Åbo Akademi University

• Name — Åbo Akademi University • Native Name — Åbo Akademi • Latin Name — Academia Aboensis • Type — Public • Rector — Mikael Lindfelt • Chancellor — Carl G. Gahmberg • Administrative Staff — 1,100 • Students — 5,500 • City — Turku, Vaasa • Country — Finland • Campus — Urban • Language — Swedish • Colours — Red and yellow • Affiliations — Coimbra Group • Website — https: www.abo.fi/en/ • Illustration — The main building at Åbo Akademi University. • Illustration — Åbo Akademi in Vaasa.

• Qs W Year — 2026 • Qs W — =643 As the only uni-lingually Swedish multi-faculty university in the world outside Sweden and consequently the only one in Finland, Åbo Akademi University is responsible for higher education for a large proportion of the Swedish-speaking population. This role has many implications for education and research as well as for the social environment. As there are few students in most subjects, cooperation between faculties and with other universities is very important. A minority of students are Finnish speakers who have passed a university entrance Swedish language test. While Turku itself is a bilingual city, the university provides a strong Swedish environment. Most of the students, regardless of their original language, will be functionally bilingual when finishing their studies.

After reorganization approved in February 2025, the university consists of two faculties: • Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, with departments: • Business and Economics and Law (Turku) • Humanities (Turku) • Education (Vaasa) • Social Sciences (Turku) • Faculty of Science and Engineering, with departments: • Natural and Health Sciences (Turku) • Engineering and Information Technology (Turku) In addition, there are several other units and joint programs, such as: • Language Centre • Centre for Lifelong Learning • Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History • Institute of Human Rights • Turku PET Centre (jointly run by the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi and the Turku University Hospital) • Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS) (in co-operation with the University of Turku, among others) • Turku Centre for Biotechnology (in co-operation with the University of Turku, among others) • Vasa övningsskola, located in Vaasa, is the normal school of the teacher training programme. While the university turned into a public institution, the foundation Stiftelsen för Åbo Akademi remained. Besides maintaining many of the university buildings, it is also a significant donor.

• Di Wei, research fellow at the University of Cambridge

The following people have served as rectors of Åbo Akademi: • 1918–1921: Edvard Westermarck • 1921–1929: Severin Johansson • 1929–1936: Otto Andersson • 1936–1942: Rolf Pipping • 1942–1950: Georg Olof Rosenqvist • 1950–1957: Lars Erik Taxell • 1957–1962: Sven Lindman (professor) • 1962–1966: Oscar Nikula • 1966–1969: Nils Erik Enkvist • 1969–1975: Karl-Gustav Fogel • 1975–1978: Kurt Nyholm • 1978–1982: Bill Widén • 1982–1988: Caj-Gunnar Lindström • 1988–1997: Bengt Stenlund • 1997–2005: Gustav Björkstrand • 2006–2014: Jorma Mattinen • 2015–2019: Mikko Hupa • 2019–1 November 2021: Moira von Wright • 2022–4 April 2025: Mikael Lindfelt • 4 April 2025–present: (Acting Rector) Gunilla Widén