Risultati di ricerca
Following the Great Fire of Turku in 1827, higher education within the country was moved to Helsinki, the new administrative heart and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland, in 1828, and renamed the Imperial Alexander University in Finland in honour of the late benefactor of the university.
- Urban
- Studying and teaching - The heart of a university
- Opiskelu ja opettaminen – yliopiston sydän
- 31,600 (total, 2020)
Imperial Alexander University. Redirect to: University of Helsinki#Imperial Alexander University in Finland 1828–1919.
In 1828, the university was moved to Helsinki and it started operating under the name of the “Imperial Alexander University”. In 1832 , the university building designed by the architect Carl Ludvig Engel was inaugurated while the new library building north of the university building was inaugurated in 1845 .
The archived resources consist of documents and other archived materials of the Royal Academy of Turku and the Imperial Alexander University, predecessors of the University of Helsinki, from 1640 to 1924.
The chosen archival material encompasses the documents and other resources kept in archives by the Royal Academy of Turku and the Imperial Alexander University, the predecessors of the University of Helsinki, from 1640 to 1924. The archives constitute an integral part of Finland’s national documentary heritage.
Imperial Alexander University . The main building of the Imperial Alexander University -– or, the present-day University of Helsinki –– on the western side of the Senate Square forms a symmetrical pair with the House of the Senate, or Government Palace, across the square.
The Imperial Alexander University (University of Helsinki) in the 1890s. Picture from the Helsinki City Museum. In the 19th century, several scientific societies were founded, such as the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim in 1881 and the Finno-Ugrian Society in 1883.
