Life in Finland
JuFo ranking: A Worse Impact Factor?

November 2, 2024 • 6 min read • Finland

JuFo ranking: A Worse Impact Factor?

Changes to the Finnish PhD educationAll Finnish universities are lowering the requirements for a doctoral thesis.
Teaching ”Biological Drugs” in Finnish

November 1, 2024 • 3 min read • Teaching

Teaching ”Biological Drugs” in Finnish

In 2022, the steering committee for the International Master’s Program in Pharmaceutical Research, Development, and Safety (MPHARM) received the Innoopeli Award as a group for its work in developing teaching at the Faculty of Pharmacy..
Producing proteins better than the pros

October 31, 2024 • 2 min read • Finland

Producing proteins better than the pros

Congratulations, Laura & Akseli!
Ouriginal fails more often than not to detect plagiarism

May 23, 2024 • 7 min read • Technology

Ouriginal fails more often than not to detect plagiarism

Ouriginal, the plagiarism detection service formerly known as Urkund, has been in use at the University of Helsinki for a very long time.
Admission interview

May 9, 2024 • 3 min read • Finland

Admission interview

An increasing number of MSc study programs at our university are incorporating an interview into the admission procedure.
MPHARM milestone

April 26, 2024 • 1 min read • Finland

MPHARM milestone

Helsinki University's International Master’s Programme in Pharmaceutical Research, Development and Safety (MPHARM) is close to another milestone: Our first graduates are soon to submit their theses.
Mia Sivén, the world's first professor of sustainable pharmacy

April 5, 2024 • 1 min read • Finland

Mia Sivén, the world’s first professor of sustainable pharmacy

When we were asking our foreign students what made them join the University of Helsinki, several of them mentioned sustainability aspects.
If you have a "green card" (S-etukortti), you can vote for me*!

April 5, 2024 • 2 min read • Finland

If you have a “green card” (S-etukortti), you can vote for me*!

I want to advance an aggressively green, science-based agenda.
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Biochemistry/Molecular biology researcher and teacher