The joint education export company of the University of Turku and Planmeca has had a speedy start. Dental professionals from over ten different countries have participated in the training.
Participants from a course on 3D imaging and diagnostics held in spring 2015.
The U.S. Department of State and Facebook collaborated to organise a competition targeted at universities around the world with the aim to discover new means for decreasing the attractiveness of extremist organisations, particularly by utilising social media.
Recent research demonstrates that an evolutionarily conserved molecular code, present on cell surface adhesion molecules, is a critical regulator of cell motility. The prehistorical code identified by the researchers finally explains on the molecular level how cells can fine-tune their migration in response to different tissue determinants. This code which predates dinosaurs and life moving to dry land remains functional in our bodies even today.
The University of Turku is among the top 200 universities in the world in international outlook according to the Times Higher Education ranking. The University was the only Finnish university to make the list.
Reindeer husbandry is an important livelihood and an essential part of the Sámi culture in Northern Fennoscandia. Moreover, it can also be a significant conservation tool in mitigating the effects of climate change in the Arctic.
Victor Kathan Sarker from Bangladesh found a degree programme that fit his interest from the University of Turku. After he completes his studies, besides his homeland, he wishes that he can benefit the Finnish society that provided the education.
Victor Kathan Sarker is a student in the University’s Embedded Computing Master's Degree Programme, where he is able to study his passion – electronics.
The Hospital District of Southwest Finland, the University of Turku, Åbo Akademi University, Turku University of Applied Sciences and Novia University of Applied Sciences have made an agreement on developing the campus area around Turku University Hospital. The development is carried out, for example, in research and education under the University Health Campus Turku brand.
Turku PET Centre is taking a giant leap into a new era. The Centre has purchased a new cyclotron and now it can produce radioactive isotopes much faster than before. Now, Turku is climbing to the top in positron emission tomography (PET) on a worldwide scale.
This autumn the University of Turku has welcomed two students, Daniel Ndongo from the University of Namibia and Emmanuel Makwaiba from the University of Western Cape, South Africa, for a 4-month exchange period funded by the Brian O’Connell Scholarship Programme. The programme is coordinated by the Southern African-Nordic Centre (SANORD).
Ambassador Adams based his lecture on international arbitration on his own experiences. It was the second time that the Ambassador, who took the office in August, visited the University of Turku.
