University of Vaasa
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Vaasan yliopisto | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 1968 |
Rector | Minna Martikainen |
Academic staff | 327 |
Administrative staff | 184 |
Students | 5,000 |
Undergraduates | 4,400 |
Postgraduates | 400 |
310 | |
Address | Wolffintie 34, FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland , , , |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | ERASMUS, NORDPLUS |
Website | www.uwasa.fi |
The University of Vaasa (Finnish: Vaasan yliopisto, Swedish: Vasa universitet) is a multidisciplinary, business-oriented university in Vaasa, Finland. The campus of the university is situated by the Gulf of Bothnia adjacent to downtown Vaasa. The university has evolved from a school of economics founded in 1968 to a university consisting of four different schools: The School of Accounting and Finance, The School of Management, The School of Marketing and Communications and the School of Technology and Innovations. University of Vaasa is one of the largest business universities in Finland. The university has personnel of around 500 which includes a teaching staff of 180 and 54 professors. Around 5000 students are currently studying in various degree programs at the university.[1]
History
In 1966 the
In 1977 the school became a state institution along with all other academic institutions in Finland.
In 1980 education in
Campus
The university can be found in the neighbourhood of Palosaari beside the city's old cotton mill, which also houses part of the university. Each building has its own name, like the main building of "Tervahovi" (English: Pinetar Court) and the governing building of "Luotsi" (English: Pilot). These buildings were finished in 1994 and planned in the spirit of the former county architect Carl Axel Setterberg who planned most of Vaasa's public buildings in 1860. The part of the university placed in the old mill is called "Fabriikki" (English: Factory). There is also the academic library of Tritonia, which the university shares with the other academic institutions in the city, and the laboratory of Technobothnia, which is shared with the city's two universities of applied sciences. The whole campus is near the waterfront and surrounded by park areas. It is sometimes called the most beautiful campus in Finland.
Schools
There are fours schools at the University of Vaasa:[5]
- School of Management
- Human Resource Management
- Public Law
- Public Management
- Regional Studies
- Social and Health Management
- Strategic Management
- School of Accounting and Finance
- Accounting and Finance
- Business Law
- Economics
- School of Marketing and Communications
- Communication studies
- International Business
- Marketing
- School of Technology and Innovations
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Electrical Engineering and Energy Technology
- Computer Science
- Production
Education and research
The University of Vaasa is a business oriented and multi-disciplinary university. It offers education possibilities on the following levels:[6]
- Bachelor's programmes
- Master's programmes
- Doctoral programmes
- Open University
- Continuing education
- Studies for exchange students
The strategic areas of research are management and change, energy and sustainable development and financing and economic decision making. University of Vaasa has fours schools and three research platforms: Vaasa Energy Business Innovation Centre (VEBIC), Digital Economy and Innovation and Entrepreneurship InnoLab.
Services
- Levón Institute - Centre for Continuing Education[7]
- Linginno - Language Centre[8]
- Tritonia - Academic Library, Vaasa[9]
- Technobotnia - Research Centre[10]
- Vaasan Yliopiston Ylioppilaskunta - Student Union of Vaasa University[11]
- University of Vaasa Executive Education - [12]
Rectors
- Tryggve Saxén 1968–1970
- Mauri Palomäki 1970–1987
- Ilkka Virtanen 1987–1994
- Ari Salminen 1994–1998
- Matti Jakobsson 1998–2014
- Suvi Ronkainen 2015–17
- Jari Kuusisto 2015–2017 (Acting rector)
- Jari Kuusisto 2017–2022
- Minna Martikainen 2023–
Honorary doctorates
1988
- Heribert Picht
- Jaakko Numminen
- George Foster
- Bengt Holmström
- Jaakko Lassila
- Mauri Palomäki
- Martti Ulkuniemi
1998
- Brainard Guy Peters
- Vappu Taipale
- Joaquim Arnau
- Hartwig Kalverkämper
- Jean-François Hennart
- Matti Ilmari
- Baruch Lev
- Matti Sundberg
2006
- Esko Aho
- Christopher Pollitt
- Juhani Turunen
- Pirkko Nuolijärvi
- Sauli Takala
- John Vikström
- Chris Brewster
- Eero Lehti
- Robert W. Scapens
- Pentti Malaska
- Dušan Malindžák
- Heikki Miilumäki
2011
- György Jenei
- Merrill Swain
- Paula Risikko
- Eva Liljeblom
- Klaus G.Grunert
- Jorma Ollila
- Jouko Havunen
- Paul Geladi
- Pertti Järvinen
- Mikko Niinivaara
2018
- Jan Engberg
- Leena Niemistö
- Pervez Ghauri
- Eric von Hippel
- Annamaria Lusardi
- Timo Ritakallio
- Clare Lavelle
- Vesa Laisi
- Sirinnapa (Mui) Saranwong
See also
References
- ^ "Facts & Figures: Facts". www.univaasa.fi. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ISBN 951-683-702-6.
- ^ "History". History. the University of Vaasa. 12 September 2016.
- ^ "News: University of Vaasa launching a new organizational structure". News. the University of Vaasa. 2 January 2018.
- ^ Schools - University of Vaasa
- ^ "Education". www.uva.fi. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "Levón Institute". www.uva.fi. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Language Centre Linginno". 17 February 2020.
- ^ Tritonia. "Startpage - The Tritonia Academic Library, Vaasa". www.tritonia.fi. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Welcome to Technobothnia » Technobothnia". www.technobothnia.fi. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Services for students". Services for students. Student Union of Vaasa University. 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Vaasan yliopisto Executive Education". Vaasan yliopisto Executive Education. Retrieved 3 February 2024.