Universities outside Finland in which you can study Finnish language and culture

There are over 80 universities offering teaching of Finnish language and culture in almost 30 countries in our network at the moment. If you teach Finnish in a university, are not yet in our network and wish to join, please send email to skk@oph.fi.

The universities are alphabetically listed by country and city below.

China

Beijing

Beijing Foreign Studies University

School of European Languages and Cultures
Department of Finnish Language and Culture
www.bfsu.edu.cn
Li Ying (liying@bfsu.edu.cn)
Veera Suikkari (veera.suikkari@gmail.com)

Shijiazhuang

Hebei Foreign Studies University

International Department
http://gjjl.hbwy.com.cn
Zhang Andi (13273172181@163.com),
International office (intercom002@hbwy.com.cn)

Tianjin

Tianjin Foreign Studies University

School of European Studies
Department of Finnish Language and Culture
http://www.tjfsu.edu.cn/bindex/index.shtml
http://european.tjfsu.edu.cn
Wang Shuo (wangshuo@tjfsu.edu.cn)
Lin Tianyi (lin.tianyi@tjfsu.edu.cn)

Czech Republic

Brno

Masarykova univerzita

Filozofická fakulta
Ústav jazykovĕdy a baltistiky
http://www.phil.muni.cz/wbal/index_html-en/view?set_language=en
Petra Hebedová (petrahebedova@phil.muni.cz)

Prague

Univerzita Karlova

Filozofická fakulta
Oddělení finských studií
http://www.ff.cuni.cz/
http://fin.ff.cuni.cz/cs/
https://www.facebook.com/finskastudiaffuk
PhD. Lenka Fárová (lenka.farova@ff.cuni.cz)
Lasse Suominen (lsuominen@hotmail.com)

Estonia

Tallinn

Tallinna Ülikool

Humanitaarteaduste instituut
http://www.tlu.ee
Prof. Daniele Monticelli (daniele.monticelli@tlu.ee)
Dr. Annekatrin Kaivapalu (annekatrin.kaivapalu@tlu.ee)
Maria-Magdalena Jürvetson (malle@tlu.ee)
Tiina Söderman (soderman@tlu.ee)

Tartu

Tartu ülikool

Eesti ja üldkeeleteaduse instituut
http://www.ut.ee/
http://www.keel.ut.ee/et
Soome-ugri osakond
Andrea Nad (andrea.nad@ut.ee).
Tiina Nahkola (tiina.nahkola@gmail.com)

France

Caen

Université de Caen Normandie

Département d'Etudes Nordiques
http://www.unicaen.fr/etudesnordiques
Rea Peltola (rea.peltola@unicaen.fr)

Paris

Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales

Département Europe
http://www.inalco.fr/
http://www.inalco.fr/langue/finnois
Aija-Leena Nurminen (aija-leena.nurminen@inalco.fr)

Sorbonne Université

L'UFR d'Etudes Germaniques et Nordiques
Centre Universitaire Malesherbes
http://www.paris-sorbonne.fr/etudes-germaniques-nordiques
etudes-germaniques@sorbonne-universite.fr

Germany

Berlin

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Nordeuropa-Institut
http://www.ni.hu-berlin.de/
Dr. Pia Päiviö (pia.paeivioe@hu-berlin.de)

Bielefeld

Universität Bielefeld

Sprachenzentrum
http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/fachsprachenzentrum/
https://ekvv.uni-bielefeld.de/kvv_publ/publ/Studiengang_Vorlesungsverzeichnis.jsp?id=1032322#1032563
Catalina Calero Raminez (c.calero_ramirez@uni-bielefeld.de)

Cologne

Universität zu Köln

Institut für Skandinavistik/Fennistik
http://skanfen.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/
skan-fen@uni-koeln.de
Prof. Dr. Marja Järventausta (marja.jarventausta@uni-koeln.de)

Darmstadt

Technische Universität Darmstadt

Sprachenzentrum
http://www.spz.tu-darmstadt.de
studienbuero@spz.tu-darmstadt.de

Dresden

Technische Universität Dresden

Institute of Advanced Studies GmbH
TUDIAS
http://www.tudias.de
Annaliisa Kühn (annaliisa.kuehn@online.de)

