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Amar Raj investigates in his dissertation thesis excited-state proton transfer in photoacid-base complexes using femtosecond fluorescence upconversion broadband spectroscopy. Raj defends on 13.11.2025.

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.

A collaboration between researchers at the University of Jyväskylä and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology highlights that understanding time-dependent quantum phenomena is essential for harnessing heat transfer in nanoscale systems.

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.

This year, the University launched a new research profiling area that seeks more comprehensive approaches to foster older people’s functional capacity and recovery from illnesses.

The book "A Practical Course on Quantum Monte Carlo” covers the quantum Monte Carlo method. The book was written by Senior Researcher Vesa Apaja from the Department of Physics.

The University of Jyväskylä has participated in an international research project that has developed a superconducting switch for magnetic devices.

Recent research shows that lignin can be an environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic microbe-repellent substances. The work was done under tight collaboration between University of Jyväskylä, Spinnova Oy and CH Bioforce.

JYU’s international summer school offers unique doctoral education from renowned teachers in an international student environment. The Jyväskylä Summer School will be held from 4th to 15th of August 2025.

The Master’s Degree Programme in Diagnostic Health Sciences will start at the University of Jyväskylä in September 2026. The programme is unique in Finland.

The nomination of Jouko Korppi-Tommola is recognition of his long-term, impressive and pioneering work for Finnish photonics and Photonics Finland. Korppi-Tommola has been working in the Laser Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä, since 1985.