Keyword: University Communications

The University of Turku Graduate School (UTUGS) has a call for applications for study rights in 16 doctoral programmes.

The international QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks altogether 500 universities in 48 different disciplines. In the 2018 ranking, the most successful disciplines from the University of Turku were Nursing Science (44th) and Education (151–200).

How can a doctoral candidate summarise their doctoral dissertation research in just three minutes? Come and see for yourself at the Three Minute Thesis final of the University of Turku! Ten competitors try to win over both the judges and the audience with their presentation. The event is held in English and it is open to everyone.

Academy Professor Riitta Lahesmaa’s research group from Turku Centre for Biotechnology of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University has discovered a new regulator of the immune system, a key factor that controls development of regulatory T cells. The discovery provides basis for new strategies for the treatment of both cancer and immune-mediated diseases.

Researchers of the University of Turku, Finland, have studied a timber elephant population in Myanmar and discovered that Asian elephant personality manifests through three different factors. The personality factors identified by the researchers are Attentiveness, Sociability and Aggressiveness.

A new research report shows that a high ranking in the Human Development Index (HDI) is connected with the availability of mental health services. In a comparison between 17 European and Asian countries, Norway, Switzerland and Finland had the highest ratio of child and adolescent psychiatrists. The report was compiled by the Eurasian Child & Adolescent Mental Health Study (EACMHS) network established by the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku, Finland. The report was published as an editorial in the European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry journal.

Researchers from the Faculty of Humanities are developing methods for facilitating language learning and cultural education through art. In addition, the Centre for Language and Communication Studies is developing a mobile app for supporting international students in Finnish language learning.

The Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) invites applications for 10 postdoctoral and 12 collegium researcher positions for a fixed-term period of three years. The TIAS research collegium promotes cutting-edge research in humanities and social sciences by recruiting researchers who are committed to interdisciplinary and innovative research. The call for applications opened on 12 February and closes on 13 April 2018.

The new Russian Ambassador to Finland Pavel Kuznetsov and Consul General Alexander Gremitskikh met the management and students of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University in Turku on 6 February 2018.

​Consul General Alexander Gremitskikh, Rector of the University of Turku Kalervo Väänänen, Ambassador Pavel Kuznetsov, and Rector of Åbo Akademi University Mikko Hupa.

The international Developments in Language Theory (DLT) Conference focusing on formal languages, automata theory, and related topics has decided to create the Salomaa Prize, which is awarded for the first time this year. The Prize is given to a researcher who has advanced automata theory, and it is named after Academician Arto Salomaa, a long-time Professor of Mathematics at the University of Turku as well as the founder of the DLT Conference.