1. UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND JOENSUU | KUOPIO | SAVONLINNA
SMART SCIENCE BY
SMART PEOPLE
UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND JOENSUU | KUOPIO | SAVONLINNA
University of Eastern Finland – A multidisciplinary and international university

2. Finland
5.4 million inhabitants, capital Helsinki
thousands of lakes (187 888)
one of the Scandinavian countries

3. Finland
high scores in many subjects in PISA study (Programme for International Students Assessment)
university level teacher education (master’s level)
health knowledge as an independent subject in lower and upper secondary schools,
teacher has to have (additional ) 60 credits (~1650 h) studies to be competent to teach health knowledge
the overall health status of Finnish people has improved over the past decades, but socioeconomic differences in life expectancy have increased (~education, working status, place of residence)

4. University of Eastern Finland
3 campuses (Joensuu, Kuopio, Savonlinna)
4 faculties
15,000 degree students
20,000 adult education students
2,800 members of staff
€234 million of overall funding
SMART
SCIENCE BY SMART
PEOPLE

5. Four faculties Philosophical Faculty (Joensuu and Savonlinna)
Faculty of Science and Forestry (Joensuu and Kuopio)
Faculty of Health Sciences (Kuopio)
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies (Joensuu, Kuopio and Savonlinna )
Independent institutes and service centres: Pharmacy, Aducate, Language Centre and Library

6. Administration
The administration of the university is the responsibility of:
UEF Board
Rector and Academic Rector
University Collegiate Body
Faculty Councils
Deans
University Services and Administration Service Centres of the faculties

7. University Collegiate Body
UEF Board
University Collegiate Body
Rector, Academic Rector
University Services
Philosophical Faculty
Faculty of Science and Forestry
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
School of Humanities
Department of Environmental Science
School of Forest Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics and Mathematics
School of Educational Sciences and Psychology
School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education
School of Theology
Teacher Training Schools in Joensuu and Savonlinna
Department of Biology
School of Medicine
Department of Nursing Science
School of Pharmacy
A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
Department of Social and Health Management
Law School
Business School
Department of Geographical and Historical Studies
Finnish Language and Cultural Studies
Foreign Languages and Translation Studies
Education, Adult Education and Career Counselling
Psychology
Savonlinna
Special Education
Joensuu
Orthodox Theology
Western Theology
Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine
Neurobiology
Biomedicine
Public Health and Clinical Nutrition
Institute of Clinical Medicine
School of Computing
Mekrijärvi Research Station
Laboratory Animal Centre
Centre for Tourism Studies
Karelian Institute
SIB-Labs
Pharmacy
Centre for Training and Development Aducate
Language Centre
Library
Administration Service Centre
Department of Applied Physics

8. Joensuu Campus 7,800 degree students
Education in the fields of the humanities, economics and business administration, educational sciences, science, forest sciences, law, psychology, theology and social sciences.

9. Kuopio Campus 6,700 degree students
Education in the fields of pharmacy, dentistry, economics and business administration, natural sciences, medicine, health sciences and social sciences.

10. Savonlinna Campus 900 degree students
Education in the field of educational sciences.
Centre for Tourism Studies

11. Strategy for

13. 4 global challenges

14. Research areas

15. UEF // Education clusters

17. Welcome to
Schools for Health (SHE) in Finland: research and practice 5th SHE Summer School in Kuopio, Finland, June 2015
uef.fi