Düsseldorf

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

USZ- Universitätssprachenzentrum
http://www.usz.hhu.de
info@usz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Anne Kupila (anne.kupila@gmx.net)

Erlangen

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Sprachenzentrum
http://www.sz.uni-erlangen.de/
Marjatta Burkhard (mburkhard@gmx.net)

Essen

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Institut für Optionale Studien IOS
http://www.uni-due.de/ios
Anne Kupila (anne.kupila@gmx.net)

Greifswald

Universität Greifswald

Institut für Fennistik und Skandinavistik
https://www.uni-greifswald.de/fennistik/
fennistik@uni-greifswald.de
Thekla Musäus (thekla.musaeus@uni-greifswald.de)

Göttingen

Georg-August-Universität

Finnisch-Ugrisches Seminar
http://www.finnougristik.uni-goettingen.de
Tiina Savolainen (tsavola@gwdg.de)

Hamburg

Universität Hamburg

Institut für Finnougristik/Uralistik
https://www.slm.uni-hamburg.de/ifuu.html
ifuu@uni-hamburg.de

Jena

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Sprachenzentrum
http://www.uni-jena.de/SPZ
nordeuropa@uni-jena.de
Anna Rytkönen (anna.rytkoenen@uni-jena.de)

Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Sprachen Nordeuropas und des Baltikums
Institut für Slavistik, Turkologie und zirkumbaltischen Studien
http://www.sneb.uni-mainz.de/
Prof. Dr. Anneli Sarhimaa (sarhimaa@uni-mainz.de)
Tuija Kapanen (kapanen@uni-mainz.de)

Munich

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Institut für Finnougristik/Uralistik
http://www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/index.html
Katri Wessel (katri.wessel@lmu.de)

Münster

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Sprachenzentrum
https://spz.uni-muenster.de/
https://spz.uni-muenster.de/finnisch
spzmail@uni-muenster.de
Andreas Ludden (ludden@uni-muenster.de)

Hungary

Budapest

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem

Finnugor Tanszék
http://finnugor.elte.hu
László Klima (klima.laszlo@btk.elte.hu)
Virpi Masonen (masonenv@gmail.com)

Debrecen

Debreceni Egyetem

Finnugor Nyelvtudományi Tanszék
http://mnytud.arts.unideb.hu/finnugor/
https://www.facebook.com/finnugor.debrecen/
finnugor@mnytud.arts.unideb.hu
Maria Sarhemaa (maria.sarhemaa@mnytud.arts.unideb.hu)

Pécs

Pécsi Tudományegyetem

Nyelvtudományi Tanszék
Magyar Nyelv- és Irodalomtudományi Intézet
http://www.pte.hu/
http://nyelvtud.btk.pte.hu

Szeged

Szegedi Tudományegyetem

Finnugor Tanszék
http://www.arts.u-szeged.hu/finnugor
Dr. Katalin Sipőcz (sipocz@hung.u-szeged.hu)
Anna Orava (anna.orava@outlook.com)

Italy

Bologna

Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna

Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne
http://www.lingue.unibo.it/it
Sanna Martin (sannamaria.martin@unibo.it)

Florence

Università degli Studi di Firenze

Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Studi Interculturali
http://www.lilsi.unifi.it/vp-200-area-ugrofinnica.html
Lena Dal Pozzo (lena.dalpozzo@unifi.it)

Naples

Università degli Studi di Napoli - L'Orientale

Dipartimento di Studi Letterari, Linguistici e Comparati
Seminario di Finlandese
http://www.unior.it/index.php
Riikka Lindholm (rjlindholm@unior.it)

Rome

Università degli Studi Roma Tre

Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Straniere
http://www.lingueletteratureculturestraniere.uniroma3.it/index.php?page=corso-libero-di-lingua-e-cultura-finlandese
Elina Di Santo (elina.disanto@gmail.com)

