We are a nationally unique faculty with a high international standing. We produce new research-based knowledge and train experts of sustainable bioeconomy and related business operations for the needs ...

The University of Helsinki offers two interdisciplinary Bachelor's programmes with teaching in English: Liberal Arts and Sciences and Science. There are two separate admission processes with different ...

On Monday the 10th of November 2025, M.Des. Qijia Chen defends his PhD thesis on From Presence to Practice: Need Satisfaction, Usage Behaviors, and Emergent Practices in Social Virtual Reality. The ...

NATO's DIANA (Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic) initiative aims to identify future challenges in the defence and security sector and work with companies to identify technological ...

A study conducted at the University of Helsinki, encompassing more than 900 dogs, found that the results of cognitive tests correlate with the trainability, learning, impulsiveness and behavioural ...

An extensive international study found a link between ultra-processed foods and structural changes in the brain. Studies have linked the high consumption of ultra-processed foods with multiple ...

Researchers at the University of Helsinki have demonstrated that certain strains of Desulfovibrio bacteria are the likely cause of Parkinson’s disease in most cases. The study enables the screening of ...

Why do BMW and Audi owners often seem to drive like idiots? Is it the car that makes them behave aggressively behind the wheel, or are specific types of people drawn to such cars as well being more ...

While the breed of the dog is the most important factor related to personality, other relevant elements include age and the social environment. According to researchers from the University of Helsinki ...

An experimental study coordinated by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) showed, for the first time in the world, that the immune system of daycare children of three to five years improved ...

A new international study sheds light on what is the role of stem cells in wood formation throughout the life span of a plant. The new study, published in the journal Science, saw researchers from ...

The new Ethics of AI course helps public administration, businesses and the general public understand what the ethical use of artificial intelligence means and what it requires from both society and ...