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STRATEGIC GOAL
JYU has a strong reputation as a university that values teaching and ensures
Our quality promise – teaching and teachers are respected and quality is kept high – is defined in the strategy. This means that a degree certificate from the University of Jyväskylä is a quality promise. We ensure that our graduates are individually strong and convincing experts.
Quality is the result of a goal-oriented operating culture
a high-quality education.
Peppi Taalas, adjunct professor in applied linguistics, is the director of the Centre for Multilingual Academic Communication (Movi).
For us, quality is a working
The quality promise
culture that is formed by
underlines the importance
how we work, treat others
of your own actions. It may
and highlight an individ-
be difficult to detect learning, but
uals’ opportunities and
understanding its value generates useful
wellbeing. We not only
momentum. Competence comes from trust
communicate goals but
in your skills and judgement. Meaningful and
also help achieve them.
goal-oriented work is also a resource that
We set the framework
increases wellbeing.
for education and ensure that there is room for experiments, inspiration and curiosity.
The quality promise is also a societal commitment. Our research is trusted and valued. We make the
We create the future here and now by making the
circle of development concrete. This way we can
world a better and more sustainable place. Educa-
ensure that completed research projects are put
tion is a success factor for Finland, and the quality
into practice so that they benefit society and
promise applies to both education and research.
build a foundation for new research.
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