University of Helsinki

In nearly all the most important international university rankings, the University of Helsinki ranks around the 100th place. It is usually within top 50 of the European universities and top 5 of the Nordic universities. Graduating from one of the top 1% universities in the world gives good opportunities for future professional life. At the University of Helsinki, education is based on high-quality research while learning from and interacting with world-class scholars. All professors and teachers participate in research and are easily approachable for discussions and informal consultations. This close interaction between students and researchers is highly appreciated by international students together with the high-class technology, learning spaces and laboratories. University of Helsinki aims to produce and share knowledge that contributes to solving global challenges. The degree programmes link to research efforts that are key to building a better, more sustainable world. This allows, together with the multidisciplinary thinking and approach to teaching that focuses on collaboration rather than competition, the students to aim for a real impact too – for the world. University of Helsinki offers multidisciplinary undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate education in a wide variety of fields, incl. agriculture and forestry, education, law, life science, humanities, information technology, social sciences, health and medicine, natural sciences, food, environment and sustainability.

The options with teaching in English include:

Bachelor’s Programme in Science

More than 35 International Master’s Programmes

Over 30 doctoral programmes for postgraduate studies

Online courses and MOOCs as open university studies