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

A research team based at the University of Eastern Finland and the Turku Centre for Biotechnology have found new ways to block a pathway that may be responsible for several brain disorders, which could open the door to developing better treatments.

Stefan Hell, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last year, visited Turku on 8 May to give a lecture on his research and to meet with students. During his visit, Hell was also awarded a University of Turku medal.

​Stefan Hell met with students at BioCity, where he worked at the beginning of the 1990s.

Stefan Hell, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry last year, visited Turku on 8 May to give a lecture on his research and to meet with students. During his visit, Hell was also awarded a University of Turku medal.

​Stefan Hell met with students at BioCity, where he worked at the beginning of the 1990s.

In the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject, the University of Turku ranked among the top in the world in nine different subjects, with Business & Management Studies as one of the five subjects where the University of Turku is among the top 200 in the world.

The new genetic analysis methods applied by researchers of the University of Turku and Estonian University of Life Sciences reveal that restored spawning grounds and rapids produce higher population densities in brown trout and increase the vitality of rivers and streams.

The Faculty office is closed on Monday, May 11th 2015. The office will be open again on Tuesday, May 12th from noon to 2 pm.

The Faculty office is closed on July 6-27, 2015 (Weeks 28 - 30)

The University of Turku has increased the number of subjects in the international university ranking.

Mariia Dunaeva and Monika Törn studied to become teachers in their home countries, but now they work in Finland. Dunaeva needs supplementary training for her qualification, and Törn, who is a subject teacher, wants to become a class teacher as well. Both are aiming for their dreams with the supplementary training offered by the Turku Unit of the Department of Teacher Education.