University of Helsinki

Multidisciplinary top-level research and teaching create conditions for achieving a better tomorrow through innovation and growth.

The University of Helsinki is a multidisciplinary top university that moulds the society through research and education. Through its ‘Designing the Future’ theme, the University of Helsinki expands the concept of design to encompass e.g. social innovations. Design is seen not just in its traditional form but as a human-oriented way of solving challenges.

For the University of Helsinki, design means a way of organising things and operations that promotes high-end research, top-quality education and user-driven services. The University works actively to foster human welfare and a just society.

The World Design Capital initiative allows academic education, research and social influence opportunities for internationalisation, content renewal, operational development, profiling and increased recognition.

The University of Helsinki sees WDC Helsinki as a chance for applying design in many ways. Through its projects, the University will bring out themes such as the Finnish teacher education that lies behind the country’s PISA success and the significance of design in creating learning environments for all sorts of learners. The University of Helsinki also creates conditions for a better life and a better tomorrow through social responsibility, and utilises design in fulfilling the needs of the learner’s life cycle, from entry all the way to lifelong learning.