Hello everybody , does anyone know about Helsinki University ? What kind of reputation does it have? What about future perspectives you might hope to receive?

I was also looking for information about Helsinki University on found some (on a website that does no longer exist):

UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI

The University of Helsinki is the oldest and largest university in Finland, and is also among the oldest universities in Europe. It was founded in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Turku. In the Russian era, in 1828, the University, together with the civil service, was moved to Helsinki, which was growing into a new administration centre.

The new buildings erected for the University in the Empire style on the Senate Square were quite impressive.

Higher education in Finland began to expand rapidly after World War II. In the 1960s the University of Helsinki grew to its present size. Teaching and research is carried out in nine faculties, representing the fields of theology, law, medicine, arts,

science, education, social sciences, agriculture and forestry, and veterinary medicine. The faculties are divided into nearly 120 departments and institutes. There are about 37 000 undergraduate and graduate students, over half of whom are women.

The University of Helsinki is bilingual, with instruction and services offered in both Finnish and Swedish, the second national language of Finland. There is also a great and still growing number of courses and programmes taught in English. The number of international students currently exceeds 1 300.

FACULTY OF LAW

The Faculty of Law in Helsinki consists of three departments: the Department of Public Law, the Department of Private Law and the Department of Criminal Law, Judicial Procedure and General Jurisprudential Studies. Most Finnish students take the Finnish Master of Laws degree, although some take only the intermediate Bachelorâs degree. The Faculty also offers two postgraduate research degrees, the Licentiate and the Doctor of Laws degree, as well as the Master of Laws diploma programme in English.

Altogether there are about 2 500 students at the Faculty of Law. The study environment at the Faculty of Law combines a strong research orientation with intensive links with business and society at large. Annually the Faculty receives through the Socrates/Erasmus and Nordplus programmes about 100 exchange students who come to spend one or two semesters in Helsinki, and the same number of Finnish law students goes abroad for a corresponding period. In a comparative study conducted in 1998 by the leading German magazine Der Spiegel, concerning 103 European universities, the Helsinki Faculty of Law was rated among the best law schools. The independent

research assessment exercise conducted by international peer review panels at the University of Helsinki in 1999 ranked the Faculty among the top ten per cent of European law faculties.

There are two research institutes attached to the Faculty. The Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights headed by Professor Martti Koskenniemi promotes research on human rights and new approaches in public international law. The Institute of International Economic Law (KATTI) focuses on high-quality research on the legal aspects of both European integration and international economic co-operation in general.

The particularly Scandinavian characteristics of Finnish law have traditionally been stimulated by Nordic co-operation in the fields of legislation and research. Finnish law has been strongly influenced by German law, and there are still strong links to German research. The European integration process and membership in the European Union have brought new aspects to legal research and teaching at the Faculty of Law. Because of Finlandâs geopolitical position, there is a tradition of co-operation with some of the Central and Eastern European countries, especially with Estonia.

The Faculty of Law is located in the very heart of Helsinki close by the University Main Building, the Council of State and the Cathedral. Students have easy access to all university facilities.

Thank you Annika , probably it might be one of the posible universities I will try to apply to . Probably it is not so bad :> The only thing that worries me is that Finland is a country , where you should be able to understand Finish, where I don't at all . I think I will send application there , after couple different universities .

I don't think you have to worry about the language, because I think that pretty much everybody knows at least some English. I'm from Sweden and you get by with English here just fine. Have you considered taking a masters in Sweden?

Thank you for suggestion Thomas. Yes, I have already sent application form to Stockholm University and waiting for reply :> . Stockholm University attracted me with free studying and geographical position and possible future perspectives. However, I am not sure that they will take me, because my application was sent after the deadline, that's why I will try couple more universities in Netherlands..

Hi Thomas,
I understand you come from Sweden. Could you give me details on the quality of LLM from University of Lund and Stockholm. I have applied to both, Human Rights and IP in Lund, and Int Commercial Arbitration in Stockholm. I really love to study in Sweden.

Hello everybody here,
Do you know when we can hear from Helsinki university about our aplication?
thanks:)

Hi Thomas,
I too plan to apply to Stocholm University for their Arbitration LLm. Is it possible to get part time jobs in Sweden? Can I cover a part of my living expenses thus?

Hello everybody!
Does anyone plan to go to Helisnki LL.M this year?

hello maryann,
I am planning to go to helsinki if they accept me:))
I am waiting for the results.
take care
bye bye:))

May be someone who aready graduated from the LL.M or have a friend who studied there can tell what was it like? Please tell me your opinion. I am still guessing whether to choose Helisnki. I incline to go there, but still would appreciate an opinion.

Hi,
I think I am going to Helsinki :-)
Contract and Commercial Law.
Who else?

heyyy
I am going to helsinki -Contract and Commercial Law-
we will be classmates there:))

Hi,
I think I am going to Helsinki :-)
Contract and Commercial Law.
Who else?

Hey! That is great!

I am going there too!

heyyy
that's great we will be classmates there:))

who else!? We will be freezing there together!

I will freeze with you...
(Public International Law)
When are you planing to arrive there?
I may be in Finnland since the beginning of August.

See you there

Seb

I plan to come at the begining of August.

oh well, I finally got visa. So I am going, definately.
May be someone else is accepted there?