Current news at Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Researhers Carlisle Aurabelle M. Casuga, Mikael Raponen, Pyry Runko and Miro Arvila received grants from the Vilho, Yrjö, and Kalle Väisälä Fund. The fund supports especially doctoral studies and short-term research visits abroad.

Central Finland Mobility Foundation (Cefmof) is donating the World of Hydrogen exhibition to the University of Jyväskylä. Relocating the exhibition to Ylistönrinne opens new opportunities for science education and partnerships.

Central Finland Mobility Foundation (Cefmof) is donating the World of Hydrogen exhibition to the LUMA Center in Central Finland.

JYU’s research in the discipline of Library & Information Science ranked in the 76–100 range in the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects published on Tuesday 18 November 2025.

The JYU Faculty of Mathematics and Science will celebrate its 60th anniversary. The programme includes speeches, music and alumni meetings.

The Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK and Tekniska Föreningen i Finland TFiF has awarded the best master’s thesis of the year in mathematics, physics or computer science to Miika Manu from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

The Faculty of Mathematics and Science was founded in 1965 and is one of the flagships of the University of Jyväskylä. The faculty conducts high-quality, high-impact basic research. The main celebration will take place on 6 November 2025.

Faculty of Mathematics and Science celebrates its 60th anniversary this year! The faculty will present its achievements and the people behind them as well as its future direction, while celebrating its long and impressive history, which continue.

Antti Liski is a new professor of practice in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. His expertise lies in supporting teaching, guidance, research and corporate cooperation networks in the field of statistics and data science.

The awards for research in statistics demonstrate the University of Jyväskylä's excellence in the field and show how statistical thinking supports the development of society in many ways.

University Teacher Tuomo Äkkinen at the University of Jyväskylä is the new director of the Central Finland LUMA Centre. One goal is to get all departments of the faculty more involved in science education to achieve a unified approach.

Three new professors started at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics during the autumn. They believe that mathematics is one of humanity’s greatest achievements because it can be used to change the world.