University of Jyväskylä at Present Year 2012

University of Jyväskylä London Paris Berlin Madrid Rome Athens FINLAND Jyväskylä University of Jyväskylä founded in 1934 one of the largest universities in Finland total income 217 million euro 7 faculties 15,000 students staff 2,600

PROFILE A nationally and internationally significant research-intensive university and an expert on education. Focus on human and natural sciences. Finland’s leading expert in teacher education and adult education, as well as the major exporter of education. The Faculty of Sport Sciences is the only one in the country.

CORE FIELDS Core field Groups of outstanding international level Basic natural phenomena and the structure of matter Nuclear and accelerator-based physics Evolutionary biology Education, learning and teaching in the future Learning and learning difficulties Language, culture and social change processes Applied language studies Physical activity and wellbeing Biology of physical activity Gerontology Human technology IT-based services

Our research addresses, for example, the following questions Preventing social exclusion Work ability and wellbeing Increasingly multicultural Finland Increasingly IT-based society The state of the waters Energy Quality of childhood

Centres of Excellence in Research nominated by the Academy of Finland Coordinated by the University of Helsinki Coordinated by the University of Tampere Interdisciplinary Music Research Philosophical Psychology, Morality and Politics Professor Petri Toiviainen Professor Mikko Yrjönsuuri Biological Interactions Research Academy Professor Johanna Mappes History of a Society: Re-thinking Finland 1400‒2000 Professor Petri Karonen Nuclear and Accelerator Based Physics Professor Rauno Julin Inverse Problems 2008–2013 2012–2017 Academy Research Fellow Mikko Salo

Top fields in research evaluation in 2010 Biology of Physical Activity Internationally leading Psychology Mathematical Information Technology Excellent international level Biological and Environmental Science Physics History and Ethnology Languages Mathematics and Statistics Music Health Sciences Chemistry

in University Education Department of Physics Centre of Excellence in University Education 2004–2006 and 2010–2012 Designated by the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council Avance Executive Education Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council audit 2009 University of Jyväskylä has a functional quality assurance system 

Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council’s quality assurance system audit General evaluation 'developing' (= second highest level) Quality assurance of research evaluated on the highest level as 'advanced' Evaluations of the JyU quality assurance: succesful research profiling and recruiting strategic management committed to culture of high quality - indicators of societal engagement require further development

Recognised University 1(2) Recognised University one of the most popular in the country the widest national student recruitment eight Centres of Excellence ranked on the Shanghai list, position 401–500 ranked on the Times Higher Education – QS World University Ranking list, position 310

On top in comparisons the most productive university 2(2) On top in comparisons the most productive university (Government Institute for Economic Research 2007) among the top four interesting universities from the viewpoint of economic life (Central Chamber of Commerce 2008) ranked second in online visibility of science in Finland, 128th/Europe, 331st/world among 12 000 higher education institutes in the world (Cybermetrics Research Group, Webometrics ranking 1/2011)

research fields: ”First-rate” (Kivinen et al. 2010) Comparisons between research fields: ”First-rate” (Kivinen et al. 2010) among top three most productive universities five research fields on the international level of excellency (A++) - economics - humanities - psychology - natural sciences - social sciences

Student Life concept Optimal prerequisites Support for student for studying and learning Support for student development and growth

Academic Life concept The University as an attractive and healthy work community

National tasks Accelerator Laboratory According to the performance agreement between the Ministry of Education and Culture and the University National tasks Accelerator Laboratory Finnish Institute for Educational Research and Finnish Centre for Lifelong Guidance Expertise Centre for Applied Language Studies Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius Teaching and research of sign language

New initiatives research of competitive and world-class sports brain research and imaging of brain function research on parliamentarism and civic society research in evaluation and training

participants under the age of 30 (n=2400) Survey of the Images of Institutes of Higher Education (Taloustutkimus 2012) participants under the age of 30 (n=2400) among the top three best known and most reputable universities in Finland The most positive evaluations reputation as a seat of learning the quality of education and research multidisciplinary: JyU offers almost all the favourite fields of the young

Participation in Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation The University of Jyväskylä as a shareholder in Metsäklusteri Ltd (forest cluster)                    TIVIT Ltd (ICT industry research)                                              FIMECC Ltd (metal products and mechanical engineering)                                                          CLEEN Ltd (energy and environment) SalWe Ltd (health and well-being) 01-2008 Copyright © Tekes DM 28470

Regional Clusters of Competence nominated by the Finnish government (2007–2013) Nano and Microsystems and Adaptive Materials (in charge of coordination) Future Energy Technologies Ubiquitous Computing Forest Industry Future

History of the University of Jyväskylä 2012 78th Anniversary 1934 Jyväskylä College of Education 1963 Physical Education 1863 Teacher Training College 1912 Summer University 1912 Scientific Library 1918 University Society

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES EDUCLUSTER FINLAND LTD Organization UNIVERSITY BOARD RECTOR SERVICE DEPARTMENTS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY UNIVERSITY MUSEUM UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE CENTRE INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH KOKKOLA UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM CHYDENIUS INDEPENDENT INSTITUTES OPEN UNIVERSITY AGORA CENTER FINNISH INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY COLLEGIUM FACULTIES Centre for Applied Language Studies 5 departments FACULTY OF HUMANITIES FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2 departments Teacher Training School FACULTY OF EDUCATION 3 departments FACULTY OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE 4 departments Konnevesi Research Station FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES JYVÄSKYLÄ UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS Education Evaluation Secretariat EDUCLUSTER FINLAND LTD Oy UniServices Ltd SUBSIDIARIES University Services

the University of Jyväskylä – Seminaarinmäki – Mattilanniemi – Ylistö Architects: – Constantin Kiseleff – Alvar Aalto – Arto Sipinen The Premises of the University of Jyväskylä total approximately 158 700 m2