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      <title>Science without Borders - Summer 2013 update</title>
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	Science without Borders – Summer 2013 Update&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The Brazilian &lt;b&gt;Science without Borders&lt;/b&gt; Program (SwB) encourages Brazilian students and researchers to study abroad at a higher educational institution. As a result of the first CIMO coordinated round of applications, &lt;b&gt;56 Brazilian students will start their studies in Finland during the autumn semester of 2013&lt;/b&gt;. The second round of applications has just begun – &lt;b&gt;check whether participation in SwB would benefit your studies and send in your application before July 19th!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
	First application round completed - the next call already started in Brazil&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The first round of applications&lt;/b&gt; coordinated by CIMO for Science without Borders Finland has now been &lt;b&gt;successfully completed&lt;/b&gt;. The program received a lot of interest and attracted a significant number of Finnish universities and polytechnics to participate. Enthusiasm among Brazilian students has also been significant; Finland received no less than 72 preselected applications, of which 56 were accepted by Finnish institutions. The most popular programs were in the fields of engineering, technology and medicine. &lt;a href="/study_options/ciencia_sem_fronteiras/undergraduate"&gt;Read more about the fields of interest on the SwB programme section of this website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The next call for applications has already started in Brazil&lt;/b&gt;. CNPq will carry out the pre-selection of the candidates, and is currently accepting applications. &lt;b&gt;The deadline for sending the applications to CNPq is July 19th&lt;/b&gt;. After the pre-selections are finalized the application process moves on to Finland, where CIMO coordinates the following stages by forwarding the applications to Finnish educational institutions and organizing the selections. The Finnish institutions participating in this call can be found on the &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.studyinfinland.fi/study_options/ciencia_sem_fronteiras/undergraduate_participating_institutions');return false;" href="http://www.studyinfinland.fi/study_options/ciencia_sem_fronteiras/undergraduate_participating_institutions"&gt;Study in Finland website&lt;/a&gt; in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Finnish higher educational institutions are looking forward to the new round of applications. As &lt;b&gt;Ms Tytti Haapalehto&lt;/b&gt;, Student Advisor from the &lt;b&gt;University of Oulu&lt;/b&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;“University of Oulu has participated in SwB program from the beginning, since 2012. The University is located in a vibrant student city and offers multidisciplinary studies in English. Annually nearly 500 exchange students choose the University of Oulu as their exchange destination. Brazilian SwB students to the university have been from a wide variety of fields: architecture, biology, engineering and medical technology to name a few. Already before the first CIMO coordinated application round for SwB the University of Oulu with nine Brazilian students was the most popular destination in Finland!”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
	Meet us in Sao Paulo 19th-20th October!&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	If you wish to receive first-hand information on studying in Finland, you can &lt;b&gt;come to meet CIMO and some representatives of Finnish higher educational institutions in Sao Paulo&lt;/b&gt;. They will be present in &lt;a onclick="window.open('https://www.bmimedia.net/new/student-fairs-event-brazil-he.php');return false;" href="https://www.bmimedia.net/new/student-fairs-event-brazil-he.php" class="outerlink"&gt;BMI Brazil Higher Education Fair&lt;/a&gt; which is held from &lt;b&gt;the 19th to the 20th of October&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
	Interested in learning more about Science without Borders?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	For more detailed information, please see:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.studyinfinland.fi/cienciasemfronteiras');return false;" href="http://www.studyinfinland.fi/cienciasemfronteiras"&gt;http://www.studyinfinland.fi/cienciasemfronteiras&lt;/a&gt; (CIMO pages for Ciência sem Fronteiras programme)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.cienciasemfronteiras.gov.br/ ');return false;" href="http://www.cienciasemfronteiras.gov.br/ " class="outerlink"&gt;http://www.cienciasemfronteiras.gov.br/&lt;/a&gt; (Ciência sem Fronteiras main page in Brazil)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;em&gt;About Science without Borders in Finland&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Science without Borders Program (SwB) is organized by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.cnpq.br/');return false;" href="http://www.cnpq.br/" class="outerlink"&gt;CNPq&lt;/a&gt;) and &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.cimo.fi/english');return false;" href="http://www.cimo.fi/english"&gt;CIMO&lt;/a&gt; (Centre for International Mobility) in Finland. This program aims to promote higher education and student mobility along with scientific and technological activity in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). The Science without Borders Finland Program aims to deepen the cooperation between academic institutions and scientists from Brazil and Finland. In order to achieve this goal, the presence of Brazilian students and researchers of various levels is increased in the academic institutions of Finland. Similar opportunities of the exchange of Finnish students and researchers to Brazil are being promoted to further the achievement of the goals of this program.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The &lt;a href="/study_options/ciencia_sem_fronteiras/phd_postdoc"&gt;PhD students and Post-Doctoral researchers section&lt;/a&gt; of the SwB programme in Finland is administered by &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.aka.fi');return false;" href="http://www.aka.fi" class="outerlink"&gt;the Academy of Finland&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;SwB -related inquiries:&lt;/b&gt; sciencewithoutborders (at) cimo.fi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Changes in the Finnish Government Scholarship Pool programme</title>
