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The University of Helsinki, established in 1640, is the largest and most versatile university in Finland. It includes nine faculties: Theology, Law, Medicine, Arts, Science, Education, Social Sciences, Agriculture and Forestry and Veterinary Medicine. The university has around 37000 students working on degrees and 7000 employees. The activities are sited on four campus areas (http://www.helsinki.fi/eng/campus).
High-level research is carried out at the departments of the faculties and departmentally affiliated research stations, as well as at independent research institutes. The Academy of Finland, which is an expert organisation in research funding and science policy, has designated 12 units of the University of Helsinki as National Centres of Excellence in Research for 2000—2005. In addition, 11 units have been designated for 2002-2007 (http://www.aka.fi and http://www.helsinki.fi/tutkimus).
The university places special emphasis on the quality of education and research. The university organised an internal research assessment exercise in 1999: research quality was assessed through an international peer review process (http://savotta.helsinki.fi/researcheval). The assessment will be repeated in 2004. The University of Helsinki is a member of the League of the European Research Universities (LERU).The Laboratory of Radiochemistry (LR) is one of the seven laboratories at the Department of Chemistry. The main task of LR is to educate and train radiochemists for special assignments for controlling environmental radioactivity and safe handling of nuclear wastes. The teaching staff of the laboratory comprises a professor, two senior lecturers and a teaching assistant. The total staff is 22 including 12 externally funded researchers. The research has been diversified into areas such as studies on the geosphere and biosphere behaviour of natural and man-made radionuclides, ion exchange purification of industrial waste effluents and ground waters, and radiopharmaceutical chemistry. LR has an extended experience in analysing transuranium elements Np, Pu, Am and Cm in various environmental samples and performing natural decay series research. LR is equipped with a multifaceted selection of modern radioactivity measurement techniques. There is also a B-type laboratory where intermediate level activities can be handled. The largest research instrument in the laboratory is the cyclotron, IBA Cyclone 10/5, which was commissioned in 1998.
For more information: http://www.helsinki.fi/english.
Address
University of Helsinki
Street A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, P.O. Box 55
FIN-00014 Helsinki
Finland
Contactperson(s)
Juhani SUKSI
+358 (0) 9 19 15 01 29
+358 (0) 9 19 15 01 21
