details
- Name
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Aquatic Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Address
- P.O. Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1)
- Zipcode
- FI-00014
- City
- Helsinki
- Country
- Finland
- Phone
- +358-9-1911
- Centre Website
- http://www.helsinki.fi/bioscience/
organisation profile
The Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences was established in the beginning of 2004 together with the Faculty of Biosciences by merging the previous smaller biological departments in Helsinki into a one large department of the new faculty. Now, all the basic biological disciplines are covered by our department and all parts of the department are physically located on the same campus at Viikki. The Viikki campus of biological sciences, which is located about 7 km north of the Helsinki city centre, is additionally the home for the applied biological sciences which have been organized under the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry and the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences. Furthermore, the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Institute of Biotechnology, Neuroscience Center and several startup companies are located at the same Campus.
Academic research at the department is almost completely based on external funding obtained by competition and it is internationally oriented with a very wide range of research topics. The scale of research targets goes from atoms and molecules through cells and individuals up to the populations and ecosystems level. There are several Centres of Excellence, as granted by the Academy of Finland, working at the department. Domestic connections are extensive and research activity is high, which provides good working opportunities for our students. This results, among other benefits, in a high annual number of doctoral theses (50 in 2004).
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edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 1098
- Collating centre
- Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR)
- Latest update
- 28 November 2008 8:01:54 AM