Language centre Linginno

Versatile teaching of languages and communications

The language centre Linginno operates as an affiliated institution and offers students of all disciplines language and communication studies that meet the requirements of their degree and working life.

Furthermore, it develops language teaching, teaching materials and multiform pedagogy and promotes research in language teaching and learning as well as working life communication.

More information about the language studies at the University of Vaasa can be found inJolla(requires sign-in with University of Vaasa credentials).

Degree education and language studies

The language centre plans language studies and is responsible for teaching the compulsory mother tongue, second domestic language and foreign language courses for students of all degree programmes at the University of Vaasa. The language centre provides language teaching in Finnish, Swedish, Arabic,  English, Estonian, German, Russian, French, and Spanish.

Projects and research

The language teaching provided by the language centre is research-based. The research conducted by the teaching staff of the centre focuses on language teaching and learning as well as communication in working life.

The language centre:

• is involved in UVA TalentBoost and SIMHE activities
• runs the project SpråkHål-KieliKyykkä funded by The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland 2024-2025
• offers Summer Course in Finnish language and culture in Finland in July 2024 (Finnish National Agency for Education)
• coordinates together with the University of Gothenburg the Termer i tid - Tidens termer project Termer och terminologisering i svenskt fackspråk (since 2017)

Cooperation and networks

The language centre cooperates with similar organisations regionally, nationally and internationally.

The language centre is:

• a memeber of the KiVANET network coordinated by UEF and University of Vaasa (2024-2027)
• a member of the EUNICE4U alliance (2024-2027)
• a member of the Finnish University Language Centre Network (FINELC) FINELC 
• a member of CercleS, the European confederation for university language centres and similar institutions