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University of Lapland
For the North – For the World
General presentation
Education System in Finland
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Universities (15)
scientific research forms the basis for teaching degrees at bachelor’s and master’s levels, academic post-graduate degrees at licentiate’s and doctoral levels • •
Universities of Applied Sciences (24)
more hands-on training to match the requirements of working life degrees at bachelor’s and master’s levels
General presentation
Faculties and Educational Volumes
Four faculties • Education • Law • Art and Design • Social Sciences Percentage of the University of Lapland in national education 2014: Faculty of Education Faculty of Law Faculty of Art and Design Faculty of Social Sciences Degrees in higher education 7.4 % 25.2 % 32.6 % 10.6 % Doctoral degrees 14.4 % 21.7 % 20.0 % 8.1 %
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University Community
• 4,350 students • 4,700 adult students (Open University, continuing education, University of the Third Age) • 633 employees • 57 professors, six research professors, nine assistant professors • 151 docents • budget 2015 M€ 53 • degrees 2011–2014: 2014 2013 2012 2011 Doctors 32 27 28 Masters 528 442 474 + 57* 23 414 + 22* * Collaborative degrees awarded by the University of Oulu
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Profile and Strategic Focuses
General presentation
Community Member’s Perspective
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Sense of community
• small size cozy atmosphere co-operation across disciplinary boundaries
Northern dimension
• • integrated both in strategy and practice part of everyday life
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Year at the University
Faculties, departments, and units
Faculty of Education
Fields of education
• Education • Adult Education • Media Education • Primary Teacher Training
Special characteristics of Northern areas
• inclusive education • education in sparsely-populated areas
Research units of the faculty
• Centre for Media Pedagogy • Gender Studies Unit • Research Centre of Learning, Studying and Teaching (OUNAS)
Faculties, departments, and units
Faculty of Law
One of the three faculties of law in Finland
Special competence areas
• Legal Informatics • Legal Culture and Legal Linguistics • Space Law • Taxation on Consumption
Focal points of research
• Issues related specifically to Northern regions • Legal linguistics and cultures, acquisition of legal information • Societal change, technological development, globalization • Tourism law • Dignity of life
Faculties, departments, and units
Faculty of Art and Design
Fields of education
• Art Education • Audiovisual Media Culture • Graphic Design • Industrial Design • Interior and Textile Design • Clothing Design
Research profile
• Multivalued and multicultural art industry in the changing North • Arctic and Northern servicescapes and design
Confluence of science and art
Arctic Design Week 2014.
Faculties, departments, and units
Faculty of Social Sciences
Major subjects
• Administrative Science, Applied Psychology and Management • Tourism Research • Political Sciences (International Relations, Political Science) and Sociology • Social Work
At the core of research
• Changing work and its management • Northern politics, economy and environment • From the margins of welfare toward involvement and equity • Construction, usage and management of knowledge
Faculties, departments, and units
Arctic Centre
• International research institute and science centre focusing on Arctic issues • Goal: to be the world’s leading institute for Arctic research • Experiential Science Centre Exhibition brings science close to people • The Science Communications develops and maintains databases and portals on Arctic research, Northern environments and the Barents region • Arctic Centre Library: literature on Northern and especially Arctic regions, e.g. on their nature, peoples, cultures, and livelihoods, as well as related legislation, research, and scientific expeditions
Faculties, departments, and units
Arctic Centre
The Arctic Centre explores Northern and Arctic regions in the areas of • interaction between human activity and the environment • global change • climate change • sustainable development • environmental and minority law
Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law
• jurisprudential research on human rights and environmental law in the Arctic • functions as an expert for the Advisory Board on Human Rights
Co-operation & International affairs
International Education
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Master’s Degree Programmes
Arctic Art and Design Comparative Social Work Global Biopolitics Media Education Master of International and Comparative Law (MICLaw) Tourism, Culture and International Management (TourCIM) • •
Arctic Studies Programme (ASP)
one-year non-degree programme taught by the University’s Arctic Centre and Faculty of Social Sciences focuses on the physical, environmental, social and cultural aspects of the Arctic Video: Dare to Dream – Find yourself in Lapland
Co-operation & International affairs
Graduate School
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Thematic doctoral programmes
Culture-centred service design Northern cultures and sustainable natural resource politics Communities and changing work
General doctoral programme
→ support the University’s strategic profile • • •
Tasks of the Graduate School
coordinates and organises doctoral training for all faculties observes students’ progress in their studies looks into the unity and quality of doctoral training
Co-operation & International affairs
International Students
A popular exchange destination (2014):
244 incoming exchange students
• Most students from Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, France, the Czech Republic (min. 3 months)
150 outgoing exchange students
• Most popular destinations: the UK, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Canada, Italy (min. 3 months)
143 international graduate and postgraduate students
• Most students from Russia, China, the USA, Bangladesh, Nepal, Japan
Co-operation & International Affairs
International Co-operation
• The University has
over 250 partner universities
in 40 different countries.
• The University has strategic partnerships with universities in Scandinavia,
Europe, Russia, North America,
China, and Japan.
Co-operation & International Affairs
Arctic University Palette
• • The most important strategic partner is
the UArctic Network (University of the Arctic):
circa 170 Northern institutions of research and education the University is home to the UArctic International Secretariat
UArctic Thematic Networks coordinated
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at the University:
Geopolitics and Security Arctic Law Arctic Sustainable Arts & Design Arctic Extractive Industries Digital Media and Media Arts
Co-operation & International Affairs
Societal Interaction
The basic functions of the University include • teaching • research and artistic activity • societal interaction > education, research, and development work together with companies and public organizations > participation in the planning of regional development The University anticipates and recognizes societal changes in the Barents region, northern Finland, and especially the regions of Lapland – meeting future needs for expertise.
Consortium
Lapland University Consortium (LUC)
University of Lapland, TYVI-training / INFOR Ltd., Helena Lemminkäinen
Consortium
Multidimensional Tourism Institute (MTI)
• started in autumn 2009 • • • built around tourism research in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland; the field of tourism and hospitality management in Lapland University of Applied Sciences; and the Lapland Tourism College Research values are based on five areas of responsibility in tourism: economic, ecological, cultural, social, and political
Profile areas
> internationally recognized research on Arctic and Northern people, societies, and environment as well as their interaction > international research on tourism
Consortium
Institute for Northern Culture
• Built around the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Lapland, the field of business and culture in Lapland University of Applied Sciences, and the field of culture in the Vocational College Lappia • Networked co-operation in education, research, and development in the field of culture > based in Tornio • Three professorships > Film and Television Production > Northern Ethnography > Applied Visual Arts