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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…

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Finnish universities express support for Ukraine

Finnish universities UNIFI expresses support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian university students and staff. We condemn Russia’s military action in Ukraine….

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Vice presidents for education outlined on the development of entrance examinations and scoring of certificate-based admissions

Finnish universities’ vice presidents for education agreed on launching a joint development project to develop student admissions. Entrance examinations will be…

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Unifi’s office will be closed for summer holidays

Unifi’s secretariat will be out of the office until 9th August. If you wish to contact us during this time please…

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Kamilla Sultanova: Hanken HIT – from initiative to recognized model for other Finnish HEIs

During the last 1,5 years I have been part of a growing Hanken School of Economics’ programme for international talents integration…

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Universities are preparing to open campuses in the autumn – “Increasing the sense of community is extremely important”

Planning of teaching arrangements for autumn 2021 is under way. Contact teaching will be increased, and especially for those in the…