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Finlandia University was founded as Suomi College on September 8, 1896, by J. K. Nikander (b. 1855, Hämeenlinna, Finland, d. 1919). [7] [9] During the 1880s, large numbers of Finns immigrated to Hancock, Michigan to labor in the copper and lumber industries.
This is a list of the universities in Finland.Institutions of higher education are designated as universities by Finnish legislation. [1] Only universities have the right to confer degrees in the categories of alempi korkeakoulututkinto/lägre högskoleexamen (bachelor's degree) and ylempi korkeakoulututkinto/högre högskoleexamen (master's degree) and doctoral degrees.
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In 2001 and 2002, university graduates had a 3.7% unemployment rate, and university of applied sciences graduates had 8%, which is on a par with the general unemployment rate (see the OECD report). In 2015, under prime minister Juha Sipilä's cabinet, the government decided to cut down on university funding by approximately €500 million. [50]
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In 1896, the church established Suomi College and Theological Seminary (now called Finlandia University) in Hancock, Michigan. At the time of its closure in 2023, Finlandia was the only private institution of higher learning in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the only remaining university in North America founded by Finnish immigrants. [3]
The Royal Academy of Turku or the Royal Academy of Åbo (Swedish: Kungliga Akademien i Åbo or Åbo Kungliga Akademi; Latin: Regia Academia Aboensis; Finnish: Turun akatemia) was the first university in Finland, and the only Finnish university that was founded when the country still was a part of Sweden. It was founded in 1640.
The Polytechnic (University of Applied Sciences since 2006) is a higher education vocational institute in Finland. There are 24 different universities of applied sciences across the country. There are 24 different universities of applied sciences across the country.