The Finnish Centre for Romanian Studies (FICROS) is a derived entity from the Department of Romanian Language and Culture (DRLC) at the University of Turku, Finland (UTU), School of Languages and Translation Studies.
DRLC is the administrative subdivision of UTU for the teaching of courses of Romanian Language and Culture, whereas FICROS is dedicated to research in the field of interdisciplinary Romanian studies, its purpose being the cooperation with similar local or foreign research entities, along with publishing research and encouraging academic dialogue in the field of Romanian studies.
The members of FICROS are scholars based in Finland or abroad.