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Reforming researcher training: Quality and impact through cooperation  

Universities will develop joint approaches to strengthen the quality and impact of researcher training. The aim of these recommendations is to…

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University entrance exams to be reformed in 2025 – application to several fields of study made easier

From 2025, universities will have nine national entrance exams, which will allow applicants to apply for a wide range of different…

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Ethical Guidelines for International Student Recruitment in Use by Finnish Higher Education Institutions

Finnish higher education institutions have collectively developed an Agent Code of Conduct, an ethical guideline, aiming to establish standards for education…

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Unifi’s key messages to the future European Parliament and Commission

Universities hold a key position in building a competitive and attractive EU, and solving the challenges it faces. With the European…

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Entrance exams for universities will be renewed in 2025 – universities are currently reviewing a draft of the new entrance exam model

Students will soon be able to take one entrance exam and use it to apply to several universities and fields of…

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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 Council of Rectors of Finnish Universities. He will start…

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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…