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We excel and make breakthroughs in and across science, art, technology and business. We renew our society with research-based knowledge, creativity and entrepreneurial mindset. Aalto University has been ranked the 7th best young university in the world (Top 50 under 50, QS 2018) and one of the world’s top technology challenger universities (THE 2017), thinking outside the box on research collaboration, funding and innovation. Aalto has six schools with 20 000 students and 5 000 employees of which close to 450 are professors. Our campus is located in Espoo, Finland. With over 50% of our academic faculty coming from outside Finland, we are a highly international community with strong academic standing. At Aalto, high-quality research, art, education and entrepreneurship are promoted hand in hand. Disciplinary excellence is combined with multidisciplinary activities, engaging both students and the local innovation ecosystem. Our main campus is quickly transforming into an open collaboration hub that encourages encounters between students, researchers, industry, startups and other partners. With an exceptionally strong entrepreneurial community, 70-100 new companies are born in our ecosystem every year. Aalto University was founded in 2010 as three leading Finnish universities, Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki, were merged to strengthen Finland’s innovative capability.

Expertise and insight for the future Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland’s largest university of applied sciences, educates the professionals of tomorrow in the fields of culture, business, health care and social services, and technology. In the Metropolia community people and worlds meet to create insight, expertise and well-being for both the world of work and life in general. You can count on Metropolia as a reliable partner and an innovator in higher education. Through cooperation we discover new ideas and solutions to build a better future.

We are one of the largest and most popular multidisciplinary universities in Finland. Our six faculties host over 14,000 students from all over Finland and nearly 100 countries around the world. Located at the heart of Finland, JYU is a world-class university where cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge research meets open and energetic communality. Through renowned teaching, high-profile expertise, and global collaboration the JYU community seeks and finds solutions to challenges of the future. The University of Jyväskylä brings together education and psychology, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences, sport and health sciences, and business and economics into a multidisciplinary whole brimming with the latest knowledge and skills. Since 1863, the dialogue between research, education and society has been our driving force. We cherish this balance of research and education, and work to promote open thinking. We kindle the skills, knowledge and passion to live wisely for the best of humanity. In the international rankings of all universities in the world, the University of Jyväskylä is among the top three percent and represents the best of the world in several of its disciplines. Our University is ranked on the Times Higher Education World University Ranking list, the QS World University Ranking list, U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking list, and the CWTS Leiden Ranking list. The distinctive quality and solid reputation of the Finnish education system brings thousands of international students to the country every year. Jyväskylä is an exceptionally attractive study destination with its combination of top-quality education and research, technologically advanced campuses, a safe and comfortable community, the unique Nordic nature and landscape, as well as a wide range of sports, cultural events and activities.