Breaking the Ice with State-of-the-Art Science from FinlandAnita LehikoinenPermanent Secretary of Education

FINLAND RANKS BEST IN

BALANCING WORK WITH LIFE

THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

FAMILY-FRIENDLY

THE WORLD’S MOST INNOVATIVE COUNTRYTECHNOLOGY SUPERPOWER

GENDER EQUALITY

VOTED FOR THE BEST COUNTRY FOR EXPAT FAMILIES

THE MOST EMPLOYEE FRIENDLY WORKING HOURS

THE GREENEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

THE FIRST IN SKILL DEVELOPMENT AT WORK

FREE EDUCATION

THE WORLD’S SAFEST COUNTRY

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What is the most important event in our history?(According to Finnish people themselves)

Source: Pilvi Torsti: The Finns and History. Gaudeamus 2012.

Learning for the Future at the Top of the World

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• OECD PISA survey has constantly ranked Finnish 15-year-olds among top performers in reading, math and science

• When examining the relationship between life satisfaction and performance, Finland was the only country where both reading proficiency and satisfaction with life were at a high level. (OECD 2018)

• Finland is perceived to have one of the most future-ready education systems(Economist Intelligence Unit 2019)

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Finnish Higher Education: Global Excellence and Quality

• Finnish HE students: • #1 in Literacy• #3 in Numeracy • #7 in Problem solving (PIAAC ranks for generic skills)

• #3 in Students’ Business readiness (WEF Business Ratings)

Source: Universitas 21

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Finland - European Innovation Leader*

Source: European innovation scoreboard 2020

*When structural conditions for innovation are examined.

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Country of regional hubs of knowledge and innovation

13 universities

153 700 students

22 Universities of Applied Sciences

144 400 students

12 Research institutes

More than 400 degree

programmes in English!

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Strongholds* of Finnish Research8

Business studies and Economics

(1,35)

Humanities (1,31)

Agricultural and Forest Sciences

(1,29)

ICT and Electrical

Engineering (1,23)

Mathematics and

Statistics (1,26)

Engineering (other fields)

(1,20)

Clinical Medicine

(1,16)

*Scientific impact as measured by Top 10 index.

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6G - Enabling wireless smart society & ecosystem through the first 6G program in the world

FinnCERES - Solving the challenges like resource sufficiency and climate change with new bio-based materials

INVEST – Research-based interventions for more equal, economically and socially sustainable welfare states

Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence - Real AI for Real People in the Real World

iCAN – Curing Cancer with Cutting-Edge Precision Medicine

PREIN – light-based solutions from scientific excellence to all areas of modern life

Academy of Finland Flagship ProgrammeNorthern fleet of excellence in science

Finland - becoming a global data hub • LUMI Supercomputer (starts to operate in

mid-2021)

• Fastest supercomputer in public research in the world

• Outperforms 10x the fastest supercomputer in Europe today

• The most ecofriendly data center in the world (PUE=1.06)

• Google

• 2 billion Euro investments in Hamina Data Center

• One of the company’s most advanced and efficient data centers

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High-skilled experts needed

Source: OECD 2019. Investing in Youth in Finland.

Welcome to Finland!Anita LehikoinenPermanent Secretary of Education