Heini Utunen

Meet JYU Alumni

There are more than 40,000 alumni of the University of Jyväskylä around the world making an impact on society, and every year, more than 1500 new experts graduate and join their ranks.

"My studies in JSBE's master's program were extremely rewarding and thought-provoking."

Juha Sainio, Sales Manager, Fortum

Päivi Anttikoski, kuvaaja Niina Kaverinen

Meet JYU Alumni: Päivi Anttikoski – Alum of the Year 2022

Päivi Anttikoski, an alum of journalism, currently serves as the Director of Marketing, Communications and Corporate Responsibility at SOK, the Central Finnish Cooperative Society of retailers.

Yana Ulanova

"The IBE programme prepared me well to kickstart my career at a Big4 firm."

Yana Ulanova, Consultant, EY

Sonja Karppinen

"At IBE my dream of strategy consulting became clear."

Sonja Karppanen, Strategy Analyst, Accenture

Joona Koivisto

"I feel IBE is the best programme at JYU."

Joona Koivisto, Associate Consultant, Bain & Company

"The programme provides students with a great combination of academic and practical knowledge."

Juho Uusitalo, Sourcing Transformation Specialist at UPM

"I highly recommend this program for people who would like to have international career possibilities."

Niko Sandell, CTO at MRoom

"Being strategic and analytic are key skills which are developed in the IBE program and have been important in my everyday working life."

Janaleh Rosal, Valmet Technologies

"The International Business and Entrepreneurship (IBE) was not just another master’s degree."

Khoa Nguyen, Doctoral Student, University of Jyväskylä

"The IBE programme provides a unique platform to meet great people, take challenging courses and develop language skills."

Dino Mejia Gandara, Nordea Bank

"The academic knowledge of business and entrepreneurship helped me cover the parts that I didn’t know from my past experience."

Ken (Yi-Tung) Cheng, CEO, Sidora Marketing

"The studies gave me a full set of competences and a strategic understanding of the big-picture."

Sandra Lubinaite, Business consultant, EY