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Kalervo Väänänen Rector A strong multidisciplinary profile Central Government Budget of Finland Millions of € 2012 50 437 2013 54 536 2014 53 920 Statistics Finland Finlands General Governmental Debt Billion € % of GDP 2011 79,7 42,2% 2012 83,9 43,6 % 2013 89,7 46,4 % Statistics Finland Finnish Exports Millions of € 2011 56 855 2012 56 878 2013 55 903 Finnish Customs University Sector in Finland Direct Governmental Funding Millions of € 2012 1 832 2013 1 863 2014 1 895 Proposition for 2015 1 832 What should (and can) be done to balance the decreasing state funding in the future 1. Increase income from other sources or 2. Decrease spending What are the options to be more cost-effective and increase quality? - Close or merge institutions and thus improve the efficiency of the whole university system. (UEF, Turku, Aalto) ”Functional merge” : joint educational programmes, double degree programmes, shared infrastructures, joint departments ect (all of these are mainly matters of attitude and need creative thinking).Finnish Rectors Council is now running ”an exercise of functional merges” University of Turku Funding 2014 2013 2012 Funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture 169 000 000 167 843 000 165 960 000 External Funding 90 476 978 ? 99 981 690 99 907 701 Return on Capital Investments 4 660 000 ? 7 209 626 6 371 916 What should (and can) be done to balance the decreasing state funding in the future 1. Increase income from other sources - Improve the quality of all your actions - Increase international research funding (EU, NIH etc ) - Increase research collaboration with the industry - Generate own income: tuition fees, IPRs, etc. 2. Decrease spending - 70%, 15%, 15%. Do everything to protect research and education. - improve your own capacity to collaborate with others and be prepared to a new division of work and responsibilities also education, research and building of innovation capacity - joint infra- and other structures with other universities Gross Domestic Product (GDP) GDP per capita, € 2011 35 028 2012 35 528 2013 35 569 Statistics Finland