Our research aims to promote health and welfare in the early stages of life. We are interested in families expecting a child, prenatal period, birth, parent-infant closeness and breastfeeding as well as toddlers, school-aged children and parenthood.
Nursing Science is a health science discipline that studies health and nursing care from different perspectives. The key focus of nursing science research is on the health of people of all ages and its promotion in various life situations and on caring for people with illness in different care environments. Nursing and care is examined from various perspectives, including those of self-care and health care professionals.
The Department is a versatile unit offering high-quality education and research.
Finnish universities were successful in ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. In the University of Turku, the highest achievers were the Institute of Dentistry and the Department of Nursing Science.
The delegation from Al-Ghad International Colleges for Health Sciences (AICHS) visited the University of Turku to gain information about organising Master’s level education in Health and Nursing Sciences.