University of Vaasa

The campus of the university is situated by the Gulf of Bothnia adjacent to downtown Vaasa.

The lectures were first held in a yard building of Vaasa Commercial College in Raastuvankatu street, but in its second year the school moved into the whole house as the commercial college moved to a new building.

In 1992 the school was organised into four faculties; The Humanities, Business Administration, Accounting and Industrial Management, and Social Sciences.

The part of the university placed in the old mill is called "Fabriikki" (English: Factory).

It offers education possibilities on the following levels:[6] The strategic areas of research are management and change, energy and sustainable development and financing and economic decision making.

University of Vaasa has fours schools and three research platforms: Vaasa Energy Business Innovation Centre (VEBIC), Digital Economy and Innovation and Entrepreneurship InnoLab.

The former building of academic library Tritonia on a sunny November day in 2010.
A modern marble arch in front of the university's main entrance.
Part of the university is housed in a former cotton mill. This part is called Fabriikki.
Part of the main building called Tervahovi photographed from the university's parking lot.
The campus area of University of Vaasa is sometimes called the most beautiful campus in Finland.
The former cotton mill has been extensively rebuilt on the inside to house parts of the university.