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The Academy of Finland granted us 28.6 million euros to strengthen our strategic profiling and research quality! 🙌 The three supported areas are: 🔹 Understanding the Human Brain 🔹 Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities 🔹Interdisciplinary Research for Health and Wellbeing A total of €100 million was granted to 12 Finnish universities in this sixth profiling funding round.

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Meet the teacher! In 2000, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen had just started his PhD studies in geography at the University of Helsinki. In the picture, he is at Arbat, a Moscow street that has inspired artists and dissidents for over a century. Today, Veli-Pekka is a professor in Russian environmental studies. He leads a research team that focuses on energy, natural resource and climate issues in Russia. He also teaches in the Master's Programme in Russian Studies. “The students are taught by teacher-scholars that have wide expertise in societal outreach, in addition to high-level basic research.” The applications are still open until 15 Jan 2021 to our 35 International Master’s Programmes.

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Timo Kalliokoski advocates for a more open and inclusive university community so that all students – and consequently, the entire society – can benefit from it as much as possible. The knowledge, connections and experience he has gained during his studies and by being active in student organisations have made him trust his own expertise.

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Fellowships available for life science researchers! We invite expressions of interest to apply for Horizon 2021 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships from life science researchers, who 🔹 hold a PhD 🔹 wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility 🔹 would like to conduct research with us, based in Helsinki Deadline 24.2.2021! We are a multidisciplinary research university that tends to rank among the top 100 in international university rankings. Our international academic community of 40,000 students and staff members operates on four campuses in Helsinki and in nine other localities in Finland. Did we peak your interest? Please take a closer look at our Principal Investigators looking for new postdocs to join their groups! If this is not for you, maybe you know someone in the life sciences looking for new opportunities? Tag a friend who might be interested!

University of Helsinki posted on Facebook

The aim is to organise the spring and summer entrance examinations on campuses or other physical facilities. The tests are supervised and follow strict safety arrangements. Applicants will be informed of how the entrance examinations will be carried out by 16 March.

University of Helsinki posted on Facebook

We have updated our corona guidelines. Subjects: premises, remote work, face masks, teaching, public examinations of doctoral theses. This is a summary. Always find our complete COVID guidelines on this page. 👇 https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/coronavirus-situation-at-the-university-of-helsinki?utm_source=Facebook-&utm_medium=social_owned&utm_campaign=korona *** Premises 🔹University premises will remain closed until 14 March 2021. 🔹As far as libraries, museums and UniSport are concerned, we will observe the recommendations of the coronavirus coordination group of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Remote work 🔹The recommendation to telecommute is continued until 30 June 2021. 🔹A stricter policy for telecommuting as much as is possible continues until 14 March 2021. 🔹The recommendation to wear a face mask is valid until further notice. Teaching 🔹Remote teaching continues until 14.3.2021. 🔹Only relevant response centres may grant permissions for contact teaching. 🔹Examinarium examinations can be arranged according to this spring’s teaching programme, provided that group sizes are kept as small as possible. Public examinations of doctoral theses 🔹will be arranged remotely until 14 March 2021 🔹are recommended to be planned as primarily remote until 30 June 2021 🔹may only be arranged on-site at special permission by the relevant response centre.

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In memoriam: Academician, Chancellor Emeritus Olli Lehto.