UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND JOENSUU | KUOPIO | SAVONLINNA SMART SCIENCE BY SMART PEOPLE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND JOENSUU | KUOPIO | SAVONLINNA University of Eastern Finland – A multidisciplinary and international university

Finland 5.4 million inhabitants, capital Helsinki thousands of lakes (187 888) one of the Scandinavian countries

Finland high scores in many subjects in PISA study (Programme for International Students Assessment) university level teacher education (master’s level) health knowledge as an independent subject in lower and upper secondary schools, teacher has to have (additional ) 60 credits (~1650 h) studies to be competent to teach health knowledge the overall health status of Finnish people has improved over the past decades, but socioeconomic differences in life expectancy have increased (~education, working status, place of residence)

University of Eastern Finland 3 campuses (Joensuu, Kuopio, Savonlinna) 4 faculties 15,000 degree students 20,000 adult education students 2,800 members of staff €234 million of overall funding SMART SCIENCE BY SMART PEOPLE 22.9.2018

Four faculties Philosophical Faculty (Joensuu and Savonlinna) Faculty of Science and Forestry (Joensuu and Kuopio) Faculty of Health Sciences (Kuopio) Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies (Joensuu, Kuopio and Savonlinna ) Independent institutes and service centres: Pharmacy, Aducate, Language Centre and Library 22.9.2018

Administration The administration of the university is the responsibility of: UEF Board Rector and Academic Rector University Collegiate Body Faculty Councils Deans University Services and Administration Service Centres of the faculties 22.9.2018

University Collegiate Body UEF Board University Collegiate Body Rector, Academic Rector University Services Philosophical Faculty Faculty of Science and Forestry Faculty of Health Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies School of Humanities Department of Environmental Science School of Forest Sciences Department of Chemistry Department of Physics and Mathematics School of Educational Sciences and Psychology School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education School of Theology Teacher Training Schools in Joensuu and Savonlinna Department of Biology School of Medicine Department of Nursing Science School of Pharmacy A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences Department of Social Sciences Department of Social and Health Management Law School Business School Department of Geographical and Historical Studies Finnish Language and Cultural Studies Foreign Languages and Translation Studies Education, Adult Education and Career Counselling Psychology Savonlinna Special Education Joensuu Orthodox Theology Western Theology Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine Neurobiology Biomedicine Public Health and Clinical Nutrition Institute of Clinical Medicine School of Computing Mekrijärvi Research Station Laboratory Animal Centre Centre for Tourism Studies Karelian Institute SIB-Labs Pharmacy Centre for Training and Development Aducate Language Centre Library Administration Service Centre Department of Applied Physics 22.9.2018

Joensuu Campus 7,800 degree students Education in the fields of the humanities, economics and business administration, educational sciences, science, forest sciences, law, psychology, theology and social sciences. 22.9.2018

Kuopio Campus 6,700 degree students Education in the fields of pharmacy, dentistry, economics and business administration, natural sciences, medicine, health sciences and social sciences. 22.9.2018

Savonlinna Campus 900 degree students Education in the field of educational sciences. Centre for Tourism Studies 22.9.2018

Strategy for 2015-2020 22.9.2018

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UEF // Education clusters 22.9.2018

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Welcome to Schools for Health (SHE) in Finland: research and practice 5th SHE Summer School in Kuopio, Finland, 10-13 June 2015 uef.fi