Coronavirus infections have been confirmed among the students of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Turku. To ensure safety, the Faculty switches entirely to remote teaching.
At the University of Turku, the second period of the autumn semester is organised mainly as remote teaching, similar to the first period. Contact teaching can be organised for small groups while taking health and safety into account.
The University’s safety measures are based on hygiene, safe distances, and restricting the number of participants and tracing.
Library has opened new return boxes at the Turku Campus.
From the 1st of June, limited library services will be opened to students and staff of the University of Turku on a prior reservation basis. Educarium's collection point for reserved material will also serve the university community during the summer.
The reopening of activities at the University of Turku begins according to the University’s exit plan.
Scientists from the Universities of Helsinki and Turku, Finland are part of the global consortium investigating the connection between the chemical senses and COVID-19. People with respiratory illnesses (including COVID-19) are urged to participate in survey on smell loss.
Collection point for reserved material in the Educarium Library at the Turku Campus is closed on Easter Fri-Mon 10.-13.4.2020.
The virologists at the University of Turku have followed the spread of the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus closely since the beginning of the year. Laboratories in Turku received the first genes of the new virus in February and, ever since, researchers have strived to solve the mysteries of the pathogen only the size of 120 nanometres.