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Heikki Holopainen Appointed Executive Director of Unifi

M.Soc.Sc. Heikki Holopainen has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Rectors’ Council of Finnish Universities. He will start in…

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Universities do not accept discrimination or racism

The new academic year has begun in universities around Finland. Like many other societal actors, universities are currently very concerned about…

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Universities to correct admission errors in spring 2023 joint application process

Due to an error in transferring first-time status information in the Studyinfo service, some non-first-time applicants have been treated as first-time…

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Certificate-based admission to universities will be overhauled in 2026 – Vice-Rectors for Education have presented a proposal for a new scoring model for certificate-based admission

The proposed scoring model would ease the pressures on general upper secondary students and allow them to focus on subjects interesting…

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Revised certificate-based admission to be introduced in 2026 – the draft scoring model now under consideration at universities

The aim of the Finnish universities is to streamline certificate-based admission and to ensure that the study opportunities are not unnecessarily…

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To thrive, Finland must invest in high-quality, high-impact research

Top-level research and expertise – together with the innovations that these generate – form the foundation for Finland’s sustainable economic growth,…

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Chairs of the boards of Finnish universities: The long-term nature and higher level of funding for universities must be ensured

At the beginning of the year, the Act on Research and Development Funding in 2024–2030 entered into force. In practice, the…

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UNIFI expresses its concern about the situation of Iranian students and university staff

Large-scale nation-wide protests in Iran have continued for several weeks. Protests began to spread after a 22-year-old student, an Iranian Kurdish…

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Aiming for clear and smooth routes to university studies, Finnish universities are collaboratively developing certificate-based admission and entrance examinations

The universities will decide on the reform of the scoring model for certificate-based admission in 2023. The new model will be…

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Finland freezes higher education and research cooperation with Russia – Support for Ukrainian students in Finland

Minister of Science and Culture Antti Kurvinen decided on Wednesday 9 March on new policies on Russia with regard to higher…