The university main building
The University of Lapland main building is situated about 2,5 kilometers south of the Rovaniemi city centre. The main building hosts all of our faculties, the Lapland University Consortium Library, eight art galleries and two restaurants. The guest accommodation facilities are also located on campus in the immediate vicinity of the university main building. The architecture of the main campus is designed by Juhani Katainen Architects, also well-known for other major public building design projects in Finland.
Our large lecture halls
The Fellman Hall
Our most spacious lecture hall, the Fellman Hall, has been named after Jacob Fellman (1795–1875), a botanist, an avid researcher on Lapland and a collector of Sámi folklore. Fellman was born the son of Esaias Fellman, the first vicar of Rovaniemi, and he himself later (1820–1831) served as vicar in Utsjoki in the northernmost area of Finland.
Seating capacity 326
The Esko and Asko Hall
The Esko and Asko Hall has been named after Esko Riepula, the first rector of the University of Lapland, and Asko Oinas, the former Governor of the Province of Lapland, in honour of their work contribution to the establishment and advancement of the University of Lapland. Esko Riepula served as the rector of the University of Lapland from 1979 to 2006.
Seating capacity 160
The Castrén Hall
The Castrén Hall has been named after Matias Aleksanteri Castrén (1813–1852), a linguist specializing in the Uralic languages, an ethnographer and an explorer.
Born in Tervola, not far away from Rovaniemi, Castrén spent his childhood in the Rovaniemi vicarage. During his expeditions across Finnish Lapland, northern Russia and Siberia he recorded and documented the life, customs, religions and oral traditions of the peoples he encountered. He was a pioneer of linguistic fieldwork and ethnography.
Seating capacity 115
The Eeli Hall
The Eeli Hall has been named after Provost Veli Eliel Laitinen (1883–1952). Laitinen was the last vicar of Rovaniemi living in the vicarage that formerly stood on the site that is today the location of the university main campus. In Rovaniemi he was called “Priest Eeli”, and it is precisely this popular version of his name that is reflected in the choice of name for the lecture hall.
Seating capacity 90
The Kaarina Hall
The Kaarina Hall has been named after Professor of Educational Psychology Kaarina Määttä in honour of her career in teaching, research and administrative work spanning over four decades at the University of Lapland.
Seating capacity 64
The Mauri Hall
The Mauri Hall has been named after the second Rector of the University of Lapland, Professor of Media Studies Mauri Ylä-Kotola. He served as the Rector of the University of Lapland from 2006 to 2019.
Seating capacity 56