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VAASA.INF Finland, Vaasa, U of Vaasa, Timo Salmi
Updated Wed 8-June-1994
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-1993)
Founded in 1966, the first students were admitted in 1968
Total graduate student enrollment: 2538
- in Economics and Business Administration 1672
- in the Humanities 584
- in the Social Sciences 237
- in Engineering 45
Total postgraduate student enrollment: 270
- in Economics and Business Administration 165
- in the Humanities 77
- in the Social Sciences 28
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: 1736
Student enrollment in open university: 1203
Personnel (total): 289
- teaching personnel 144
- others 145
FACULTIES, DEPARTMENTS AND DISCIPLINES
1) Faculty of Business Administration
Total student enrollment: 975
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: 907
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
3) Faculty of Humanities
Total student enrollment: 661
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: 265
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
Dean of the Faculty, Chairperson of the Computer Centre Board
Major professional interests:
Financial statement analysis
Quantitative research methodologies and principles
Operations research in accounting
Born: 1945 in Helsinki, Finland
Hobbies: Cycling, jogging, 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 comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi BBS +(358)-61-3170972; 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
Updated by
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Leena Haapoja, Information Officer
University of Vaasa
PO Box 297 (Raastuvankatu 31)
FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland
tel +358-61-3248 224, home +358-61-3126 611
fax +358-61-3248 208, Internet lha@uwasa.fi