University of Vaasa

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name = University of Vaasa
native_name = Vaasan Yliopisto
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established = 1968
type = Public
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staff = 462
faculty = 200
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students = 5,200
undergrad = 4,700
postgrad = 400
doctoral = 18
city = Vaasa
state = Ostrobothnia
country = Finland
campus = Urban
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affiliations = ERASMUS, NORDPLUS
website = http://www.uwasa.fi/
address = Wolffintie 34, FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland
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The University of Vaasa is a publicly funded state research university in Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, Finland.

It has four faculties: Business Studies (School of Economics), Humanities, Public Administration and Technology. The university has 425 personnel from which teaching staff 180 and professors 44. Around 5000 students are currently studying in various degree programs at the university.

Degrees and major subjects

[http://www.uwasa.fi/kauppatieteet/english/ Faculty of Business Studies (School of Economics)]
*B.Sc., M.Sc. and postgraduate degrees in Economics and Business Administration
** Business Law
** Economics
** Management and Organization
** Marketing
** Accounting and Finance
** Master's Degree Programme in International Business
** Master's Degree Programme in Finance

[http://www.uwasa.fi/humanistinen/english/ Faculty of Humanities]
*B.A., M.A. and postgraduate degrees in Philosophy
** English
** Modern Finnish
** Swedish and Scandinavian Languages
** German Language and Literature
** Communication Studies
** Multimedia Systems and Technical Communication
** Master's Degree Programme in Intercultural Studies in Communication and Administration

[http://www.uwasa.fi/hallintotieteet/english/ Faculty of Public Administration]
*B.Sc., M.Sc. and postgraduate degrees of Administrative Sciences
** Public Administration (Comparative Public Management, European Civil Servants)
** Public Law (Comparative Programme of Public Law)
** Social and Health Administration
** European Civil Servants
** Regional Studies
** Master's Degree Programme in Intercultural Studies in Communication and Administration

[http://www.uwasa.fi/tekniikka/english/ Faculty of Technology]
*M.Sc. and postgraduate degrees in Technology
**Automation Technology
**Electrical Engineering
**Computer Science
**Master's Degree Programme in Telecommunication engineering
**Master's Degree Programme in Industrial Management
*B.Sc., M.Sc. and postgraduate degrees in Economics and Business Administration
**Computer Science
**Industrial Management
**Multimedia Systems and Technical Communication

Key areas of research

[http://www.uwasa.fi/kauppatieteet/english/ Faculty of Business Studies (School of Economics)]
*Business Finance and Financial Markets, Financial Statement Analysis, Management Accounting
*Consumer Behaviour, Product Research and Development
*Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Economic Growth and Profitability of SMEs
*International Economics and European Integration, Internationalization of SMEs
*Legalities of Trade with Eastern Europe and CIS, Data Communications Law

[http://www.uwasa.fi/humanistinen/english/ Faculty of Humanities]
*Culture and Literature, Intercultural Communication
*Language for Special Purposes (LSP)
*Multilingualism (Language Immersion), Translation
*Multimedia Systems and Technical Communication

[http://www.uwasa.fi/hallintotieteet/english/ Faculty of Public Administration]
*Comparative Public Policy
*Public Management, Evaluation
*The Welfare State and the Profitability of Public Services

[http://www.uwasa.fi/tekniikka/english/ Faculty of Technology]
*Dynamic Mathematical Modelling
*Energy Technology and Economics
*New Information Processing Methods

History

In 1966 the Council of State made the decision to establish a School of Economics and Business Administration in Vaasa, and so Vaasa got its first institution of higher education which the region of Vaasa had worked for since the 1940's. The very next year the first students started their studies; 90 business and 60 correspondence students. The first principal to be chosen for the school was Tryggve Saxén and the first vice principal was Mauri Palomäki, who later would become the longest serving principal the school has seen so far. The lectures were first held in a yard building of Vaasa Commercial College in Raastuvankatu street, but in its second year the school moved into the whole house as the commercial college moved to a new building.

In 1977 the school became a state institution along with all other academic institutions in Finland.

In 1980 education in Humanities (languages) began and so the school became a "School of higher education" (in Finland the term is "Korkeakoulu". In order to be called a University, or "Yliopisto", in Finland at least four faculties are needed). In 1983 studies in the Social Sciences began and in 1990 Technology studies began in connection with Helsinki University of Technology. In 1992 the school was organised into four faculties; The Humanities, Business Administration, Accounting and Industrial Management, and Social Sciences, so that it could finally officially be labelled a University. In 1994 the school moved into its new premises on Palosaari. In 2008, the Faculty of Business Studies changed it name to Vaasa School of Economics.

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" (En: Pinetar Court) and the governing building of "Luotsi" (En: Pilot). These buildings were finished in 1994 and planned in the spirit of the former county architect Carl Axel Setterberg who planned most of Vaasas public buildings in 1860. The part of the university placed in the old mill is called "Fabriikki" (En: 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 Technobotnia, 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.

Services

* [http://www.uwasa.fi/levon/congress/index_eng.html Bothnia Congress] - Service for Congress Organizers
* [http://www.uwasa.fi/levon/ Levón Institute] - Centre for Continuing Education and Research
* [http://www.smaru.com/ SMARU] - Strategic Management Accounting Research Unit
* [http://www.tritonia.fi Tritonia] - Academic Library, Vaasa
* [http://www.technobothnia.fi/en/ Technobotnia] - Research Centre
* [http://www.vaasaemg.com/ VaasaEMG] - Nordic Centre for Expertise in Energy and Utilities Marketing
* [http://www.vyy.fi/Default.aspx?id=314487 Vaasan Yliopiston Ylioppilaskunta] - Student Union of Vaasa University

See also

*History of Finland
*List of universities in Finland

External links

* [http://www.uwasa.fi University of Vaasa]
* [http://tutika.vyt.uwasa.fi/db/cris/cris.nsf Research Database of University of Vaasa]
* [http://www.voas.fi The Student Housing Foundation in Vaasa]
* [http://www.vaasahighedu.fi/ Vaasa Consortium of Higher Education]