Syeda Ahmed (takana vas.), Salli Pääkkönen, Katja Pulkkinen, Marco Calderini, Minna Hiltunen, Juhani Pirhonen, Pauliina Salmi (edessä vas.) ja Hemanta Timilsina kuuluvat tutkimusryhmään.

Algae flourish in fish farming wastewater and produce valuable materials

The Midas project studies algae biotechnology and how it could be intensified. The purpose is for algae to grow and receive the nutrition they need from the wastewater of fish farms. To support biotechnological processes, researchers have developed modelling methods to significantly intensify the cultivation of algae.

Current news at the University of Jyväskylä

The University of Jyväskylä no longer to offer basic and intermediate studies in Spanish language in the future

On 1 August 2024, the University of Jyväskylä will no longer offer basic and intermediate studies in Spanish language, in accordance with the decision made by Rector Jari Ojala on 6 June 2024.

QS World University Rankings 2024: University of Jyväskylä among the world’s best universities

The University of Jyväskylä’s position in the QS World University Rankings remained in the top 500.

Over 1,100 applications submitted for the doctoral education pilot programmes

This spring, the University of Jyväskylä has 85 open vacancies for doctoral researchers within ten field-specific doctoral education pilots, in, among other areas, science, education and information technology.

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Research news

Sami El Geneidy kuvattuna Puutarhurintalon edessä.

Dissertation: Financial accounting can be harnessed as the engine of sustainability transition

M.Sc.(Econ.) Sami El Geneidy developed in his doctoral research a new tool for assessing the biodiversity footprint of companies.

Collaborative insight on the circular economy of gold, silver, and copper

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Helsinki have developed a new dissolution approach to recover gold, silver and copper from waste electrical and electronic equipment.

Kuvassa muovipääkallo ja verenpainemittari

Higher blood pressure is associated with poorer cognition in adolescence

Adolescents with elevated blood pressure and arterial stiffness may experience poorer cognitive functions, according to a recent Finnish study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Eastern Finland.

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The top-level of research motivated to choose JYU

Verónica Idiart-Borda Polotto is a second-year master student in Biology of Physical Activity at JYU. For her, the top-level of research and the high quality of teaching were the principal motivations for choosing the University of Jyväskylä.

"Before I came to Jyväskylä, I knew I was coming to one of the world’s leading universities for sport science, and yet this experience is exceeding my expectations," she says.