Japan

Hiratsuka

Tokai University

Department of Nordic Studies
Faculty of Letters
https://www.u-tokai.ac.jp/english/
Prof. Kingo Yoshida (yoshidak@tokai-u.jp)

Osaka

Kansai Gaidai University

College of Foreign Studies
http://www.kansaigaidai.ac.jp/academics/foreign/vision/
Registrar's Office (kyomu@kansaigaidai.ac.jp)

Tokyo

Reitaku University

Faculty of Foreign Studies
http://www.reitaku-u.ac.jp/koho/english/
Prof. Shoju Chiba (schiba@reitaku-u.ac.jp)

Poland

Gdańsk

Uniwersytet Gdański

Katedra Skandynawistyki
http://www.ug.edu.pl
http://fil.ug.edu.pl/wydzial/instytuty_i_katedry/instytut_skandynawistyki_i_lingwistyki_stosowanej/katedra_skandynawistyki
PhD, Habil. Katarzyna Wojan (finkw@univ.gda.pl)

Poznań

Uniwersytet im. A. Mickiewicza

Instytut Językoznawstwa
Filologia Fińska
Collegium Novum
http://www.amu.edu.pl/
http://ij.amu.edu.pl/filologia-finska/inling@amu.edu.pl
Prof. Bolesław Mrozewicz (bmrozewicz@gmail.com)
Dr. hab. Robert Bielecki (robertbi@amu.edu.pl)
Tanja Seppälä (tanja.seppala@amu.edu.pl)

Warsaw

Uniwersytet Warszawski

Wydział Neofilologii
Katedra Hungarystyki
Pracownia Finlandystyki
http://www.hungarystyka.uw.edu.pl
http://finlandystyka.wn.uw.edu.pl/
hungarystyka@uw.edu.pl
Dr. Łukasz Sommer (lukaszsommer@uw.edu.pl)
Tiina Moisander (t.moisander@uw.edu.pl)

Portugal

Lisbon

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
ILNOVA- Instituto de Línguas da UNL
http://ilnova.fcsh.unl.pt/finlandes
ilnova(at)fcsh.unl.pt
Mika Palo (mika.palo@clix.pt)

Porto

Universidade do Porto

Faculdade de Letras
Departamento de Estudos Germanísticos
http://www.letras.up.pt
deg(at)letras.up.pt, gfec(at)letras.up.pt
Mika Palo (mika.palo@clix.pt)

Russia

Arkhangelsk

Severnyi (Arktitšeski) federalnyi universitet imeni M. V. Lomonosova

Vyshaja shkola socialno-gumanitarnyh nauk i mezhdunarodnoj nauchnoj kommunikacii
Kafedra anglijskoj filologii, jazykov severnyh stran i lingvodidaktiki
http://narfu.ru/
http://narfu.ru/ifmk/departments/kflmtfl
fc.english@pomorsu.ru
Jelena Valerjevna Trjapitsyna (e.tryapicina@narfu.ru)
Matias Lehtinen (m.lehtinen@narfu.ru)

Hanty-Mansijsk

Jugorski gosudarstvennyi universitet

Kafedra inostrannyh jazykov
http://www.ugrasu.ru/
Andrej Mironov (a_mironov@ugrasu.ru)
Marianna Anduganova (sem-marianna@yandex.ru)

Izhevsk

Udmurtski gosudarstvennyi universitet / Udmurt kun universitet

Udmurt filologijaja fakultet
Ogja no finn-ugor kyltodonja kafedra
http://udsu.ru
fudf@udm.ru, finnugor@mail.ru
Dr. Natalja Kondratjeva (nataljakondratjeva@yandex.ru)
Mira Samarova (mira.samarova@yandex.ru)
Esa-Jussi Salminen (ejsalminen@gmail.com)

Moscow

Moskovski Gosudarstvennyi Universitet

Filologitšeski Fakultet
Kafedra finno-ugorskoj filologii
http://www.philol.msu.ru/~finugor/
finnougri@philol.msu.ru
Prof. Nadežda Bratchikova (n.bratchikova@mail.ru)

