Finland from Re.ViCa

Finland is the host of the Finnish Virtual University.

The evaluation report of the Virtual University Functions was published in November, 2007. The abstract in English can be found here. here

Several of Finland's universities also have their individual Virtual Campus operations.

There is a report on Finland called Impact of the Internet on Higher Education in Finland by Professor Jef Moonen and Professor Betty Collis with the assistance of Eric Beerkens, Petra Boezerooy and Jeroen Huisman. This was prepared for HEFCE in 2001 and updated in 2004. It is now rather out of date.

Other universities in Finland:

• Helsinki University of Technology.
• Helsinki School of Economics.
• University of Art and Design Helsinki.
• The (http://www.innovaatioyliopisto.info/en/ Innovation University], a new university which will be created through a full merger of three existing universities: Helsinki School of Economics (HSE), University of Art and Design Helsinki (TAIK) and Helsinki University of Technology (TKK). Innovation university starts operating in August 2009.
• The University of Jyväskylä.
• The University of Helsinki, which is part of League of European Research Universities (LERU) and has some interesting subdivisions: the Open University courses and the Palmenia, Centre for Continued Education.
• The University of Oulu.
• The University of Tampere.

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