Annual reports
At the beginning of 2025, the University of Jyväskylä and the City of Jyväskylä signed a letter of intent to explore the expansion of the ownership base of Jamk University of Applied Sciences. On 22 December 2025, the City of Jyväskylä, the City of Jämsä, and the Äänekoski Federation of Municipalities for Vocational Education signed a deed of sale to transfer 97 shares of JAMK University of Applied Sciences Ltd to the University of Jyväskylä.
Cooperation between the University of Jyväskylä and Jamk University of Applied Sciences is expected to enhance the attractiveness of Jyväskylä’s higher education institutions, improve the conditions for RDI activities carried out in collaboration with businesses, and lead to more cost-effective solutions for the development of services and infrastructure.
The year 2025 was a strong one for research and education. The year was also successful in competitive research funding. The number of degrees increased from the previous year, with 3,497 degrees completed.
In 2024, the University renewed its strategy Wisdom and wellbeing for us all. In its meeting in February, the University Board approved the long-term vision and the structure of the strategy’s development programmes: We are a strong research university, a university with societal impact, and an internationally attractive university.
The Board also approved the university’s cross-cutting goals: a sustainable financial basis, a capable and healthy university community, human-centric digitalisation, and a dynamic campus environment.
The year 2024 was a strong one for research and education. The number of peer-reviewed publications continued to grow. The year was also successful in competitive research funding. In the doctoral education pilot started by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the University of Jyväskylä was granted 85 new positions for doctoral researchers and the separate funding decision for the pilot was the largest in the University’s history, 21 million euro.
The number of degrees increased from the previous year, with 3,321 degrees completed.
Highlights of 2023
In research and education, the year 2023 was successful.
JYU succeeded excellently in competitive research funding applications in 2023. The Research Council of Finland granted the University of Jyväskylä 4.1 million euros for the development of key research fields in 2023–2028. All funded profiling activities are characterised by a multidisciplinary approach and increasing wellbeing and competence in accordance with the University’s strategy.
The number of peer-reviewed publications remained at a good level, whereas the number of non-peer reviewed publications declined slightly.
The number of degrees at the University of Jyväskylä increased clearly from the previous year in bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
Last year the University returned to contact teaching and increased working and studying on the campus as a response social contacts created during the pandemic.
The fund-raising campaign ended in 2022 yielded more than 7 million euros.
The most significant area for performance in research is the growth in the number of international peer-reviewed publications. JYU succeeded excellently in very competitive research funding applications.
