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Strategy of the University of Turku

The Strategy of the University of Turku builds on the University's strengths, but also encourages unexpected endeavours. It lays a solid foundation for the University of the coming decades and builds a strong University community.

Learn more about the Strategy of the University of Turku from the interactive presentation below. You can also download a text version of the strategy (pdf).

Introduction to the strategy

Foreword by Rector Marjo Kaartinen

The University of Turku is a multidisciplinary institution of higher education that through its values fosters high-quality research and true education based on it. Our research is guided by high scientific quality. Our education is highly regarded and the degrees completed at our University provide the best possible foundation for the future. We want to be in constant dialogue with the society around us and strive for deep, genuine impact. I believe that in difficult times, the importance of our University's core missions will become even clearer and stronger. 

The Strategy of the University of Turku builds on our previously identified strengths, but also encourages unexpected endeavours. It lays a solid foundation for the University of the coming decades. We want to identify and anticipate future needs, develop new ideas, and create solutions to our planet's problems. We do all this with ambition and passion.

In all this work, in everyday life as in celebration, we are sustained by the long and varied tradition of the university institution: the deep human need to learn, to know and to understand better, and the strong desire and calling to pass all this on to new generations.

A university is a community of people, which at the University of Turku will become even stronger with the common and shared goals of this strategy. Community spirit creates well-being and well-being creates a better university. Let’s embrace this positive cycle together!

In Turku on 1 August 2024

Marjo Kaartinen
Rector

Mission and vision

Profile

Target state

Values

Strategic directions and goals

1. High-quality and international education

2. Multidisciplinary and high-level research

3. Active expert community

4. Dynamic and responsible partner

5. Campus of possibilities and connections

Multidisciplinary themes and areas of strength of the University of Turku

Emerging fields