Keijo Hämäläinen continues as the rector of the University of Jyväskylä

On 19 May 2021, the University Board of the University of Jyväskylä has appointed Doctor of Philosophy, Rector Keijo Hämäläinen as the rector of the University of Jyväskylä for the second five-year term from 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2027.
Published
19.5.2021

“Keijo Hämäläinen is an enthusiastic leader who strongly promotes the engagement of the community,” says Chair of the University Board Krista Varantola. “During his first term of office, he has given convincing proof how the University of Jyväskylä’s goal to be a university with societal impact can be implemented in practice. The Board is very happy about that he is committed to continue working for JYU also in the future.”

Hämäläinen has led the University of Jyväskylä since 2017. Before that he made a long career at the University of Helsinki, serving as, for example, a vice rector, a dean of the Faculty of Science and a professor. Hämäläinen has also served in several scientific positions of trust such as the chair of Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, a board member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, the chair of the Publication Forum steering group and a member of the Finnish Research Infrastructure Committee at the Academy of Finland. He was elected as the chair of the Universities Finland UNIFI in 2020–2021.

Hämäläinen was born in Viitasaari and completed his upper secondary school in Suolahti in 1982. He received his PhD in physics from the University of Helsinki in 1990.

“During these four years I have been privileged to lead a great university community, and I can be proud of its achievements every day,” says Rector Keijo Hämäläinen. “In the second term of office, it will be great to see the effect of my work, as the impacts of managerial work usually become visible in the operations of a university not until years later. I have also been very happy about the great trust the city and the region has towards JYU, it is very motivating for us all. I have plenty of enthusiasm and motivation for the next five-year term.”

Further information:

Krista Varantola, Chair of the University Board, chancellor emerita, tel. +358 40 581 2970, email: krista.varantola@tuni.fi

Rector Keijo Hämäläinen, tel. +358 40 6800 215, keijo.hamalainen@jyu.fi