Fakultet žurnalistiki
Tsentr po izutšeniju SMI Finljandii i Skandinavii "NordMedia"
Prof. Elena L. Vartanova (evarta@mail.ru)
Dr. Marina Pavlikova (marinapavlikova@mail.ru)
Viktoria Chernyavskaya (vvtvv@mail.ru)

Moskovski Gosudarstvennyi Lingvistitšeski Universitet

Kafedra skandinavskih, niderlandskogo i finskogo jazykov
Perevodtšeski fakultet
http://www.linguanet.ru
https://linguanet.ru/fakultety-i-instituty/perevodcheskiy-fakultet/kafedra-skandinavskikh-niderlandskogo-i-finskogo-yazykov/
scandinavian@linguanet.ru

Moskovski Gosudarstvennyi Institut (Universitet) Meždunarodnyh Otnošenij

Kafedra jazykov stran Severnoj Jevropy i Baltii
http://www.mgimo.ru/
scand@mgimo.ru
Tatjana Shishkina (tatjana.shishkina@gmail.com)
Liudmila Kryukova (liudmilakryukova@gmail.com)

Natsionalnyi issledovatelski universitet «Vysšaja škola ekonomiki»

Škola lingvistiki
https://ling.hse.ru/
Ivan Stenin (ystein88@gmail.com)
Ekaterina Vlasova (je.vlasova@yandex.ru)

Rossijski gosudarstvennyi gumanitarnyi universitet

Kafedra evropeyskikh jazykov
http://www.rsuh.ru
Evgeniya Semenyuk (ev_semenyuk@il-rggu.ru)

Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodski Gosudarstvennyi Universitet

Institut filologii, kafedra pribaltijsko-finskoi filologii
http://petrsu.ru
Finsdep@petrsu.ru
Anna Karhu (anna.karhu@live.com)

St. Petersburg

Sankt-Peterburgski Gosudarstvennyi Universitet

Filologitšeski fakultet
http://phil.spbu.ru/
fgr.phil@spbu.ru
Svetlana Zakorina (svetlana.zakorina@yandex.ru)

Gosudarstvennyi Pedagogitšeski Universitet im. A. I. Gerzena

Lingvistitšeski tsentr
Kafedra finskogo i skandinavskih jazykov
Kafedra sovremennyh evropeiskih jazykov
http://www.herzen.spb.ru/
https://www.herzen.spb.ru/main/structure/inst/inyaz/1410533555/1410534113/
Anna Lalym (anna.lalym@gmail.com)
Anastasia Lomagina (finnskandia@gmail.com)

Sankt-Peterburgski Gosudarstvennyi Politehnitšeski Universitet

Gumanitarnyi institut
Kafedra meždunarodnyh otnošenii
http://english.spbstu.ru/
http://english.spbstu.ru/structure/gumanitarnyy_institut/
kmo@imop.spbstu.ru
Aili Myller (aili.myller@gmail.com)

Russkaja Hristianskaja gumanitarnaja akademia

Kafedra finskogo jazyka i kulturi
info@rhga.ru

Saransk

FGBOU VO Natsionalnyi issledovatelski Mordovski gosudarstvennyi universitet im. N. P. Ogarjova

Filologitšeski Fakultet
Kafedra finno-ugorskogo i sravniteljnogo jazykoznanija /
Finnenj-ugranj dy lija keltnenj sravnenijado naukanj kafedrasj
http://www.mrsu.ru/
http://filfak.mrsu.ru
finugor@rambler.ru, filfak.mgu@mail.ru

Syktyvkar

Syktyvkarski Gosudarstvennyi Universitet

Institut humanitarnyh nauk
Kafedra komi i finno-ugorskoi filologii
http://www.syktsu.ru/
kkfuf@syktsu.ru

Yoshkar-Ola

Marijski Gosudarstvennyi Universitet

Institut finno-ugrovedenija
Kafedra obštšego i finno-ugorskogo jazykoznanija /
Chumyr da finn-ugor jazykoznanij kafedr
http://www.marsu.ru

