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.

Austria

Vienna

Universität Wien

Institut füe Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (EVSL) / Abteilung Finno-Ugristik
finno-ugristik [at] univie.ac.at
Mikko Kajander (mikko.kajander [at] univie.ac.at)
Johanna Laakso (johanna.laakso [at] univie.ac.at)
Laura Homan (laura.homan [at] univie.ac.at)

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Belarus

Minsk

Minski gosudarstvennyi lingvistitšeski universitet / Minski dzjaržauny lingvistytšny universitet

info [at] mslu.byrel="nofollow" target="_blank"
Volha Ryzmakova (volha.ryzmakova [at] formin.fi)

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Belgium

Leuven

KU Leuven

CLT - Centrum voor Levende Talen
clt [at] kuleuven.be

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Canada

Toronto

University of Toronto

Slavlc languages and literatures
Prof. Anu Muhonen (anu.muhonen [at] utoronto.ca)

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China

Beijing

Beijing Foreign Studies University
School of European Languages and Cultures
Finnish Studies Center
Xinyi Yang (yangxinyi@bfsu.edu.cn)
Anna Tsatsa (amtsatsa@hotmail.com)

Shijiazhuang

Hebei Foreign Studies University
International Department
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
Wang Shuo (wangshuo@tjfsu.edu.cn)
Lin Tianyi (lin.tianyi@tjfsu.edu.cn) 
Elisa Leppänen (ee.leppanen@outlook.com)
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Czech Republic

Brno

Masarykova univerzita
Filozofická fakulta
Ústav jazykovĕdy a baltistiky
Jan-Marek Šík janmareksik@phil.muni.cz
Petra Hebedová (petrahebedova@phil.muni.cz) since 7.12.2021 Jan-Marek Šík (janmareksik@phil.muni.cz)

Prague

Univerzita Karlova
Filozofická fakulta
Oddělení finských studií
PhD. Lenka Fárová (lenka.farova@ff.cuni.cz)
Lasse Suominen (lsuominen@hotmail.com)
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Estonia

Tallinn

Tallinna Ülikool
Tallinna ülikooli humanitaarteaduste instituut
Karola Velberg (velberg@tlu.ee)
Tiina Söderman (soderman@tlu.ee)

Tartu

Tartu ülikool
Eesti ja üldkeeleteaduse instituut
keeleteadus@ut.ee
Juha-Matti Aronen (juha-matti.aronen@ut.ee)
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France

Caen

Université de Caen Normandie
Département d'études nordiques
Rea Peltola (rea.peltola@unicaen.fr)

Pariisi, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales

Département Europe
Outi Duvallon (outi.duvallon@inalco.fr)
Heini Kaalamo (heinielina.kaalamo@inalco.fr)

Pariisi, Sorbonne Université

L'UFR d'Etudes Germaniques et Nordiques
Centre Universitaire Malesherbes
etudes-germaniques@sorbonne-universite.fr
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Georgia

Tbilisi

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Center for Scandinavian Studies
Heli Harju (heli.j.harju [at] gmail.com)

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Germany

Berlin

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Nordeuropa-Institut
Dr. Pia Päiviö (pia.paeivioe@hu-berlin.de)

Bielefeld

Universität Bielefeld
Sprachenzentrum
Catalina Calero (c.calero_ramirez@uni-bielefeld.de)
Sanna Grund (sanna.grund@uni-bielefeld.de)

Cologne

Universität zu Köln
Institut für Skandinavistik/Fennistik
skan-fen@uni-koeln.de

Darmstadt

Technische Universität Darmstadt
Sprachenzentrum
studienbuero@spz.tu-darmstadt.de

Dresden

Technische Universität Dresden
Lehrzentrum Sprachen und Kulturräume (LSK)
Paula Kuitunen (paula.kuitunen@gmx.de)

Düsseldorf

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
USZ- Universitätssprachenzentrum
Anne Kupila (anne.kupila@gmx.net)

