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Of the 20 Public Bachelor's universities in Finland, University of Turku ranks highest at #366 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come Oulu University of Applied Sciences (#9 in Finland) and Häme University of Applied Sciences (#12 in Finland). The universities on this list offer 113 matching courses between them.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Turku at #366 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Turku has the largest research record in this group, with 6,687,584 citations and an h-index of 617. 10 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 20 public to 0 private institutions. The biggest concentrations are in Helsinki (3), Turku (2) and Vaasa (2). The oldest is Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, founded in 1996. University of Turku is the largest, with 20,000 students.
The most common subjects are Engineering (38), Medicine & Health Sciences (25), Business & Management (24) and Arts, Design & Architecture (5). The usual length is 4 years and 3 years 6 months. 100% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (67% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (42% of courses with a stated intake). Metropolia University of Applied Sciences offers the widest choice, with 18 of these courses.
University of Turku (QS World #366), Oulu University of Applied Sciences (#9 in Finland) and Häme University of Applied Sciences (#12 in Finland) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
20 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 3 years 6 months the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 67% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, with 18, ahead of Laurea University of Applied Sciences (18).
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