Slovakia

Bratislava

Univerzita Komenského

Filozofická fakulta
Katedra maďarského jazyka a literatúry
http://fphil.uniba.sk/en/katedry-a-odborne-pracoviska/katedra-madarskeho-jazyka-a-literatury/
http://fphil.uniba.sk/en/katedry-a-odborne-pracoviska/katedra-madarskeho-jazyka-a-literatury/studium/odbor-prekladatelstvo-a-tlmocnictvo/finsky-jazyk-a-kultura/
Zuzana Drábeková (zuzana.drabekova@uniba.sk)
Timo Laine (timo.laine@uniba.sk)

Spain

Madrid

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Departamento de Lingüística General, Lenguas Modernas, Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia, Teoría de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
http://www.uam.es
http://www.uam.es/ss/Satellite/FilosofiayLetras/es/1242658464146/subhomeDepartamento/Linguistica._Lenguas_Modernas._Logica_y_Filosofia_de_la_Ciencia._Teoria_de_la_Literatura_y_Literatur.htm
Pirjo Raiskila (pirjo.raiskila@uam.es)

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Madrid

Departamento de finés
http://www.educa2.madrid.org/web/eoijm.fines
http://www.eoidiomas.com
fines@eoidiomas.com

Sweden

Stockholm

Stockholms universitet

Institutionen för slaviska och baltiska språk, finska, nederländska och tyska
Avdelningen för finska
https://www.su.se/slabafinety/finska
studierektor@finska.su.se
studievagledare@finska.su.se

Uppsala

Uppsala universitet

Institutionen för moderna språk
http://www.moderna.uu.se/finsk-ugriska
Dr. Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi (riitta-liisa.valijarvi@moderna.uu.se)

Umeå

Umeå universitet

Institutionen för språkstudier
http://www.sprak.umu.se/
Dr. Tuija Määttä (tuija.maatta@umu.se)

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

Centre fo Open Learning - Languages for All
https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/short-courses/subjects/languages-courses/languages-a-z/finnish-courses
languagesforall@ed.ac.uk

London

University College London

School of Slavonic and East European Studies
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/
Dr. Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi (r.valijarvi@ucl.ac.uk)
eveningcourses@ssees.ucl.ac.uk

University of Westminster

Evening Language Programme
http://www.wmin.ac.uk/
Riikka Gregorowski (rkoistinen@gmail.com)

United States

Berkeley, CA

University of California, Berkeley

Finnish Studies Program
Department of Scandinavian
http://www.berkeley.edu/
http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/
Lotta Weckström (lotta.weckstrom@berkeley.edu)
issa@berkeley.edu

Bloomington, IN

Indiana University Bloomington

Department of Central Eurasian Studies
http://www.iub.edu/~ceus/
http://www.facebook.com/finnishatiu
Elisa Räsänen (erasanen@indiana.edu)
ceus@indiana.edu

Hancock, MI

Finlandia University

Finnish and Nordic Studies
http://www.finlandia.edu/finnish-studies-minor-program.html
Prof. Hilary-Joy Virtanen (hilary.virtanen@finlandia.edu)

Madison, WI

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Department of German, Nordic and Slavic
https://gns.wisc.edu/
Prof. Thomas A. DuBois (tadubois@wisc.edu)

Minneapolis, MN

University of Minnesota

Department of German, Nordic, Slavic and Dutch
http://www.gsd.umn.edu/
Aija Elg (aelg@umn.edu)
gsd@umn.edu

New York, NY

Columbia University

Department of Germanic Languages
https://germanic.columbia.edu/about
germanic@columbia.edu
Heli Sirviö (hs3026@columbia.edu)

Provo, UT

Brigham Young University

Department of Comparative Arts and Letters
Scandinavian Studies Program
http://www.byu.edu/
Aino Larsen (ainolarsen@byu.edu)

Seattle, WA

University of Washington

Department of Scandinavian Studies
http://scandinavian.washington.edu/
uwscand(at)uw.edu
Prof. Andrew Nestingen (akn@uw.edu)
Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara (hiharma@uw.edu)

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