Number of university students 2020, by university
Most university students were women in 2020
In the academic year of 2020, starting on the 1st of August, over 20 thousand of registered students at the University of Helsinki were women, while only 11.3 thousand were men. Out of the largest universities, only Aalto University had the opposite gender distribution, with 11.9 thousand male students and six thousand female students.
Over six thousand women completed their degree in the University of Helsinki 2020
The University of Helsinki was leading in the number of completed qualifications and degrees during the academic year of 2020, with six thousand women and 2.9 thousand men completing their qualification or degree. In the academic year 2018/19, roughly six percent of students in Finnish universities discontinued their studies.