The University of Lapland is located in the city of
Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi ( , ; sme, Roavvenjárga ; smn, Ruávinjargâ; sms, Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Perà ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It was founded in 1979. While UiT The Arctic University of Norway is the northernmost university in the world, the University of Lapland is the most northern university in the European Union.
The fields of education and research here are education, law, art and design, social sciences, and northern and Arctic issues.
The strategic choices deal with
* global Arctic responsibility
* sustainable tourism
* future services and reachability.
The university has four faculties:
* Faculty of Art and Design
* Faculty of Education
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Social Sciences
In addition to faculties, there is the
Arctic Centre that conducts multidisciplinary research in changes in the Arctic region, and communicates Arctic issues via
Arktikum Science Centre and science communications.
Rectors
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Esko Riepula 1979–2006
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Mauri Ylä-Kotola 2006–2019
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Antti Syväjärvi 2019–
Notable people
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Liisa Rantalaiho
Liisa Rantalaiho (born January 25, 1933) is a Finnish sociologist, fandom activist, and professor emerita in the fields of sociology of health and gender studies. She writes and performs filk songs.
Early life and education
Liisa Rantalaiho was b ...
(b. 1933), sociologist
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Pigga Keskitalo (b. 1972), Sámi politician and academic
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Katri Kulmuni
Katri Briitta Ilona Kulmuni (born 4 September 1987) is a Finnish politician who served as the 35th deputy prime minister of Finland and the leader of the Centre Party between 2019 and 2020. A member of the Centre Party, she has been a Member of ...
(b. 1987), politician, former
Centre Party leader and
Minister of Finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
See also
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List of universities in Finland
This is a list of the universities in Finland. Institutions of higher education are designated as universities by Finnish legislation. Only universities have the right to confer degrees in the categories of ''alempi korkeakoulututkinto/lägre högs ...
References
External links
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Lapland
Education in Lapland (Finland)
Rovaniemi
Educational institutions established in 1979
Buildings and structures in Lapland (Finland)
1979 establishments in Finland
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