Erlangen

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Sprachenzentrum
Riitta Kapanen-Hermes (riitta.kapanen-hermes@t-online.de)

Essen

Universität Duisburg-Essen
Institut für Optionale Studien IOS
Anne Kupila (anne.kupila@gmx.net)

Greifswald

Universität Greifswald
Institut für Fennistik und Skandinavistik
fennistik@uni-greifswald.de

Göttingen

Georg-August-Universität
Finnisch-Ugrisches Seminar
Tiina Savolainen (tsavola@gwdg.de)

Hamburg

Universität Hamburg
Institut für Finnougristik/Uralistik
Johanna Hansen (johanna.hansen@uni-hamburg.de)

Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Sprachen Nordeuropas und des Baltikums
Institut für Slavistik, Turkologie und zirkumbaltischen Studien
Tuija Kapanen (kapanen@uni-mainz.de)

Munich

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Institut für Finnougristik/Uralistik
Katri Wessel (katri.wessel@lmu.de)

Münster

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Sprachenzentrum
spzmail@uni-muenster.de
Andreas Ludden (ludden@uni-muenster.de)

Paderborn

Universität Paderborn
Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften
Zentrum für Sprachlehre
Anne Kupila (anne.kupila@gmx.net)
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Hungary

Budapest

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
Finnugor Tanszék
Markku Nikulin (marnik@utu.fi) 

Debrecen

Debreceni Egyetem
Finnugor Nyelvtudományi Tanszék
finnugor@mnytud.arts.unideb.hu
Ph.D. Sándor Maticsák (maticsaksandor@digikabel.hu)
Terhi Leppäaho (leppaaho.terhi@gmail.com)

Eger

Eszterházy Károly Egyetem
Magyar Nyelv- és Irodalomtudományi Intézet, Magyar Nyelvészeti Tanszék
magyar.nyelveszet@uni-eszterhazy.hu

Szeged

Szegedi Tudományegyetem
Finnugor Tanszék
Dr. Katalin Sipőcz (sipocz@hung.u-szeged.hu)
Anna Orava (anna.orava@outlook.com)
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Italy

Bologna

Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne
Sanna Martin (sannamaria.martin@unibo.it)

Florence

Università degli Studi di Firenze
Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Studi Interculturali
Lena Dal Pozzo (lena.dalpozzo@unifi.it)
Beatrice Töttössy (tottossy@unifi.it)

Naples

Università degli Studi di Napoli - L'Orientale
Dipartimento di Studi Letterari, Linguistici e Comparati 
Seminario di Finlandese 
Elina Ylinärä (emylinara@unior.it)
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Japan

Hiratsuka

Tokai University
Department of Nordic Studies
Faculty of Letters
Prof. Kingo Yoshida (yoshidak@tokai-u.jp)

Osaka

Kansai Gaidai University
College of Foreign Studies
Registrar's Office (kyomu@kansaigaidai.ac.jp)

Tokyo

Reitaku University
Gaikokugo Gakubu - Faculty of Foreign Studies
Prof. Shoju Chiba (schiba@reitaku-u.ac.jp)
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Latvia

Riga

Latvijas Universitāte

Humanitāro zinātņu fakultāte
Sastatāmās valodniecības un tulkošanas nodaļa
Erika Krautmane (erika.krautmane [at] lu.lv)
Päivi Lehtinen (lehtip [at] saunalahti.fi)

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Lithuania

Vilnius

Vilniaus Universitetas

Institute for the Languages and Cultures of the Baltic/Centre for Scandinavian Studies
Skandinavistikos Centras
Doc. dr. Erika Sausverdeerika (sausverde [at] flf.vu.lt)
Sirkka Ojaniemi (sisko.ojaniemi [at] flf.vu.lt)

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Mexico

Mexico City

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Acatlán
Centro de Enseñanza de Idiomas
Departamento de Portugues y Finés
 

