Universities and research institutes
Finnish research personnel represent the highest percentage of employed labour force across all OECD countries. The number of doctorates has nearly doubled in the last ten years.
The network of universities and university-level institutions is exceptionally dense and regionally comprehensive in international comparisons. There are also 18 State-owned research institutes and several science parks, business incubators and technology centres.
Tekes finances almost 600 public research projects at universities, university-level institutions and research institutes per year. Tekes programmes provide an excellent framework for cooperation for international and Finnish research groups and companies.
Universities
- Aalto University
- Academy of Fine Arts
- Hanken School of Economics
- Lappeenranta University of Technology
- Sibelius Academy
- Tampere University of Technology
- Theatre Academy
- University of Helsinki
- University of Eastern Finland
- University of Jyväskylä
- University of Lapland
- University of Oulu
- University of Tampere
- University of Turku
- University of Vaasa
- Åbo Akademi University
- National Defence College
Research institutes
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
- Finnish Meteorological Institute
- Finnish Environment Institute
- Finnish Forest Research Institute
- Geological Survey of Finland
- Finnish Geodetic Institute
- National Institute for Health and Welfare
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
- Finnish Food Safety Authority
- Agrifood Research Finland
- Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute
- Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority
- Centre for Metrology and Accreditation
- Finnish Institute of International Affairs
- National Research Institute of Legal Policy
- Government Institute for Economic Research
- Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
- National Consumer Research Centre