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Faculty of Education Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Information

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Faculty of Social Science

Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences

Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics

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ReseaRcH UniveRsity

The Student Life programme ensures that the learning environment supports students’ holistic wellbeing and employability.

The Academic Life programme aims at promoting the wellbeing and personal development of staff members.

RectoR Matti Manninen

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.

The University of Jyväskylä offers nearly a hundred master’s degree programmes across seven faculties:

Basic natural phenomena and the structure of matter

Education, learning and teaching in the future

Language, culture and social change processes

Physical activity and wellbeing

Human technology

1863 The first Finnish teacher training college

1934 The Jyväskylä College of Education

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humanities

sport sciences

information systems sciences, economic sciences, social sciences, mathematics and natural sciences

150-year-old history of aMultidisciplinary research university

tHe alvaR aalto campUs– acropolis in the pine forest

The architecture of the Jyväskylä cam-pus represents Alvar Aalto’s (1898 –1976) modern synthesis of Greek and Roman antiquity, combined with the Anglo-American campus tradition. The land-scaped main campus is largely acces-sible only to pedestrians, with a sports field in the centre.

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

Nuclear and accelerator-based physicsEvolutionary biology

Learning and learning difficulties

Applied language studies

Biology of physical activityGerontology

IT-based services

New initiatives Research of competitive and world-class sports Brain research and imaging of brain functions Research of parliamentarism and civic society Evaluative research and training

National missions Accelerator Laboratory Finnish Institute for Educational Research and Finnish Centre for Lifelong Guidance Expertise Centre for Applied Language Studies Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius Teaching and research of sign language

Uno Cygnaeus (1810 –1888) founded Finland’s first Finnish-language teacher training college in Jyväskylä.

Highly ranked

Multidisciplinary research and centres of product development

Agora Center human technology research

Gerontology Research Center joint venture with the University of Tampere

Accelerator Laboratory one of Finland’s most international research centres

Nanoscience Center multidisciplinary research

Viveca centre of wellbeing, competence and product development

Flagship of education

The widest profile of teaching in Finland

The home of PISA research in Finland – the Finnish Institute for Educational Research

Coordination of the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network, ELGPN

The Master of Educational Management and Leadership programme available worldwide as a distance learning application

Academic Ranking of World Universities, Shanghai list, position 401– 500

Times Higher Education World University Rankings, position 351– 400

QS World University Rankings, position 309

Audited by the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council in 2009

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

We are one of the largest and most popular multidisciplinary universi-ties in Finland. Jyväskylä is an at-tractive study destination with its combination of top-quality educa-tion and research, technologically advanced campus, safe and sta-ble society, and unique Nordic na-ture. Jyväskylä is a vibrant centre of sports and culture. In this youth-ful city, every fourth resident is a student.

The distinctive quality and solid reputation of the Finnish educa-tion system brings thousands of in-ternational students to the country every year.

campUs in the Heart of the city

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.

amica veRitasTruth is a Friend – the motto of the University of Jyväskylä

The University of Jyväskylä’s Centres of Excellence

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Interdisciplinary music research Philosophical psychology, morality

and politics research (*

Nuclear and accelerator-based physics

Biological interactions research

Inverse problems research (* The History of a Society:

Re-thinking Finland 1400 – 2000 (**

The Nordic Welfare State – Historical Foundations and Future Challenges (*

The Centres of Excellence in Research designated by the Academy of Finland 2012 – 2017

Nordic Centre of Excellence designated by NordForsk 2007 – 2012

2008 – 2013

* ) Coordinated by the University of Helsinki** ) Coordinated by the University of Tampere

PERSoNNEL ................................................................... 2 600

STUdENTS .....................................................................15 000 Total number of international students ................1 100

ANNUAL BUdGET ................................... 220 million euro

dEGREES master’s degrees ........................................................... 1 300 doctoral degrees .............................................................. 162

UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ

P.o.Box 35FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä

tel. +358 14 260 1211

www.jyu.fi

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