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UEF received special praise from the audit team for UEF has a well-known strategy by staff and for the development of internationalisation.

Just over a year ago, the University of Eastern Finland got its very own knitting pattern for woollen socks, inspiring knitting enthusiasts across the country to knit socks with the UEF logo on them. Now, UEF has served as inspiration for knitting patterns for sweaters and mittens.

Last year, more than 1,300 Bachelor’s and more than 1,600 Master’s degrees, and around 150 doctoral degrees, were completed at the UEF.

The University of Eastern Finland provides support for its teachers in the use of various AI applications in education.

A selection of doctoral courses has been published on the doctoralcourses.fi website.

Extensive dispersion of marketing responsibility in the early stages of business activities promotes the development of market orientation in firms.

The narrative relating to the fence to be built on Finland’s border with Russia is manipulative – and one that has become hegemonic in Finland, says Professor Jussi P. Laine.

The project aims to enable rural communities’ actors and policymakers to design better strategies, initiatives and policies fostering sustainability transitions of rural areas.

Improving waste management in villages in North Karelia, Finland, and in the Karelian Republic, Russia, the WasteLess Karelias project was announced as the winner of the 2022 Arctic Award.

The Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes taught in English at the University of Eastern Finland attracted an impressive 10,730 applications for admission.