in Swedish [1], University of Helsinki in English, abbreviated as UH) is an ancient world-class institution of higher learning, located in Helsinki, Finland, and one of the top universities in the world. /Kloc-0 was founded in Turku, the ancient capital of Finland, in 0/640, and moved to Helsinki in 0/828. Now it has become the oldest and largest comprehensive university in Finland. Helsinki University is famous in Europe for its long history, rich books, first-class equipment, complete specialties and outstanding achievements. It is also a well-known institution of higher learning in Finland and enjoys a high reputation in the world. The Linux operating system widely used all over the world, 199 1 10, was born here. According to the latest release of 20 17ARWU academic ranking of world universities, the school ranks 56th.

The flag of the University of Helsinki is still the flag of Finland, which shows the significance of the University of Helsinki to Finland.

The University of Helsinki has 1 1 departments and 20 relatively independent research institutes. The University of Helsinki implements bilingual teaching in Finnish and Swedish. With the internationalization of Finland, English is also widely used in the teaching of master's and doctor's degrees. The University of Helsinki leads the world in law, philosophy, mathematics, theoretical physics, life science and medicine.

In history, the University of Helsinki has produced five Nobel Prize winners. Lars ahlfors won the Fields Medal (Nobel Prize in Mathematics) with 1936, Francimir Silamp won the Nobel Prize in Literature with 1939, artturi ilmari virtanen won it with 1945 and Ragnar Granit won it with 65433. In 20 16, Bent holst Roma won the Nobel Prize in Economics. [3]

In addition, jean sibelius, a world-famous musician, Giancarlo Juhani Hintikka, an extremely active and influential logician and philosopher in the world today, and Tarja Karina Halonen, the first female president of Finland, are also from Helsinki University. Today, the University of Helsinki has more than 40,000 faculty and students, including more than 37,000 full-time students. The University of Helsinki has nine faculties (theology, law, medicine, literature, science, education, social sciences, agriculture, forestry and veterinary medicine), with more than 65,438+0,700 foreign students registered.

As the capital and largest city of Finland, Helsinki has a population of over one million, a prosperous economy and developed transportation. On this fertile ground of higher education, Helsinki University is located in the city center, providing first-class cultural and scientific education. The University of Helsinki offers a variety of professional courses from bachelor's degree to doctor's degree.

Finland has more than 5 million people and 20 universities, which is the country with the largest number of universities per capita in the world. Helsinki National University in Finland is the largest university. It is located in the center of Helsinki and is known as the "daughter of the Baltic Sea". It is famous in northern Europe for its beautiful and quaint architecture, rich books, complete specialties, outstanding achievements and long history. There are eight colleges in Helsinki: theological seminary, law school, medical college, liberal arts college, science college, education college, social science college and agriculture and forestry college.