Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU) is an internationally acknowledged research university with an extensive responsibility for providing education in Swedish in Finland. The activities cover research and education in most disciplines from the humanities, pedagogics and theology to social sciences, natural sciences and technology. http://www.abo.fi/forskning/
"ÅAU has identified three focal areas of research: Minority research Molecular process and material technology Drug development and diagnostics ÅAU has currently two National Centres of Excellence with Academy of Finland funding and four Internal Centres of Excellence in research funded by the Åbo Akademi University Foundation. "