University of Jyväskylä 2012

Uno Cygnaeus establishes Finnish teacher education in Jyväskylä

Anno domini 1863

UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ

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.

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Faculty of Education Faculty of Humanities Faculty of Information Technology Faculty of Mathematics and and Science

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.

preventing social exclusion increasingly

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

Faculty of Social Science

wellbeing

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

work ability and

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multicultural Finland

IT-based society

The Alvar Aalto Campus – Acropolis in the pine forest

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.

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.

CORE FIELDS

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

150-year-old history of a multidisciplinary research university information systems sciences, economic sciences, 1966 University of Jyväskylä social sciences, mathematics and natural sciences sport sciences 1963 humanities 1958 1934 The Jyväskylä College of Education 1863 The first Finnish teacher training college

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

Physical activity and wellbeing

Biology of physical activity Gerontology

Human technology

IT-based services

National missions

New initiatives

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Nanoscience Center multidisciplinary research

Educational services

Highly ranked

AVANCE MBA programme internationally accredited

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

Open University Finland’s largest

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

Institute of Educational Leadership Finland’s only teaching institution in educational leadership EduCluster Finland Ltd Finland’s premier exporter of education

Viveca centre of wellbeing, competence and product development

We are one of the largest and most popular multidisciplinary universities in Finland. Jyväskylä 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. Jyväskylä 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.

amica veritas The University of Jyväskylä’s Centres of Excellence The Centres of Excellence in Research designated by the Academy of Finland 2008 – 2013 Interdisciplinary music research Philosophical psychology, morality and politics research (*

2012 – 2017 Nuclear and accelerator-based physics Biological interactions research

Inverse problems research (* The History of a Society: Re-thinking Finland 1400 – 2000 (**

Nordic Centre of Excellence designated by NordForsk 2007 – 2012 The Nordic Welfare State – Historical Foundations and Future Challenges (*

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

The University of Jyväskylä 2012 Annual BUDGET.................................... 220 million euro

Personnel .................................................................... 2 600

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

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

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 • 2012

Truth is a Friend – the motto of the University of Jyväskylä