Abo Akademi University

Åbo Akademi University is an internationally acknowledged research university with an extensive responsibility for providing education in Swedish in Finland. The activities cover research and education in most disciplines from the humanities, pedagogics and theology to social sciences, natural sciences and technology. The abundant supply enables multidisciplinary entities in both research and education. Åbo Akademi University has a strong position on the Finnish educational market, in the interaction with society and business life, and in international research. In various external comparisons Åbo Akademi University has been ranked among the best universities in Finland.Åbo Akademi University has determinedly developed and strengthened its role as a research university. For example, the University has three Centres of Excellence appointed by the Academy of Finland. In addition, Åbo Akademi University has four centres of excellence funded by the Åbo Akademi University Endowment. The centres of excellence have all undergone international quality assessment. In addition, The University’s dynamic and international research has brought great results. At a national level, our researchers publish the relatively largest number of international publications, and they have won international science prizes.Åbo Akademi University provides a unique environment for research and education in the historicalcampus areas of Åbo (Turku in Finnish), Vasa (Vaasa in Finnish) and Jakobstad (Pietarsaari in Finnish). The University also offers many cultural activities, such as student choirs, a symphony orchestra, an orchestra for students of technology etc. With its 7,000 students and 1,300 employees, Åbo Akademi University is an international, inspiring and unique university.Division for Arts, Education and TheologyFaculty of Arts• Art History• Comparative Literature• Comparative Religion• English Language and Literature• Ethnology• Finnish Language• Folklore Studies• French Language and Literature• German Language and Literature• History• Musicology• Philosophy• Russian Language and Literature• SwedishFaculty of Education• Adult Education• Applied Education• Early Childhood Education• General Education• Home Economics• Pedagogics in Sloyd Education• Special Education• Subject Didactics of Languages and the Humanities• Subject Didactics of Mathematics, Sciences and Athletics• Vocational EducationFaculty of Theology• Church History• Comparative Religion• Dogmatics• New Testament Exegetics• Old Testament Exegetics and Judaic Studies• Practical Theology• Theological Ethics and Philosophy of ReligionDepartment of Psychology and Logopedics• Logopedics• PsychologyDivision for Social SciencesSchool of Business and Economics• Accounting• Economics• Information Studies• International Marketing• Organization and ManagementDepartment of Social Sciences• Caring Sciences• Developmental Psychology• Social Policy• Sociology• Women’s StudiesDepartment of Political Science• Political Science• Political Science with Mass Communication• Public AdministrationDepartment of Law• Commercial Law• Maritime Law• Private Law• Public International Law• Public LawDivision for Natural Sciences and TechnologyDepartment of Biosciences• Biochemistry• Biology• Cell Biology• Environmental and Marine Biology• Bioscience• PharmacyDepartment of Information Technologies• Computer Engineering• Embedded Systems• High Performance Computing• Industrial Systems Engineering• Software Engineering• Computer Science• Information SystemsDepartment of Chemical Engineering• Analytical Chemistry• Energy Technology and Environmental Engineering• Fibre and Cellulose Technology• Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering• Industrial Management• Inorganic Chemistry• Paper Coating and Converting• Polymer Technology• Process Control• Process Design and Systems Engineering• Thermal and Flow Engineering• Wood and Paper ChemistryDepartment of Natural Sciences• Geology and Mineralogy• Mathematics and Statistics• Organic Chemistry• Physical Chemistry• Physics• Quantum Chemistry and Molecular SpectroscopyIndependent institutionsÅbo Akademi University LibraryCentre for BiotechnologyCentre for Language and CommunicationCentre for Lifelong LearningComputing CentreMediaCityTritonia Academic LibraryTurku Centre for Computer ScienceTurku PET Centre