Oulu University
| Oulun yliopisto | |
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| Latin: Universitas Ouluensis | |
| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1958 |
| Rector | Jouko Niinimäki |
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Administrative staff
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2,868 (2010) |
| Students | 15,880 (2010) |
| Location |
Oulu, Finland 65°03′33″N 025°27′58″E / 65.05917°N 25.46611°ECoordinates: 65°03′33″N 025°27′58″E / 65.05917°N 25.46611°E |
| Affiliations | Compostela, EUA, UArctic |
| Website | www.oulu.fi |
The University of Oulu (Finnish: Oulun yliopisto) is one of the largest universities in Finland, located in the city of Oulu. It was founded on July 8, 1958. The university has around 16,000 students and 3,000 staff. Along with the University of Turku, it is ranked in the Academic Ranking of World Universities as the second best university in Finland and ranked between 201and 301 worldwide in the QS World University Rankings.
There are four campus areas:
The University has a number of research stations and shared locations, most notably:
The University of Oulu is divided into six faculties (from the biggest to the smallest when measured by the number of students):
Institute of Biomedicine
Institute of Diagnostics
Institute of Dentistry
Institute of Clinical Medicine
Institute of Health Sciences
Oulu Business School is accredited by AACSB International
University of Oulu aims to promote mobility among its students. It takes part in a number of international exchange programmes, such as Erasmus Programme (Europe), Nordplus (Nordic Countries), FIRST (Russia), ISEP and International to International ISEP (USA, South America, Asia), UNC-EP (USA), north2north (USA, Canada, Russia, Nordic Countries), North-South-South (Africa). Besides, University of Oulu has about 50 bilateral agreements with partner universities around the world.
University works in 70 research areas. At the same time, four focus research areas are:
New initiatives involve advanced steel research, international business, mining and mineral engineering and science-based education.
University of Oulu alumni body is over 40,000.
Student Union of the University of Oulu (Finnish: Oulun yliopiston ylioppilaskunta; OYY) provides services to and supervises the interests of all undergraduate degree students in the University of Oulu. All bachelor's and master's degree students in the University of Oulu belong to the Student Union. By paying the Student Union membership fee students are entitled for a student card which allows them to get student services and discounts. This way, students get inexpensive or free medical and dental care from Finnish Student Health Services, (Finnish: Ylioppilaiden terveydenhoitosäätiö; YTHS) traveling discounts in trains and buses, student meals reduction etc.
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