The University of Turku warmly welcomes its alumni to the alumni event in Brussels on 9 December 2024. The event focuses on the importance of research and education in building a competitive and sustainable Europe.
The University of Turku was proud to host the Euro-Sino Symposium on Food, Health, and Sustainability, held from 3 to 4 October 2024 in Turku. The concluding event of the global pilot of Finland-China Food and Health Network (FCFH) gathered nearly 60 experts from leading European and Chinese universities and research institutions to discuss solutions to critical global challenges in food security, sustainable food systems, and public health.
The year 2022 was one of my favourite years, as I became an alumnus of the University of Turku with a Master's Degree in Information and Communication Technology, specializing in Cyber Security. Since then, I have been working as a Security Specialist for Ericsson.
A group of Finnish university rectors and researchers visited Tanzania to learn about the results of an eight-university development project and two decades of successful research and education cooperation between the Universities of Turku and Dar es Salaam. Future cooperation opportunities will be discussed at a workshop in May.
In an innovative exploration of personal futures, students from the University of Turku recently participated in the Future Me alumni workshop, oraganised at the Entrepreneurial Hub Konttori. Hosted by the University of Turku alumni and futurist Anna Ryzhova, the event offered attendees a unique opportunity to apply principles of futures studies and imagine their future career paths.
The University of Turku and India’s prestigious Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) have solidified their partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The landmark agreement brings the two esteemed educational institutes closer and serves as a pivotal step towards fostering concrete future collaborations.
The conference on responsible internationalisation, organised by the Nordic Association of University Administrators, attracted participants from various higher education institutions in the Nordic region to the University of Turku.
The Collaboration in Research and Education seminar, which took place at the University of Turku at the end of October, brought together academic experts from various multidisciplinary fields.
Ten projects at the University of Turku were awarded internal seed funding for Global Pilots of the Ministry of Education and Culture's Internationalisation Programme. The projects focusing on education, health care and sustainability are implemented by a diverse and expert network of partners.