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Researchers at the Nanoscience Center have isolated giant viruses for the first time in Finland. The finding indicates that giant viruses are more prevalent than thought in soil and water, even in northern environments.

The introduction of national tests has recently been mooted as a response to the decline in learning outcomes for primary school pupils and problems of equality in assessment. However, a recent study shows that such an introduction cannot be recommended.

The University of Jyväskylä and the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has developed multi-purpose radiation detector can be compared to the Swiss Army knife. A handheld radiation detector that detects almost all types of ionizing radiation.

The Central Finland Mobility Foundation (Cefmof) has awarded EUR 1.325 million in funding to the University of Jyväskylä (JYU) to strengthen hydrogen research and advance sustainable mobility and circular economy.

A study by the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä showed for the first time that muscles “remember” training at the protein level.

The football tournament will be played on Saturday 3rd of May.

Special opening hours of the buildings during weeks 26-31

Jyväskylä University Botanical Garden is offering cultivation boxes for growing ornamental or edible plants for this summer 2025 (for permanent JYU employees and students). Registration opens 16.4.2025 10am.

Ville Tikka, analyses how sustainability is interpreted in the context of mass catering and how food aid is framed from a sustainability perspective in public debate.

The KASVU (GROWTH) project started on 1 April 2025 with funding from the European Social Fund (ESF+).

In her doctoral dissertation, Susanna Heikkilä solved a topological problem which had gone unsolved for forty years.