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Turku University of Applied Sciences (abbr. TUAS, Finnish Turun ammattikorkeakoulu) is a multidisciplinary higher education institution in the city of Turku and Salo in Southwest Finland. The institute began operations as a temporary polytechnic in autumn 1992. [citation needed] Before 2006, the institution carried the English name of Turku ...
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.
The university of applied science (UAS) (Finnish: ammattikorkeakoulu (AMK); Swedish: yrkeshögskola), is a Finnish higher vocational institute offering tertiary level education. In English, the institutes were called polytechnics before 2006. Unlike universities, the UAS focus on R&D by applying previous knowledge, rather than scientific discovery.
2010-01-01 Tampereen ammattikorkeakoulu merged into Pirkanmaan ammattikorkeakoulu Oy; conversely name TAMK persisted and PIRAMK ceased Turku University of Applied Sciences: Turun AMK Turku, Loimaa, Salo, Uusikaupunki [40] 8 891 [2] Vaasa University of Applied Sciences: VAMK Vaasa [41] 1996 [41] 3 354 [2] Education in Finnish, Swedish and English
There are two sectors in the tertiary education: traditional universities (yliopisto, universitet) and universities of applied sciences (ammattikorkeakoulu, yrkeshögskola, or AMK/YH for short). Admissions are based on the high school final GPA, the high school final exam (the abitur), and the university entrance examinations. The selection ...
The first university to be established in Turku was The Royal Academy of Turku, in 1640, which was transferred to the new Capital, Helsinki, after the Great Fire of Turku in 1827. Three famous Finns began their studies in Turku in 1822. These were Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Elias Lönnrot, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg who have a statue on University ...
Turku (/ ˈ t ʊər k uː / TOOR-koo; [12] [13] Finnish: ⓘ; Swedish: Åbo, Finland Swedish: ⓘ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland.It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the River Aura.
Turku Centre for Biotechnology (in co-operation with Turku University, among others) Vasa övningsskola , located in Vaasa , is the normal school of the teacher training programme. While the university turned into a public institution, the foundation Stiftelsen för Åbo Akademi remained.