One of the more important houses of learning in Finland’s capital city of Helsinki, the University of Helsinki is known for instilling the highest educational values in its students, with around 38,000 currently enrolled, including more than 5,000 post-graduate students. Starting in the summer of 2005, the school began adhering to the standards of the European Bologna Process, and has since been offering Bachelor’s degrees, Master’s, Licenciate’s and Doctoral degrees.
The school was founded all the way back in 1640 by the Count, Per Brahe, in Turku. At the time, it went by the name of the Royal Academy of Turku, or in Latin, Regia Academia Aboensis. The third university of the Swedish Empire, the school was preceded by the Academia Gustaviana and the Uppsala University, both in Dorpat. In 1809, Finland became an autonomous grand duchy, and the name of the Royal Academy of Turku became the Imperial Academy of Turku. It wasn’t until 1917 that the Academy, having been moved to Finland, became the University of Helsinki.