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Music is arguably the Finnish art form most esteemed abroad. World famous are also Finnish design and architecture. Industrial design has also played an important part in increasing Finland's competitiveness in the 21st century.
Learn by listening.
Learn by living.:
Learn by living. Finnish people have a high standard of education. There are 20 universities and 29 polytechnics in the country. In recent years there has been national focus on research and product development, with special emphasis on information technology.
Learn by doing.:
Learn by doing. Finland’s extensive network of protected areas, valuable on the European scale, also forms an important part of the global protected area network. National parks, strict nature reserves, protected old-growth forest areas, and other protected areas form a national complexity in which each component supplements the other. Almost all state-owned protected areas are managed by the Natural Heritage Services of Metsähallitus (Manager of Finland's national forests).
Learn by traveling.:
Learn by traveling. Dr. Michael Bassman, Honors and EC Scholars (center), and Dr. Joe Zanga, Brody School of Medicine (right), tour Oulu with a member of the Faculty of Medicine from the University of Oulu.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. Thomas Jefferson:
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it. Thomas Jefferson