University of Turku
| Turun yliopisto | |
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| Latin: Universitas Aboensis | |
| Motto | Vapaan kansan lahja vapaalle tieteelle (Gift from a free nation to liberal sciences) |
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| Type | Public University |
| Established | 1920 |
| Rector | Kalervo Väänänen |
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Administrative staff
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3,500 |
| Students | 20,090 |
| Undergraduates | 15 080 |
| Postgraduates | 1 991 |
| 140 | |
| Location | Turku, Finland |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Coimbra Group, UArctic |
| Website | www.utu.fi |
The University of Turku (in Finnish Turun yliopisto, in Swedish Åbo universitet, shortened in UTU), located in Turku in southwestern Finland (EU), is the second largest university in the country as measured by student enrollment, after University of Helsinki. It was established in 1920 and also has faculties at Rauma, Pori and Salo. The university is a member of the Coimbra Group.
The first university to be established in Turku was The Royal Academy of Turku, in 1640, which was transferred to the new Capital, Helsinki, after the Great Fire of Turku in 1827.
Three famous Finns began their studies in Turku in 1822. These were Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Elias Lönnrot, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg who have a statue on University Hill. Another reminder of the Royal Academy is the Old Academy Building near the University's campus.
The modern University of Turku was founded in 1920. The Finnish intelligentsia wanted a purely Finnish university, the first of its kind in Finland. 22,040 people contributed to the fund-raising campaign. Newly gained independence and the campaign are reflected in the motto of the University about a free people's gift to free science. To honour the memory of these donors, the University has named its specially created liqueur "22 040". Developed by the University's own food chemists, the liqueur does homage to some of the distinctive fruits of the Finnish landscape: the cloudberry, the rowan and the sea buckthorn.
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