RESEARCH UNIVERSITY The University of Jyväskylä is a nationally and internationally renowned research university and an expert in education that focuses on human and natural sciences. The University is Finland’s leading expert in teacher education and adult education, as well as the major exporter of education. The Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences is the only one of its kind in the country.
RECTOR
Matti Manninen
The University of Jyväskylä offers nearly a hundred master’s degree programmes across seven faculties: Faculty of Education Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Information Technology Faculty of Mathematics and Science
The Student Life programme ensures that the learning environment supports students’ holistic wellbeing and employability.
Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics
The Academic Life programme aims at promoting the wellbeing and personal development of staff members.
How can
the University of Jyv채skyl채 address important societal challenges?
the state of the waters
quality of childhood
energy
increasingly IT-based society
preventing social exclusion
work ability and wellbeing
increasingly multicultural Finland
THE ALVAR AALTO CAMPUS – Acropolis in the pine forest The architecture of the Jyväskylä campus represents Alvar Aalto’s (1898 –1976) modern synthesis of Greek and Roman antiquity, combined with the AngloAmerican campus tradition. The landscaped main campus is largely accessible only to pedestrians, with a sports field in the centre.
150-YEAR-OLD HISTORY OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH UNIVERSITY 1863 ....... The first Finnish teacher training college 1934 ....... Jyväskylä College of Education 1958 ....... humanities 1963 ....... sport sciences 1966 ....... University of Jyväskylä information systems sciences, economics, social sciences, mathematics and natural sciences
The tradition of conferment ceremonies was initiated in the Middle Ages. Besides conferring doctoral degrees and honorary doctorates, the unique grand academic celebration of the University of Jyväskylä celebrates master’s degrees, too.
CORE FIELDS
Groups of outstanding international level
Basic natural phenomena and the structure of matter - Nuclear and accelerator-based physics - Evolutionary biology
Education, learning and teaching in the future - Learning and learning difficulties
Language, culture and social change processes - Applied language studies
NATIONAL MISSIONS
Accelerator Laboratory
Finnish Institute for Educational Research and Finnish Centre for Lifelong Guidance Expertise
Physical activity and wellbeing - Biology of physical activity - Gerontology
Centre for Applied Language Studies
Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius
Human technology - IT-based services
Teaching and research of sign language
In Jyväskylä, modern services as well as lakeside and woodland nature are both within walking distance. The lakeside Ylistönrinne campus hosts the Faculty of Mathematics and Science.
Flagship of education The widest profile of teaching in Finland The home of PISA research in Finland – the Finnish Institute for Educational Research
Multidisciplinary research and centres of product development
Agora Center human technology research Centre for Interdisciplinary Brain Research
Coordination of the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network, ELGPN
Gerontology Research Center joint venture with the University of Tampere
The Master of Educational Management and Leadership programme available worldwide as a distance learning application
Accelerator Laboratory one of Finland’s most international research centres
Nanoscience Center multidisciplinary research
Viveca centre of wellbeing, competence and product development
Educational services
AVANCE MBA programme internationally accredited Open University Finland’s largest
Institute of Educational Leadership Finland’s only teaching institution in educational leadership
EduCluster Finland Ltd Finland’s premier exporter of education
Highly ranked
Academic Ranking of World Universities, Shanghai list, position 401– 500
Times Higher Education World University Rankings, position 351– 400
QS World University Rankings, position 299
CAMPUS in the heart of the city We are one of the largest and most popular multidisciplinary universities in Finland. Jyv채skyl채 is an attractive study destination with its combination of top-quality education and research, technologically advanced campus, safe and stable society and unique Nordic nature. Jyv채skyl채 is a vibrant centre of sports and culture. In this youthful city, every fourth resident is a student. The distinctive quality and solid reputation of the Finnish education system brings thousands of international students to the country every year.
TRUTH IS A FRIEND – THE MOTTO OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ The University of Jyväskylä
Annual BUDGET......................... 210 million euro Degrees 2013
The University of Jyväskylä’s Centres of Excellence The Centres of Excellence in Research designated by the Academy of Finland
master’s degrees .........................................1,487 doctoral degrees..............................................160
2014 – 2019
Personnel.......................................................2,600
2012 – 2017
Students.......................................................15,000 Total number of international students.................................1,200
Analysis and Dynamics Research * Biological Interactions Research Inverse Problems Research * Low Temperature Quantum Phenomena and Devices ** Nuclear and Accelerator-based Physics The History of a Society: Re-thinking Finland 1400–2000 *** * Coordinated by the University of Helsinki ** Coordinated by Aalto University *** Coordinated by the University of Tampere
UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ FINLAND
P.O. Box 35 FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä tel. +358 14 260 1211
www.jyu.fi
layout PIGME • photos Petteri Kivimäki, Mikko Vähäniitty, Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen, PIGME, University of Jyväskylä and City of Jyväskylä: Kalevi Korhonen, Juhana Konttinen • 2014
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