University of Lapland

The University of Lapland has four faculties - Faculty of Education, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Art and Design and Faculty of Social Sciences - which together produce just under 30 doctors per year. The University of Lapland produces research-based knowledge that is relevant in the Arctic and northern contexts in order to continue to maintain, and further strengthen, successful and thriving Arctic and northern communities in the future. The objective of the University of Lapland is to produce high-quality research with societal impact, increasingly financed by competitive - in particular international - research funding. In January 2019, the Finnish Government approved new models for the funding of universities and universities of applied sciences for the period 2021-2024. In its board meeting in February 2019, the University of Lapland made a plan for the implementation of the new funding model and the new requirements set for research and development activities.