The University of Lapland is located in the city of Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi

Rovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland. It is situated close to the Arctic Circle and is between the hills of Ounasvaara and Korkalovaara, at the confluence of the Kemijoki River and its...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. It was founded in 1979.

The university is divided into four faculties:

• Faculty of Art and Design
• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Social Sciences

There was also a Faculty of Business and Tourism, but it is now a part of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The Arctic Centre

Arctic Centre, University of Lapland

The Arctic Centre, University of Lapland is Finland’s national institute for Arctic expertise. It is based at the University of Lapland, the northernmost university in Finland and the EU, and is located in the Arktikum building by the Ounasjoki river in Rovaniemi near the Arctic Circle.The Centre...

 at the university is a major resesarch institution.

The university is a member of the network University of the Arctic

University of the Arctic

The University of the Arctic is an international cooperative network based in the circumpolar region, consisting of universities, colleges and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the North...

and acts as the international secretariat of the network.

External links

• University of Lapland - Official site