Season's Greetings!

The University of Jyväskylä wishes its students, staff and partners a happy and relaxing holiday season. Thank you for your cooperation in 2024 and all the best for the coming year.

If you want to join our university community, apply for our international bachelor's and master's programmes on 8-22 January 2025.

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Current news at the University of Jyväskylä

Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius signs new university consortium agreement for 2025–2029

The new University Consortium agreement commits the consortium universities to continue developing research and education activities in Central Ostrobothnia.

JYU research projects receive €2.5m in EU Horizon Europe funding

Horizon Europe is the research and innovation framework programme of the EU for the years 2021–2027. JYU-based projects received 2.5 million euros in total funding from this programme.

The University of Jyväskylä improves its position in the sustainability ranking of world’s universities

The University of Jyväskylä has been ranked 310th in the international evaluation of universities’ social impact, sustainability and responsibility. The current ranking is significantly better than last year’s (579).

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Research news

Insect researcher Jari Haimi’s career guided by deep passion and love for nature

Jari Haimi is a researcher who knows all kinds of invertebrates. “In the field of biology, the researcher must have an unwavering interest in nature", he says.

Jussi Lehtonen bio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitokselta

ERC awards nearly €2 million to project that aims at a unified mathematical theory based on Charles Darwin’s 19th-century theory of sexual selection

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded significant ERC Consolidator funding to Assistant Professor Jussi Lehtonen from the Department of Biological and Environmental Science. The five-year funding is worth about 1,8 million euros.

Dissertation: Study helps strengthen the security of drone-assisted wireless communication

dissertation explores enhancing transmission security in drone assisted wireless networks.

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You can always learn something new - we offer studies for all phases of life.

At the University of Jyväskylä, you can be anything you want to be.

You can study a degree that suits you, or take a wide range of higher education courses open to all, wherever and whenever it suits you best.

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About us

Our vision is to be a global leader in the study of learning, wellbeing and basic natural phenomena. The University of Jyväskylä is a strong, internationally attractive research university with societal impact.

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We are a university with societal impact

Our naturally beautiful campus is home to a dynamic multidisciplinary research university — an open and collaborative community of 2,800 experts and over 14,300 students seeking answers to the pivotal questions of today and tomorrow.

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Welcome to gain new insights from researched data! Take part in public events, engage in debates, build your skills in workshops or immerse yourself in current exhibitions - afterwards you'll see the world with new eyes. The University of Jyväskylä's Science for All activities are open to all.

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From Sri Lanka to Finland: A journey of discovery in nanoscience and personal growth at JYU

Thiwangi Rajapaksha from Sri Lanka is studying in the Master’s Degree Programme in Nanoscience with a specialization in physics. The programme offers everything she was looking for, combining world-class research with a welcoming student community. Thiwangi, who is living abroad for the first time in her life, finds Jyväskylä a calm, student-friendly city with everything close by.

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