赫尔辛基大学：促进芬兰的科学研究和学术教育
英文导读
The University of Helsinki (Finnish： Helsingin yliopisto ， abbreviated UH) is a university located in Helsinki， Finland since 1829， but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku， at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available.The university is bilingual， with teaching provided both in Finnish and Swedish. Teaching in English is extensive throughout the university at Master， Licentiate， and Doctoral levels. The University of Helsinki is the most versatile institution for science， education and intellectual renewal in Finland. It is active on four campuses in Helsinki. The University is one of the leading European research universities and among the best multidisciplinary research universities in the world. Research at the University of Helsinki is high-quality， profiled and of high international standard in all fields， and it is developed with a long term approach. As a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU)， the university strives to promote the status of fundamental research. Special emphasis is given to new multidisciplinary approaches to global chanllenges. Teaching and postgraduate studies are based on research which guarantees the high standard of education.
System： The university is divided into eleven faculties including Faculty of Theology， Faculty of Law， Faculty of Medicine， Faculty of Arts， Faculty of Science， Faculty of Pharmacy， Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences， Faculty of Behavioral Sciences， Faculty of So-cial Sciences， Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry， Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.The university is located on four main campuses including City Centre Campus (which is home to the Departments of Theology， Law， Arts， Education and Social Sciences)， Kumpula science Campus ( which houses the Departments of Physics， Chemistry， Mathematics and Statistics， Computer Science， Geology and Geography of the Faculty of Science)， Meilahti Campus (which is a functional unity of medicine and health care and the center of internation of top research on medicine)， Viikki Campus(which is a remarkable centre of biosciences at the Euro-pean level.).
City show： Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa， located in southern Finland， on the shore of the Gulf of Finland， an arm of the Baltic Sea. Helsinki is Finland’s ma-jor political， educational， financial， cultural and research centre as well as one of northern Europe’s major cities.
生词助读
bilingual [.ba..l..gw.l] a. 双语的
versatile [.v.：s.tail] a. 多才多艺的；通用的
renewal [r..nju：.l] n. 更新，恢复；复兴
multidisciplinary [.m.ltid.s..pl.n.ri] a. 有关各种学问的
pharmacy ["fɑ：m.s.] n. 药房；配药学
remarkable [r..mɑ：k.bl] a. 卓越的；非凡的；引人注目的
gulf [ɡ.lf] n. 海湾
Baltic Sea 波罗的海
中文概述
世界名牌大学——赫尔辛基大学是位于北欧芬兰的最高学府。赫尔辛基大学以其悠久的历史、丰富的藏书、一流的设备、齐备的专业以及杰出的成就闻名欧洲。它同时也是芬兰在国际上享有盛誉的著名高等学府。
赫尔辛基大学始创于1640年3月26日，原名为土尔库皇家学院，芬兰当时隶属于瑞典王国，土尔库皇家学院当时是瑞典帝国的重要学术机构之一。芬兰在1809年到1917年属于沙俄的大公国。该大学并入了沙俄的大学体系。沙皇亚历山大一世拨款扩建该大学。1828年该大学正式搬至赫尔辛基，其目的是为沙俄培养各种专业人才。1917年芬兰正式从沙俄独立出来，成为一个独立的民主国家。该大学被芬兰政府赋予了最高的使命，为芬兰培养各种专业人才。
赫尔辛基大学共有4个主校区，并且还有17个不同的研究所散落在芬兰其他地区。赫尔辛基现有的11个学院是神学院、法学院、医学院、文学院、理学院、药剂学院、生物与环境科学学院、行为科学学院、社会科学学院、农业与林业学院、兽医学院。赫尔辛基大学的法律、哲学、数学、理论物理、生命科学及医学等学科居世界领先地位。历史上赫尔辛基大学孕育了4位诺贝尔奖得主。
芬兰是一个“千岛之国”、“千湖之国”、“森林之国”。首都赫尔辛基素有“波罗的海的女儿”之称，在赫尔辛基的海港广场上，有一尊名叫“波罗的海的女儿”（大海女神阿曼达）的铜像，是赫尔辛基的象征。
梦想成功录
Have no fear of perfection—you’ll never reach it.
不要怕完美，反正你永远无法达到完美。
Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.
胸有大志者皆能屈能伸。
