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JYU graduate Juho Reivo wins EU-wide information and communication technology related essay contest on ICT

The Research Council of Finland has granted the University of Jyväskylä 6,045,000 euros for 2025–2030 for the development of key research fields.

The EQUSPACE project has the ambitious goal to ensure a complete silicon-based quantum information system. Four-year endeavor has been awarded 3.2 million euros from the European Innovation Council’s Pathfinder Open funding programme.

Nordea has donated €200,000 to the University of Jyväskylä. The donation is directed for developing open-access methods for assessing the biodiversity footprint of economic activities.

In the first joint application period of spring 2025, 18 master's programmes and one bachelor's programme taught in English are open for applications from the six faculties of the University of Jyväskylä.

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

There are some changes to the application process for our international degree programmes for the year 2025.

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.

A leading organisation in the field of information systems science has awarded the AIS Impact Award to a Jyväskylä-based team.

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.

Organising an intensive course together with a partner university

This multidisciplinary international conference will bring together researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the growing body of research on the effects of football and other team sports on health and well-being.