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第95章 University of Turku

图尔库大学:从自由人到学术自由

英文导读

The University of Turku (Finnish: Turun yliopisto), located in Turku in southwestern Finland, is the second largest university in the country as measured by student enrollment, after University of Helsinki. It was established in 1920 and also has faculties at Rauma, Pori and Salo. The academic history of Turku reaches all the way to the 13th century, when citizens of Turku went to study in the universities of Central Europe. In 1640, Finland’s first university, the Royal Academy of Turku, was founded by Queen Christina of Sweden.The University of Turku was established in 1920 with the help of a fund-raising campaign. The University of Turku was Finland’s first Finnish university. The university is a member of the Coimbra Group, a network of prestigious universities in Europe. The University of Turku shares a campus with .bo Akademi University and elements of Turku Science Park. The area also encompasses Turku University Hospital (TYKS) and the Student Village. The Administration Building and the surrounding complex was built in the fifties on what became to be known as the University Hill. The University of Turku is an ambitious, research-led university with seven faculties and twelve special units and interdisciplinary centres and internationally acknowledged expertise from humanities to medicine and natural sciences. The University of Turku is internationally known and recognised for its research and the University has broad spectrum and extensive international contacts in science.

System: The university is divided into seven faculties includ-ing: Faculty of Humanities (School of History, Cultural Research and Art Studies; School of Languages and Translation Studies), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences(Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry; Department of Biology; Department of Chemistry; Department of Geography and Geology; Department of Information Technology; Department of Mathematics; Department of Physics), Fac-ulty of Medicine(Institute of Biomedicine; Institute of Microbiology and Pathology; Institute of Clinical Medicine; Institute of Dentistry; Depart-ment of Nursing Science; BioCity; Turku Biomaterials Centre; Centre for Biotechnology; The Research Centre for Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine; Terbio-Health Biosciences), Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences (Department of Behavioural Sciences and Philosophy; Department of Political Science and Contemporary Histo-ry; Department of Social Research), Faculty of Education(Department of Education; Department of Teacher Education Turku; Department of Teacher Education Rauma; Teacher training school in Turku; Teacher training school in Rauma; Educational Technology Unit), Turku School of Economics. The largest faculties are the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.

City show: Turku is a city on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper. Today it remains a regional capital and an important business and cultural center. Due to its location, Turku is a notable commercial and passenger seaport with over three million passengers travelling through the Port of Turku each year to Stockholm and Mariehamn. Cultural venues in Turku in-clude several theatres, cinemas, and art galleries, and a city philharmon-ic orchestra. The city’s cultural centre organises a number of regular events, most notably the Medieval Market in July each year. Turku is also the official Christmas city of Finland, and“Christmas Peace”in Finland is declared on every 24 December from the Brinkkala Hall bal-cony.

生词助读

ambitious [.m.b...s] a. 野心勃勃的;有雄心的

expertise [.eksp..r.ti.z] n. 专门知识;专门技术

philharmonic [filɑ:.m.nik] a. 交响乐团的;爱好音乐的

orchestra [..:k.str.] n. 管弦乐队

中文概述

芬兰图尔库大学成立于1920年,1974年大学改为公立。图尔库大学的渊源可以追溯到1640年建立的图尔库皇家学院,该学院于1827年因图尔库大火而搬到首都赫尔辛基。现在的图尔库大学建于1920年。当时芬兰民族主义兴起,民众希望建立起一所纯芬兰民族的大学。

图尔库大学拥有六个学院,分别是人文学院、数学与自然科学学院、医学院、法学院、社会科学院、教育学院、经济学院。研究的特长学科领域有:分子生物科学;心血管疾病和新陈代谢研究;生态学相互影响和生态遗传学研究;学习和教育研究;未来研究;制度设计和社会机制研究。

图尔库是芬兰第二大海港和重要工业基地,图尔库-波里省省会,又名奥布,位于国境西南端海岸,波的尼亚湾畔。该城古迹甚多,有建于 1290年的大教堂、中世纪古城堡和历史博物馆,以及19世纪建造的瑞典语剧院和希腊正教教堂。图尔库是一座双语城市,分别设有使用瑞典和芬兰语教学的大学。

梦想成功录

Actually it is just in an idea when feel oneself can achieve and cannot achieve.

觉得自己做得到和做不到,其实只在一念之间。

One should not delay until tomorrow what is today"s job.

今日事今日毕。