Education in Finland

University education in Finland is of high quality and is funded by the government through the Ministry of Education. There are two sectors in the tertiary education: universities and polytechnics.

List of universities in Finland:

• Åbo Akademi University in Turku
• Aalto University
• University of Helsinki
• University of Jyväskylä
• University of Oulu
• University of Vaasa
• University of Lapland in Rovaniemi
• University of Turku
• University of Tampere
• University of Eastern Finland
• Academy of Fine Arts (Finland)
• Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki
• Lappeenranta University of Technology
• Sibelius Academy
• Tampere University of Technology
• Theatre Academy in Helsinki
• Finnish National Defence University

Finnish universities are rnked highly in the world. According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) compiled in 2008, University of Helsinki was ranked 1 st in Finland, 19th in Europe and 68th in the world. The University of Turku and the University of Oulu were tied for 303-401st globally.