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About Åbo Akademi University

About Åbo Akademi University

Åbo Akademi University is the Swedish-language multidisciplinary academic university in Finland. We contribute to society through general learning, education and new scientific knowledge.

With campuses in Turku and Vaasa, Åbo Akademi University offers internationally renowned research and education. Through cross-border collaboration, we serve as the gateway to Finland for the Nordic countries.

Our activities are steered by the values of academic tradition in terms of the freedom of research and education as well as ethical responsibility. We endeavour to enhance diversity, inclusion, equality and sustainability.

Organisation and strategy

Åbo Akademi University wants to be a boundary-breaking university. Get to know our strategy and organisation.

Equality, equal treatment and diversity

As an educational institution and employer, Åbo Akademi University strives to promote and guarantee equal treatment and eliminate discrimination.

Come work with us

Old academic traditions and modern innovations exist side by side, which lends our university its unique atmosphere. Join us!

For the media

We are most happy to help journalists and other parties who contact the communications unit with university-related questions and to help locate experts at the university.

Åbo Akademi University in numbers

Too many words? Figures and numbers are illustrative – that’s something you can agree on even if you’re not too keen on mathematics. Here you will find an overview of our core operations in numbers.

5,900

Students

We have around 5,100 undergraduate students in our campus towns of Turku and Vaasa. We also have 800 postgraduate students. In 2022, we awarded around 400 Master’s degrees and 30 Doctor’s degrees.

1,200

Employees

Of our total of 1,200 employees, 700 work in teaching and research. Other jobs are related to, for example, the Centre for Lifelong Learning, the Library or the different university services.

103 M

Annual budget

Our revenues for 2022 totalled 103 million euro, of which approx. 58% represent State funding and the remaining part was raised as external financing.

1,700

Publications a year

The publishing of research results is essential for a university. Publishing constitutes the foundation for scientific dialogue and sustainable knowledge, but it also serves as a way of giving back to the society that provides financial support for science and research. For universities, the number of publications per year is used as a measure of activity, a fact that is taken into account by the State for the determination of its funding.

I was well pleased with the land and the land with me.

Governor General Per Brahe

Per Brahe-staty

Faculties

Faculty of Arts, Psychology and Theology

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies

Faculty of Social Sciences, Business and Economics, and Law

Contacts

Visiting address (main building):

Åbo Akademi University
Tuomiokirkontori 3
Turku

Postal address:

Åbo Akademi University
Tuomiokirkontori 3
FI-20500 TURKU
FINLAND

Visiting address of the Student office in Turku is Hämeenkatu 13. If you have questions regarding studies and admission, you can also call +358 2 215 4169 or e-mail: studinfo@abo.fi.

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More contact details and bank details.

Visiting address:

Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa
Rantakatu 2
Vaasa

Postal address:

Åbo Akademi University in Vaasa
Po Box 311
FI-65101 VAASA
FINLAND

If you have questions regarding studies and admission, you can also call +358 2 215 4169 or e-mail: studinfo@abo.fi.

Click here for more information about studying at ÅAU.

More contact details and bank details.