University of Helsinki

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public research university university

The University of Helsinki is Finland’s largest and oldest university, renowned for its research excellence and as the alma mater of notable figures such as Linux creator Linus Torvalds.

Aliases (3)

Imperial Alexander University in Finland ×2
Helsingin yliopisto ×1
Royal Academy of Turku ×1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public research university → university →
country	Finland →
designedBy	Carl Ludvig Engel →
foundedIn	1640 →
hasAbbreviation	HY → Helsingin yliopisto → UH →
hasCampus	City Centre Campus → Kumpula Campus → Meilahti Campus → Viikki Campus →
hasFaculty	Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry → Faculty of Arts → Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences → Faculty of Educational Sciences → Faculty of Law → Faculty of Medicine → Faculty of Pharmacy → Faculty of Science → Faculty of Social Sciences → Faculty of Theology → Faculty of Veterinary Medicine →
hasFieldOfResearch	agriculture and forestry → humanities → law → medicine → natural sciences → social sciences → theology →
hasLibrary	Helsinki University Library → Kaisa House →
hasMainBuilding	University of Helsinki Main Building →
hasMotto	With the power of knowledge →
hasNotableAlumnus	A. I. Virtanen → Frans Eemil Sillanpää → Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg → Linus Torvalds → Tarja Halonen → Urho Kekkonen →
hasRector	Sari Lindblom →
hasStaff	over 8,000 employees →
hasStudentPopulation	over 30,000 students →
hasType	multidisciplinary university →
hasWebsite	https://www.helsinki.fi →
is	Finland’s largest university → Finland’s oldest university →
knownFor	high international rankings → research excellence → strong basic research →
languageOfInstruction	English → Finnish → Swedish →
locatedIn	Helsinki → Southern Finland → Uusimaa →
memberOf	League of European Research Universities → Nordic University Association → UNA Europa →
movedTo	Helsinki →
offersDegree	bachelor’s degrees → doctoral degrees → master’s degrees →
originalName	Royal Academy of Turku →
relocatedIn	1828 →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arvo Ylppö → Gunnar Nordström → Gustaf John Ramstedt → Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg → Lauri Kristian Relander → Leo Mechelin ("Imperial Alexander University in Finland") → Leo Mechelin → Matthias Castrén ("Imperial Alexander University in Finland") → Matthias Castrén → P. E. Svinhufvud → Risto Ryti → Sakari Tuomioja → Urho Kekkonen →	educatedAt
Alfred W. Crosby → Arvo Ylppö → Gustaf John Ramstedt → Leo Mechelin → Matthias Castrén →	employer
Europaeum → LERU →	hasMember
Linus Torvalds →	almaMater
Linus Torvalds →	education
League of European Research Universities →	has member
University of Helsinki ("Helsingin yliopisto") →	hasAbbreviation
Helsinki →	hasUniversity
University of Helsinki ("Royal Academy of Turku") →	originalName
Inari Sámi →	taughtAt