| |
| | University of Oulu | Department of English |
 | | The University of Oulu was founded in 1958, and during the four decades of its existence, it has established itself as one of the largest universities in Finland, with over 3,200 members of staff and attracting approximately 1,700 new students every year. |
 | | The number of students in the University is 15,000 altogether, of which three quarters come from the two northernmost provinces of Finland, the provinces of Lapland and Oulu. |
 | | In response to developments in the discipline of English Philology itself as well as to those in the world outside the University, the Department offers a choice of courses of topical interest, particularly in the field of applied linguistics, where emphasis is laid on the communicative and social use of language. |
| www.ekl.oulu.fi /about.html (421 words) |
|