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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 ...
Lapin AMK Kemi, Tornio, Rovaniemi: 2014 5 618 [20] Merger of Kemi-Tornio and Rovaniemi, Northernmost higher education institution in the European Union: Laurea University of Applied Sciences: Laurea Espoo, Vantaa, Lohja, Porvoo, Kerava, Hyvinkää [21] 9 900 [22] Bachelor's and master's degrees in English and Finnish languages.
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.
Turku metropolitan area or Turku region (Finnish: Turun seutu, Swedish: Åbo region) is the metropolitan area around the city of Turku in Finland.The joint municipal authority of the Turku city region (Finnish: Turun kaupunkiseutu, Swedish: Åbo stadsregion) consists of six municipalities: Turku, Kaarina, Lieto, Naantali, Raisio and Rusko. [2]
Turku Science Park located on both sides of the Turku-Helsinki highway. Business area growing and expanding continuously. Some office buildings. From left to right: Intelligate 1, ICT-building and Euro City. Turku Science Park is a community of businesses and educational establishments in the city of Turku, Finland.
Turku Market Hall was built to address the disorderly 19th century trade taking place on the squares of Turku, where hygiene was not of a high enough standard. Gustaf Nyström had already completed the first market hall in Finland, namely the Helsinki Market Hall, in 1889. He had traveled Europe to research their construction. Thus it was ...
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.