Top Universities in Finland

34 universities in Finland with a measured position, 8 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankCitations
1 Sibelius Academy #0 9,422
2 Diaconia University of Applied Sciences #0 2,790
3 Aalto University #114 (2026) 3,642,765
4 University of Helsinki #116 (2026) 22,207,402
5 University of Oulu #342 (2026) 5,983,893
6 University of Turku #366 (2026) 6,695,070
7 Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT #397 (2026) 1,318,479
8 University of Jyväskylä #498 (2026) 3,299,053
9 University of Eastern Finland not ranked 5,383,982
10 Tampere University of Applied Sciences not ranked 3,088,070
11 Tampere University not ranked 3,088,070
12 Åbo Akademi University not ranked 1,634,103
13 University of Vaasa not ranked 271,562
14 Hanken School of Economics not ranked 214,420
15 Turku University of Applied Sciences not ranked 202,239
16 Oulu University of Applied Sciences not ranked 190,266
17 University of Lapland not ranked 136,472
18 Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences not ranked 106,275
19 Kajaani University of Applied Sciences not ranked 40,574
20 Häme University of Applied Sciences not ranked 25,859
21 Metropolia University of Applied Sciences not ranked 22,947
22 Novia University of Applied Sciences not ranked 20,743
23 Karelia University of Applied Sciences not ranked 20,441
24 Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences not ranked 18,992
25 Jamk University of Applied Sciences not ranked 18,649
26 Laurea University of Applied Sciences not ranked 18,592
27 Arcada University of Applied Sciences not ranked 14,052
28 Satakunta University of Applied Sciences SAMK not ranked 11,673
29 South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences Xamk not ranked 11,337
30 LAB University of Applied Sciences not ranked 8,603
31 Savonia University of Applied Sciences not ranked 7,596
32 Centria University of Applied Sciences not ranked 6,143
33 Lapland University of Applied Sciences not ranked 5,266
34 Vaasa University of Applied Sciences not ranked 4,174

What the two columns mean

World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 981 ranked Japan 337 ranked India 306 ranked China 283 ranked South Korea 170 ranked Brazil 164 ranked Iran 160 ranked Indonesia 143 ranked Mexico 134 ranked France 108 ranked Poland 106 ranked Germany 103 ranked