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Photo Galleries from Graduation Ceremonies Are Now Available

13.02.2018

Photos from the Master’s degree graduation ceremonies of the Faculties of Law, Humanities, and Science and Engineering as well as Turku School of Economics are now available for download in the University’s Media Bank.

​The Master’s degree graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Science and Engineering in December 2017.

Professor Erkki Korpimäki Inducted into the World Owl Hall of Fame

08.02.2018

For more than 50 years, Professor Erkki Korpimäki has studied the Boreal Owl in the wild, western regions of Finland. In recognition of his contributions to owl research and conservation, Professor Korpimäki will receive the Champion of Owls Award from the World Owl Hall of Fame during the 16th Annual International Festival of Owls on 2–4 March 2018.

Better Soil Maps Needed to Map Plant Species Distributions in Amazonia

06.02.2018

An international research team has shown that the modelling of species distributions in Amazonia requires information not only of climate but also of soils. At the same time, they found considerable inaccuracies and other problems in the available soil maps. For conservation planning, it is important to obtain reliable information on where and how widely different species are distributed in Amazonia.

Applications to University’s International Master’s Degree Programmes Doubled

02.02.2018

The most popular programmes were Global Innovation Management, Biomedical Sciences, Information Security and Cryptography, Education and Learning, and Futures Studies, which received altogether 733 applications. All in all, the international Master’s degree programmes received 1,116 applications from 98 countries, whereas the number of applications in the previous year was only 502.