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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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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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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…

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Higher education institutions and student organisations: More than one hundred thousand applicants are facing an important spring with entrance examinations – let’s remember to take care of the prevention of coronavirus

By acting responsibly together, we can contribute to ensuring that the epidemic situation does not get worse and that the applicants…

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Universities organise entrance examinations with strict safety arrangements

The majority of entrance examinations will be held in May–June. Changes to the manner of administering the examinations are made only…

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Universities preparing to organise entrance examinations on campuses

Applicants will be informed of how the entrance examinations will be carried out by 16 March. Universities have continued to prepare…