The University of Jyväskylä was again included in the Shanghai Ranking (Academic Ranking of World Universities, ARWU) and this year the ranking was 701–800. The position was the same as in the previous year. Of the universities in Finland, JYU was seventh
The vigilante group arrived in a convoy of motorbikes. As soon as they identified Katangi, who lived with his wife and other tenants, they began beating and loudly accusing him of being gay.