About us

We are an open meeting place for the arts and a critical university community for bold reformers and experts of tradition, based at the Academy of Fine Arts, Sibelius Academy and Theatre Academy.

Taideyliopiston opiskelija istuu lukemassa. Kuva: Veikko Kähkönen

Quality and numbers

Learn more about the results of our activities, key figures and how we have succeeded in university rankings.

Our strategy

Our aim is to represent the highest global standard and to be one of the most internationally appealing centres of arts education and research.

  • Uniarts Helsinki's students. Photo: Veikko Kähkönen

    Strategy 2021–2030

    Our new strategy is based on the idea that art is part of a good life. It helps us build an equal and sustainable world.

  • Our strategy 2017-2020

    Read Uniarts Helsinki’s previous strategy (2017–2020) here.

Our Code of Conduct

Read the Code of Conduct that steers our operations.

Management and decision-making

Management at Uniarts Helsinki is based on openness and transparency. Learn more about the university’s management and the regulations that steer our operations.

  • University management

    The rector manages the university’s operational activities with support from the Executive Group.

  • Board

    The university’s highest decision-making body is the Board. The university’s professoriate, other personnel and students all have their representatives in the Board.

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    University Collegium

    The Collegium strives to increase transparency and inclusivity in the university’s decision-making. Its members are professors, other staff members and students.

  • University regulations and legislation

    Learn more about the documents that steer our operations, such as the Uniarts Helsinki Regulations and the university legislation.

  • Data protection at Uniarts Helsinki

    Read about our data protection policy and procedures.

Organisation

Uniarts Helsinki was established in 2013 upon the merger of three academies. Learn more about our academies, other units and our history.

  • Academy of Fine Arts

    We are an international academy with the focus on fine arts. We highlight students’ personal aspirations and one-to-one guidance in our teaching.

  • Sibelius Academy

    The Sibelius Academy is one of the largest music academies in Europe.

  • Three persons in a bright and spacious rehearsal room. Two are wearing costumes, third person is holding wires of lighting equipment.

    Theatre Academy

    We are a reformer of the performing arts and offer the highest education in theatre, dance and writing in Finland.

  • Our history

    The three academies of Uniarts Helsinki have roots deep within the Finnish art education and history of art. Read our story.

  • Organisation units

    List of our departments, teaching areas, research and service units.

  • Organisational structure

    Uniarts Helsinki’s organisation illustrated through a chart.

Working at Uniarts Helsinki

Join a diverse and vibrant community that provides society with vitality, new perspectives and fresh ways of thinking.

  • Nainen seisoo sateenvarjon kanssa sillalla

    Working at Uniarts Helsinki

    We are an international forerunner in education and research in the field of arts. Come and join our dynamic and diverse community that provides society with new perspectives!

Campuses and facilities

Uniarts Helsinki has two campuses in Helsinki – Sörnäinen and Töölö – and it also operates in Seinäjoki and Kuopio.

  • Ilmakuva Töölöstä

    Töölö Campus

    The teaching facilities and performance venues for music are located primarily on Uniarts Helsinki’s Töölö Campus. The buildings are located in the heart of Helsinki.

  • sörnäinen

    Sörnäinen Campus

    The Sörnäinen Campus in central Helsinki offers an inspiring learning environment especially for students of fine arts, theatre and dance.

  • Locations and facilities

    Read more about Uniarts Helsinki’s locations and facilities.