The University of Eastern Finland is a university in Finland with campuses in Joensuu and Kuopio. It was formed in 2010 by a merger of two previously independent universities.

Faculties

The University of Eastern Finland has four faculties: 1) the Philosophical Faculty, 2) the Faculty of Science and Forestry, 3) the Faculty of Health Sciences, and 4) the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. The Dean of the Philosophical Faculty is Prof. Janne Pietarinen, the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Forestry is Prof. Jukka Jurvelin, the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences is Prof. Jussi Pihlajamäki, and the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies is Prof. Sari Rissanen.

Research and education

The University of Eastern Finland is a multidisciplinary university. The four faculties of the UEF offer teaching in nearly 100 major subjects and degree programmes. The university’s annual student intake is approximately 2,200 and the university attracts nearly 24 000 applications for admission every year. The university of offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral level education in 13 fields of study: pharmacy, dentistry, humanities, education, economics and business administration, natural sciences, medicine, forest sciences, psychology, theology, health sciences, social sciences, and law.

Profile areas in research

The profile areas in research of the University of Eastern Finland are built around four global challenges:

• Ageing, lifestyles and health
• Diversifying learning and interaction
• Cultural encounters, mobilities and borders
• Environmental change and sustainable use of natural resources.

The University of Eastern Finland approaches the above-mentioned challenges through research carried out within its interdisciplinary Research Communities (RCs). The university’s Research Communities are:

• Basic, Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Medicine
• Borders, Mobilities and Cultural Encounters
• Climate Forcing, Ecosystems and Health
• Drug Discovery and Delivery Technologies
• Effectiveness of Social and Health Services
• Forests and Bioeconomy
• Learning in Digitalized Society
• Metabolic Diseases
• Minerals, Energy and Circular Economy in Sustainable Transitions
• Multidisciplinary Cancer Research
• Musculoskeletal Diseases
• Neuroscience
• Photonics
• Sustainable Co-management of Water Resources and Aquatic Environments