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The University of Turku is an internationally acknowledged, multidisciplinary scientific university located on the Southwest coast of Finland, in the vivid student city of Turku. With over 21,000 students and 3,500 employees, it is one of the major universities in Finland.
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News
- Kalervo Väänänen is the new Rector of the University of Turku
Professor Kalervo Väänänen will begin his term as Rector on 1 August 2012.
- Obesity is associated with altered brain function
Researchers at the University of Turku and Aalto University have found new evidence for the role of the brain in obesity.
- Researchers in Turku advance stem cell and cancer research
Professor Riitta Lahesmaa’s research group has found a new protein essential for human embryonic stem cells.
- Funding for three research projects on the field of immunology
The Academy of Finland has granted funding for research on cancer and multiple sclerosis.
- Record number of doctoral defences in 2011
The University of Turku arranged 149 doctoral defences in 2011 – the highest number in the history of the University.
Coming events
- FiDiPro professor Peter Kivistö: Who are Americans? National Identity, Ethnic Identity and Multiculturalism ,21 February 2012 at 12.15–13.45, Lecture hall Janus, Sirkkala, Turku
- CELE 2012 -conference: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS - Transforming Learning Environments Through Dynamic Local Partnerships, 22-24 February 2012, Kaarina and Rauma
- Ambassador of Azerbaijan Rafael Ibrahimov: Azerbaijan Today, 23 February 2012 at 14.15–15.15, Tauno Nurmela -hall, University Main Building, Turku
- For Scientific events in Turku BioCity check: Turku BioNet Seminar Calendar
Recent dissertation topics
- Päämääriä, ajelehtimista, tietämättömyyttä, etsintää: Koulutusvalinnat, opinnot ja koulutuksen vaihtaminen yliopisto-opiskelijoiden kokemana 2000 -luvun taitteessa
- Kolme näkökulmaa julkisen suun terveydenhuollon toimintaan â Jyväskylän asukkaiden, päättäjien ja työntekijöiden odotukset, käsitykset ja kokemukset
- The Effects of Nutritional Environment on Inbreeding Depression and the Expression of Condition-Dependent Traits
- Mental Well-being at Work. A Sign of a Healthy Organisation and a Necessary Precondition for Organisational Development
UTU in media
- Breastfed babies 'less angry as adults'
- Sponsored by Breastfed babies 'less angry as adults'
- Dietary counseling improves cardiovascular health from infancy to childhood
- Sponsored By Breastfed babies 'less angry as adults'
- Guarding Automobile Drivers through Guidance Education and Technology: the project GADGET