Founded in 1365, the University of Vienna has a faculty of 6,500 scholars and 85,000 students, and the largest research library in Austria. Tuition is waived for Austrian citizens, though they must pay a number of smaller fees, adding up to a few hundred euros as of 2010.
The University of Vienna
Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1
1010 Vienna
Austria
011-43-1-4277-0
univie.ac.at/?L=2
Denmark's first polytechnic university, DTU has campuses in the cities of Lyngby and Copenhagen. Its 7,000 students are taught by the 2,000 scholars it keeps on staff. The school's website says instruction is more informal than at other universities and places a strong emphasis on students' active participation.
Technical University of Denmark
Anker Engelunds Vej 1
Building 101A
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
011-45-45-25-25-25
dtu.dk/English.aspx
Established in 1640, the University of Helsinki had more than 38,000 student in the 2010 academic year, but with an acceptance rate of around 15 percent, it is quite selective. Instruction is available in three languages: Finnish, Swedish and English.
P.O.Box 3 (Fabianinkatu 33)
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
011-358-9-191-22441
helsinki.fi/university/