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Annual Report 2021 of the University of Jyväskylä

The whole of 2021 was marked by the COVID-19. Remote work and teaching were emphasised. Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, the university was able to fulfil its statutory duties successfully.

JYU received the audit results of the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC).

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Events

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3.11.2022–31.5.2023 | Exhibition

Conferment of Degrees Ceremony Exhibition in the Main Building of University of Jyväskylä

16.12.202210.00–11.15 | Public lecture

Mikko Voutilainen: On the Origin of Mass and Vacuum Stability

17.1.202311.00–16.30 | Seminar

FinETS: Finland's Eye-Tracking Researchers' Seminar

17.1.202317.00–21.00 | Student event

Discovery Tuesday (JES) - enroll 13th Dec. at latest!

20.1.202312.00–14.30 | Public lecture

Kari Sajavaara memorial lecture about assessing spoken language - Guest speaker Professor Luke Harding

15.5.2023–17.5.2023 | Congress

CM3 - TRANSPORT 2023 Conference on Methods, Tools, and Technologies for Design in Transport

16.12.20229.00–13.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 16.12.2022 M.Sc. (Tech) Xiaoshuang Wang (Faculty of Information Technology, Software and Communications Engineering)

16.12.202212.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 16.12.2022 MA Kirsi Tuomi (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Music Therapy)

16.12.202212.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 16.12.2022 M.Sc. Henri Heinonen (Faculty of Information Technology, Software and Communications Engineering)

16.12.202212.00–16.00 | Dissertation news

Dissertation: 16.12.2022 M.Sc. Anniina Runtuvuori-Salmela (Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Department of Biological and Environmental Science)

17.12.202212.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 17.12.2022 Personal and institutional trajectories of language, employment and integration: An ethnography with migrant NGO practitioners (Sahradyan)

13.1.202312.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 13.1.2023 M.Sc. (Sport Sciences) Milla Saarinen (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Psychology)

14.1.202312.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 14.1.2023 MA Lea Pennanen (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Art Education)

14.1.202312.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 14.1.2023 MA (Educ.) Matti Pennanen (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education)

20.1.202312.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 20.1.2023 M.Sc. Anna Tirkkonen (Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Gerontology and Public Health)

21.1.202312.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 21.1.2023 M.Sc. Eva Rönkkö (Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Social Sciences of Sport)

26.1.202312.00–15.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 26.1.2023 M.Sc.(Econ.) Susanna Mansikkamäki (School of Business and Economics, Strategy and Entrepreneurship)

27.1.202312.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 27.1.2023 M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.) Mengcheng Li (Faculty of Information Technology, Information Systems)

10.2.202312.00–16.00 | Doctoral Dissertation

Dissertation: 10.2.2023 MA (Educ.) Mailis Elomaa (Faculty of Education and Psychology, Teacher Education)

16.12.202218.00–18.00 | Student event

Second weekend thesis undertaking December 16.-18.12.

17.1.202317.00–21.00 | Student event

Discovery Tuesday (JES) - enroll 13th Dec. at latest!

20.1.2023–22.1.2023 | Student event

Weekend thesis undertaking January 20.-22.1.

17.2.2023–19.2.2023 | Student event

Weekend thesis undertaking February 17.-19.2.

17.3.2023–19.3.2023 | Student event

Weekend thesis undertaking March 17.-19.3.

21.4.2023–23.4.2023 | Student event

Weekend thesis undertaking April 21.-23.4.

26.5.2023–28.5.2023 | Student event

Weekend thesis undertaking May 26.-28.5.

Enjoy the Researchers' Night Aftermovie!

European Researchers’ Night was held again at the University of Jyväskylä on Friday, 30 September 2022. The event offered new science experiences, practical research experiments and discussions with enthusiastic scientists. Again, the event featured hundreds of researchers from different fields of science. Various activities of the event gathered almost 8,600 visitors.

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