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VAASA.INF Finland, Vaasa, University of Vaasa, Timo Salmi
Sat 20-May-1995
FINLAND
Location: Northern Europe, Scandinavia (63:06N 21:38E)
Capital: Helsinki
Independence: since Dec 6, 1917
(ruled by the Kingdom of Sweden 1154-1809)
(Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire 1809-1917)
Economic system: free market economy
Political system: neutral parliamentary democracy
President: Mr. Martti Ahtisaari
the next presidential election in 2000
Population: 5 million
Languages: 93.6 % Finnish-speakers, 6.0 % Swedish-speakers
Religion: 88.7 % Lutheran, 1.1 % Orthodox
Surface area: 338 000 sq. km (Great Britain 244 000,
Germany 357 335, Italy 301 000 sq. km)
the sixth largest country in Europe
Of the surface area: 10 % is water, 65 % forests, 8 % cultivated land
Lakes: 187 888
Islands: 179 584
Common borders with: Sweden 586 km (264 miles)
Norway 716 km (445 miles)
Russia 1 269 km (788 miles)
Gross domestic product:
Agriculture and fishing 3 %
Forestry 3 %
Manufacturing 26 %
Construction 10 %
Transport and communication 8 %
Commerce, banking, insurance 16 %
Other services 33 %
Main industries: Metal and engineering industry 38 %
Forest industry 19 %
Chemical industry 11 %
Food industry 11 %
Textile industry 6 %
Other 15 %
Time zone: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 during summer daylight saving time
VAASA
Location : on the Western coast of Finland, 400 km (250 miles)
northwest of Helsinki
Communications: flight from Helsinki: 1 hr, train from Helsinki: 4
hrs, ferry from Umea, Sweden: 4 hrs
Founded : in 1606 by King Charles IX of Sweden
Population : 53.761, of which about 3/4 Finnish-speaking and 1/4
Swedish-speaking
Area : 397 sq. km of which 214 is maritime
Climate : The annual mean temperature +4.9 C, warmest in July,
average 16.5 C and coldest in January, average -8.0
C. Usually windy and sunny because of the coastal
location.
Labour force and jobs by industry:
Services 42.8 %
Manufacturing 26.0 %
Commerce 13.9 %
Transport 8.0 %
Construction 6.4 %
Agriculture and forestry 1.2 %
UNIVERSITY OF VAASA (31-Dec-1994)
Founded in 1966, the first students were admitted in 1968
Total graduate student enrollment: 2663
- in Economics and Business Administration 1703
- in the Humanities 649
- in the Social Sciences 259
- in Engineering 52
Total postgraduate student enrollment: 311
- in Economics and Business Administration 196
- in the Humanities 86
- in the Social Sciences 29
Annual intake: 460
- in Economics and Business Administration 265
- in the Humanities 125
- in the Social Sciences 50
- in Engineering 20
Student enrollment in continuing education: 1271
Student enrollment in open university: 1855
Personnel (total): 289
- teaching personnel 144
- others 145
FACULTIES, DEPARTMENTS AND DISCIPLINES
1) Faculty of Business Administration
Total student enrollment: 959
Degree program: Economics and Business Administration
Alternative lines of study: Business Management and Organization,
Entrepreneurship, Marketing, International Business, Economics,
Economic Geography, and Business Law
Degrees offered: Master of, Licentiate in and Doctor of Science in
Business Administration
Departments:
- Management and Organization
- Marketing (Marketing and International Marketing)
- Economics
- Business Law
- Economic Geography
2) Faculty of Accounting and Industrial Management
Total student enrollment: 993
Degree programs: Economics and Business Administration, Industrial
Management
Alternative lines of study: Accounting, Finance;
Management Science;
Information Technology, and
Production Economics
Degrees offered: Master of, Licentiate in and Doctor of Science in
Business Administration, Master of Science in
Technology
Departments:
- Accounting and Business Finance
- Mathematics and Statistics (Operations Research and
Management Science, Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics)
- Information Technology and Production Economics
Honors: The Department of Accounting and Business Finance together
with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics was awarded the
status of a centre of excellence by the Finnish Council of Higher
Education for its scientific teaching. The award was granted to only
15 departments in the entire Finnish university sector in 1995.
3) Faculty of Humanities
Total student enrollment: 736
Degree program: Modern Languages, Culture and Communication
Degrees offered: Bachelor of, Master of Arts, Licentiate in and
Doctor of Philosophy
Departments:
- English
- Scandinavian Languages
- German Language and Literature
- Modern Finnish and Translation
- Communication Studies (Applied Linguistics, Information Science)
4) Faculty of Social Sciences
Total student enrollment: 289
Degree program: Administrative Sciences
Degrees offered: Bachelor of, Master of, Licentiate in and Doctor of
Administrative Sciences
Disciplines:
- Administrative Science
- Public Law
- Social and Health Administration
- Economic Sociology
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
University Library
- 100.000 volumes
- 900 foreign periodicals
- computer links with dozens of domestic and foreign databases
- the EC information centre, founded in 1990
Computer Centre
- every university employee has a microcomputer and an access to
international databases
- modern microcomputer classrooms for students
- general-purpose computers serve large-scale data-processing
- the most important software assigned to central hardware running
UNIX operating system
Centre for Continuing Education
- several long-term programmes like the Business Development
Programme, the Management Development Programme, and the Export
Development Programme
- coordinates open university studies
- student enrollment in continuing education in 1993: 1736
- student enrollment in open university in 1993: 1203
- budget in 1993: 8.9 million FIM
Western-Finland Centre for Economic Research
- Department of Basic Research, Department of Commissioned Research
and Centre for European Studies
- budget in 1993: 2.6 million FIM
FACULTY OF ACCOUNTING AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT (31-Dec-93)
Main research interests:
Financial statement analysis
Security markets and efficiency
Bankruptcy prediction
Analysis of firm growth, profitability, and financing
Mathematical and statistical modelling
Total student enrollment: 907
Studying for M.Sc.(Econ): 799
in Accounting and Business Finance: 512
in Information Technology: 49
in Production Economics: 51
Major Subject not confirmed 187
Studying for M.Sc.(Tech): 45
Postgraduate students: 63
in Accounting and Business Finance: 31
in Mathematics 2
in Information Technology 8
in Production Economics 21
in Statistics 1
Full professors: 7
Associate professors: 5
Other teaching personnel: 23
Supporting personnel: 5
TIMO SALMI
Professor (full, tenured) of Accounting and Business Finance
Major professional interests:
Financial statement analysis
Quantitative research methodologies and principles
Operations research in accounting
Born: 1945 in Helsinki, Finland
Hobbies: Cycling and cross country skiing.
Computer programming, English pocketbooks, Popularized
natural and behavioral sciences.
Written by Prof. Timo Salmi and Information Officer Helena Kantanen.
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Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of news:comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at ftp:// & http://garbo.uwasa.fi archives 193.166.120.5
Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
ts@uwasa.fi http://uwasa.fi/~ts BBS 961-3170972; FIN-65101, Finland
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Helena Kantanen, Information Officer (on a leave of absence)
University of Vaasa, PO Box 297, FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland
tel +358-61-3248 224, fax +358-61-3248 208, Internet: hek@uwasa.fi
Update material by
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Leena Haapoja, Information Officer
University of Vaasa
PO Box 700 (Wolffintie 34)
FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland
tel +358-61-3248 224, home +358-61-3126 611
fax +358-61-3248 208, Internet lha@uwasa.fi