Turku School of Economics ( Finnish ''Turun kauppakorkeakoulu'') is a unit of the

University of Turku sv, Åbo universitet , latin_name = Universitas Aboensis , image_name = University of Turku.svg , motto = ''Vapaan kansan lahja vapaalle tieteelle'' , established = 1920 , type ...

located in

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

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. It was established as an independent higher education

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in 1950, until it was acquired by the state in 1977. It was the second largest school of its kind in Finland, with approximately 2,000 graduate and 250

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students and a staff of 350. In January 2010, Turku School of Economics became the seventh faculty of the

. Its former rector, Professor Tapio Reponen, is now a vice rector of the University of Turku. In addition to teaching a wide variety of economic and business related subjects, the faculty conducts research on matters relating to its field, and offers consulting services to businesses. Teaching is mainly carried out in Finnish, but there are also a number of courses available in

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. As a

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, Turku School of Economics had been one of the most efficient universities in terms of

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per

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Organisation of Turku School of Economics

Main departments *Department of Management **Management and Organization **Information Systems Science **Entrepreneurship *Department of Accounting and Finance **Accounting and Finance **Business Law **Quantitative Methods in Economics *Department of Marketing and International Business **Marketing **International Business **Economic Geography **Economic Sociology **

Supply Chain Management In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods and services including all processes that transform raw materials into final products between businesses and locations. This can include the movement and stor ...

*Department of Economics **Economics Auxiliary units *Business Research and Development Centre **Small Business Institute ** Pan-European Institute **Innomarket **Institute for Executive Education **Media Group **Institute for Competition Policy Studies **Centre for Responsible Business *Finland Futures Research centre *Pori Unit * Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS) At the Turku School of Economics, you can study two international master's degree programmes in English
Global Innovation Management

Futures Studies

External links

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References

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