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Norway

Tromsø

UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Fakultet for humaniora, samfunnsvitenskap og lærerutdanning
Institutt for språk og kultur
Kari.T.Guldahl [at] uit.no

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Poland

Gdansk

Uniwersytet Gdański
Instytut Skandynawistyki i Fennistyki
films@ug.edu.pl
PhD, Habil. Katarzyna Wojan (katarzyna.wojan@ug.edu.pl)
Laura Santoo (lehtori) laura.santoo@ug.edu.pl

Poznań

Uniwersytet im. A. Mickiewicza
Wydział Neofilologii
Instytut Lingwistyki Stosowanej UAM
Zakład Filologii Węgierskiej i Fińskiej
Martyna Kokotkiewicz (martynak@amu.edu.pl) 
Leena Laajo-Szańkowska (leelaa@o365.amu.edu.pl)

Warsaw

Uniwersytet Warszawski
Wydział Neofilologii
Katedra Hungarystyki
Pracownia Finlandystyki
Dr. Łukasz Sommer (lukaszsommer@uw.edu.pl)
Tiina Moisander (t.moisander@uw.edu.pl)
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Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai

Departamentul de Literatură Maghiară
Lehtori Ildikó Varga (ildikovus [at] yahoo.com)
Suomen kielen ja kulttuurin vieraileva lehtori Kirsi Podschivalow (kirsi.podschivalow [at] gmail.comtarget="_blank")

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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
Jelena Valerjevna Trjapitsyna (e.tryapicina@narfu.ru)
Matias Lehtinen (m.lehtinen@narfu.ru)

Hanty-Mansijsk

Jugorski gosudarstvennyi universitet
Kafedra inostrannyh jazykov
Marianna Anduganova (sem-marianna@yandex.ru)

Izhevsk

Udmurtski gosudarstvennyi universitet / Udmurt kun universitet
Udmurt filologijaja fakultet
Ogja no finn-ugor kyltodonja kafedra
Mira Samarova (mira.samarova@yandex.ru)
Tomi Koivunen (tk.koivunen@gmail.com)

Moscow, Moskovski Gosudarstvennyi Universitet

Filologitšeski Fakultet
Kafedra finno-ugorskoj filologii
Fakultet žurnalistiki
Viktoria Chernyavskaya (vvtvv@mail.ru)

Moscow, Moskovski Gosudarstvennyi Lingvistitšeski Universitet

Kafedra skandinavskih, niderlandskogo i finskogo jazykov
Perevodtšeski fakultet
scandinavian@linguanet.ru

Moscow, Moskovski Gosudarstvennyi Institut (Universitet) Meždunarodnyh Otnošenij

Kafedra jazykov stran Severnoj Jevropy i Baltii
scand@mgimo.ru
Tatjana Shishkina (t.shishkina@my.mgimo.ru; tatjana.shishkina@gmail.com)

Moscow, Natsionalnyi issledovatelski universitet «Vysšaja škola ekonomiki»

Škola lingvistiki
ling@hse.ru
laboranty.vyshka@gmail.com

Moscow, Rossijski gosudarstvennyi gumanitarnyi universitet

Institut lingvistiki, Kafedra evropeyskikh jazykov
Evgeniya Semenyuk (ev_semenyuk@il-rggu.ru)

Petrozavodsk

Petrozavodski Gosudarstvennyi Universitet
Institut filologii, kafedra pribaltijsko-finskoi filologii
finsdep@petrsu.ru 
Anna Karhu (anna.karhu@live.com)

St. Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburgski Gosudarstvennyi Universitet

Filologitšeski fakultet
Svetlana Zakorina (svetlana.zakorina@yandex.ru)

St. Petersburg, Gosudarstvennyi Pedagogitšeski Universitet im. A. I. Gerzena

Lingvistitšeski tsentr
Kafedra finskogo i skandinavskih jazykov
Kafedra sovremennyh evropeiskih jazykov
Natalia Osmak (nataliaosmak@herzen.spb.ru)
finnskandia@gmail.com

St. Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburgski Gosudarstvennyi Politehnitšeski Universitet

Gumanitarnyi institut
Kafedra meždunarodnyh otnošenii
Aili Myller (aili.myller@gmail.com)

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
Natalja Mosina (natamish@rambler.ru)

Syktyvkar

Syktyvkarski Gosudarstvennyi Universitet
Institut humanitarnyh nauk
Kafedra komi i finno-ugorskoi filologii
kkfuf@syktsu.ru
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Slovakia

Bratislava

Univerzita Komenského

Filozofická fakulta
Katedra maďarského jazyka a literatúry
Erzsébet Panka (zsoka.panka [at] gmail.com)
Timo Laine (timo.laine [at] uniba.sk)

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Spain

Madrid

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Departamento de Lingüística General, Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia, Lenguas Modernas, Teoría de la Literatura y Literatura Comparada y Estudios de Asia Oriental
Pirjo Raiskila (pirjo.raiskila@uam.es)

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Madrid

Departamento de finés
fines@eoidiomas.com
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Sweden

Stockholm

Stockholms universitet
Institutionen för slaviska och baltiska språk, finska, nederländska och tyska
Avdelningen för finska
studierektor@finska.su.se
Laura Lunnevuori (laura.lunnevuori@finska.su.se)

Uppsala

Uppsala universitet
Institutionen för moderna språk
Dr. Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi (riitta-liisa.valijarvi@moderna.uu.se)

Umeå

Umeå universitet
Institutionen för språkstudier
Merja Torvinen (merja.torvinen@umu.se)
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Ukraine

Kiev

Kyivskyj Nacionalnyj Lingvistichnyi Universytet
Kafedra germanskoi i fino-ugorskoi filologii
ihor.kucher@knlu.edu.ua
kaf.hfufil@knlu.edu.ua

Lviv

Lvivskij natsionalnij universitet imeni Ivana Franka
Faculty of  International Relations
Prof. Ihor Byk (ihor.byk@lnu.edu.ua)
Heinike Heinsoo (heinike.heinsoo@ut.ee)
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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
COL@ed.ac.uk

Lontoo, University College London 

School of Slavonic and East European Studies 
ssees-student@ucl.ac.uk
ugadmissions@ssees.ucl.ac.uk
maadmissions@ssees.ucl.ac.uk

London, University of Westminster

Riikka Gregorowski (rkoistinen@gmail.com) 
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United States

Berkeley, CA

University of California, Berkeley
Finnish Studies Program
Department of Scandinavian
Lotta Weckström (lotta.weckstrom@berkeley.edu)

Bloomington, IN

Indiana University Bloomington
Department of Central Eurasian Studies
Elisa Räsänen (erasanen@indiana.edu)
ceus@indiana.edu

Hancock, MI

Finlandia University
Finnish and Nordic Studies
Prof. Hilary-Joy Virtanen (hilary.virtanen@finlandia.edu)

Madison, WI

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of German, Nordic and Slavic
Prof. Thomas A. DuBois (tadubois@wisc.edu)
Liina-Ly Roos (lroos3@wisc.edu)

Minneapolis, MN

University of Minnesota
Department of German, Nordic, Slavic and Dutch
Daniel Haataja (haataja@umn.edu)

New York, NY

Columbia University
Department of Germanic Languages
germanic@columbia.edu
Heli Sirviö (hs3026@columbia.edu)

Provo, UT

Brigham Young University
Department of Comparative Arts and Letters
Scandinavian Studies Program
Laitoksen johtaja Nate Kramer (nate_kramer@byu.edu)
Tiina Watts (tiiwatts@byu.edu)

Seattle, WA

University of Washington
Department of Scandinavian Studies
scand@uw.edu 
Prof. Andrew Nestingen (akn@uw.edu)
Anna-Maria Peltomäki (anna.maria.peltomaki@gmail.com)
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