A delegation from the Netherlands visited the teacher training school of the University of Turku, Turun normaalikoulu, on 10 March to learn about special education, the KiVa Antibullying Program and bilingual education.
Principals Henriet Rosman, Paula Wetselaari, Muriel van Bergen and Frans Laarakker followed the 6th graders discussion on the benefits and disadvantages of energy sources.
The anniversary celebration of the University of Turku was held in the Main Building on 26 February.
Key Ensemble led by Teemu Honkanen was in charge of the music for the evening.
The library on the University Hill is positively bathed in light. The low furniture lets the light flood in to the building where the biggest change has happened on the third floor. The staff facilities have been restored back to the students' use, just like the architect of the building, Aarne Ervi, designed.
Professor Osmo Kivinen and Researcher Juha Hedman from the University of Turku analysed the international level of Finnish science based on the development of the number of publications and references in each discipline. The results show that the international level of Finnish science is better than claimed.
The University of Turku, the Hospital District of Southwest Finland, Turku University of Applied Sciences and National Institute for Health and Welfare THL will receive new teaching, research and diagnostics facilities in the Medisiina D building, which will be built in the Kupittaa campus area.
Turku Collegium for Science and Medicine (TCSM) is a multi- and cross-disciplinary as well as interactive research platform for young top scientists.
The Southern African-Nordic Centre (SANORD) is a partnership of higher education institutions from the Nordic countries and southern Africa. Its primary aim is to promote multilateral research co-operation on matters of importance to the development of both regions. The University of Turku was one of the founders of the network, which currently includes 42 members.
In 2014, more doctors completed their degree than ever before – altogether 186 doctors graduated. As for the Master’s degrees, it was the second highest number in the history of the University of Turku; higher numbers were achieved only in 2008 which was the year of the degree structure reform.
Doctoral Candidate in Nursing Science Christina Athanasopoulou loves Finland and Turku and wants to kindle the same enthusiasm in others. To do this, she has started a video blog in YouTube called Tina Turku.
Experts of the University of Turku are working in collaboration with the teaching staff of the Vietnamese Hanoi University of Science and Technology and the University of Danang to develop the entrepreneurship education of the institutions.