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As part of the ongoing “Strategic Intellectual Property Management for Effective Research & Innovation in Asian Higher Education” project, a delegation from the Indonesian Syiah Kuala University visited the University of Turku on 22‒24 May 2018. During the visit, the University of Turku and Syiah Kuala University signed a Memorandum of Understanding.

The Rector has decided on granting funding for nationally significant, both physical and digital research materials and for the organising and maintaining of new or already existing data.

The Academy of Finland has selected ten new Academy Professors for the period of 1 Jan 2019–31 Dec 2023. From the University of Turku, Director of the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Professor Olli Raitakari was awarded an Academy Professorship.

Researchers at the University of Turku have developed a synthetic SensoGlow™ material that detects the quantity and quality of ultraviolet radiation from the Sun or other sources. This material makes it possible to produce an affordable, versatile, and long-lasting UV radiation detector which can be used to monitor the UV radiation dose with a mobile app, for example.

Library summer opening hours begin on 28th of May and end on 26th of August.

The University of Turku, Finland University, and The University of Iceland’s School of Education signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the purpose of which is to evaluate the implementation of the KiVa Antibullying Program in Icelandic schools.

​CEO of Finland University Pekka Saavalainen, Rector of the University of Turku Kalervo Väänänen and Professor Halldóra Vanda Sigurgeirsdóttir from University of Iceland signing the MoU.

On behalf of the Global South Network, we would like to invite researchers from all fields to the fifth seminar in May under the theme: ‘Economic encounters between the Global North and the Global South: constraints and prospects.’