University of Helsinki

Society and Co-operation

The basic tasks of the Medical Faculty are training internationally competent professionals in medicine and dentistry, promoting high-level research and supporting means to exploit research results for general use, and communicating these activites for the general public.

Please see the links below for some of our local, national and international partners:

University Hospital

• Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa

Research Insititutes and Universities

• Biomedicum Helsinki
• Folkhälsan Research Center
• Helsinki University of Technology
• Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM
• Institute of Biotechnology
• Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research
• Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
• Neuroscience Center (NC)
• National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (Stakes)
• National Public Health Institute (KTL)
• Universities intl.: LERU- League of European Research Universities , Lund University (Sweden),Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), Harvard Univeristy (USA),
• Universities with Medical Faculty in Finalnd: University of Turku, University of Tampere, University of Kuopio, University of Oulu
• EMBL:Heidelberg (Germany), European Bioinformatics Institute- Hinxton (Great Britain)

Domestic Funding

• The Academy of Finland
• Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation
• Sigrid Juselius Foundation
• Finnish Cancer Organisations
• The Finnish Cultural Foundation
• The Finnish Medical Foundation
• "Sydäntutkimussäätiö" (in Finnish)
• "Lastentautien tutkimussäätiö " (in Finnish)
• "Allergiatutkimussäätiö" (in Finnish)
• "Orton invalidisäätiö" (in Finnish)
• "Suomen Hammaslääkäriseura Apollonia" (in Finnish)

Ministries

• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

International Funding

• USA National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• EU: 7. framework

Student Associations

• Universtiy of Helsinki Medical Students' Association (LKS)
• University of Helsinki Dental Students' Association (HLKS)
• Thorax - Student Association for swedish speaking medical, dental and veterinary students
• Finnish Medical Students' Association (national)

Occupational Associations

• Finnish Medical Association
• Finnish Dental Association
• The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim
• Suomen hammaslääkäriseura Apollonia (In Finnish)
• Finska Läkaresällskapet Society for Swedish speaking medical doctors
• Odontologiska Samfundet Society for Swedish speaking dentists and dental students in Finland
• Junior Doctors´ Association (JDA) of Finland

Others

• The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA)
• National Authority for Medicolegal Affairs (TEO)
• State Provincial Office of Southern Finland
• City of Helsinki
• City of Espoo
• City of Vantaa
• The Finnish Defense Forces