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	Changes in the Finnish Government Scholarship Pool programme&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	CIMO’s scholarship program &lt;b&gt;Finnish Government Scholarship Pool has been reformed&lt;/b&gt;. From the &lt;b&gt;academic year 2014-2015 onwards&lt;/b&gt; the EU/EEA countries formerly included in the program will be excluded. CIMO has decided to target the program for &lt;b&gt;citizens of countries outside the EU/EEA&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The countries included in the Finnish Government Scholarship Pool program that are not in the EU/EEA area will remain within the program after the reform. Therefore the citizens of these countries who compete with each other will have a better chance to receive a scholarship than they previously did. These countries are:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Australia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		China&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Cuba&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Egypt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		India&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Israel&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Japan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Mexico&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Mongolia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Namibia&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Republic of Korea&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Turkey&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Ukraine&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Information on Finnish Government Scholarship program can be found at:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/finnish_government_scholarship_pool');return false;" href="http://www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/finnish_government_scholarship_pool"&gt;http://www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/finnish_government_scholarship_pool&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please visit the above programme page for information on how, when and where to apply for the scholarship&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
	If you are an EU/EEA citizen&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Citizens of the &lt;b&gt;EU/EEA countries&lt;/b&gt; will still have a possibility to apply for CIMO scholarships for Doctoral-level studies and research in Finland through the &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/cimo_fellowships');return false;" href="http://www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/cimo_fellowships"&gt;CIMO Fellowships programme&lt;/a&gt;. Please observe that the CIMO Fellowships can only be applied for by a representative of a Finnish university on behalf of the recipient of the scholarship, not by the actual recipient themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	For more information on the CIMO Fellowships program, see the section 'CIMO Fellowships' on this site:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/cimo_fellowships');return false;" href="http://www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/cimo_fellowships"&gt;http://www.studyinfinland.fi/tuition_and_scholarships/cimo_scholarships/cimo_fellowships&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(updated 14th June 2013)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Additional applications to some UAS Bachelor's programmes for autumn 2013 intake</title>
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	Additional application rounds to some UAS Bachelor's programmes 2013&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	A number of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences are arranging &lt;b&gt;an additional application round to some English-language Bachelor's programmes&lt;/b&gt; during summer 2013, &lt;b&gt;for autumn term 2013 entry.&lt;/b&gt; On this additional applications round you can &lt;b&gt;only&lt;/b&gt; apply to those particular degree programmes that the UAS's have specified on their 'additional applications' pages. (Additional applications are only offered if there are study placements left after the regular Jan-Feb application round selections, so not all UAS's or degree programmes offer this additional application option.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
	How to apply&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The additional applications must be made &lt;b&gt;directly to the UAS in question&lt;/b&gt; (additional applications can &lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;not&lt;/span&gt; be made via the regular UAS Bachelor's joint application route at www.admissions.fi!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;So please first very carefully go through the application instructions&lt;/b&gt;, entry requirements etc. as explained on &lt;b&gt;the individual UAS's pages listed below&lt;/b&gt;. Note that the &lt;b&gt;application periods vary&lt;/b&gt; from one UAS to another, because these additional applications are not made via the regular www.admissions.fi joint application service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
	If you have application-related questions...&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	In case you have any questions concerning the eligibility criteria, or the application procedure in general, &lt;b&gt;please check all the details directly with the Admissions Office of the UAS you are applying to.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
	Where can you apply to?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;NB: Updates to the list below are possible - so please check back on this page regularly. Whenever we get information on possible other UAS's additional applications, we will add the relevant info and links to the list below. &lt;br /&gt;
	We recommend that you also follow the websites of the UAS's you're interested in. You can find the all UAS websites listed at the &lt;a href="/institutions/polytechnics"&gt;'Institutions' section of this website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Additional application rounds are offered for autumn 2013 intake at:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Arcada UAS&lt;/b&gt; - application period 1.6.-19.7.2013 - &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.arcada.fi/en/additional-application');return false;" href="http://www.arcada.fi/en/additional-application" class="outerlink"&gt;http://www.arcada.fi/en/additional-application&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Centria UAS&lt;/b&gt; - application period 28.5.-20.6.2013 - &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://admissions.centria.fi/Haeammattikorkeakouluun.aspx?id=465&amp;amp;p1=156&amp;amp;p2=465&amp;amp;l=3&amp;amp;menu=0');return false;" href="http://admissions.centria.fi/Haeammattikorkeakouluun.aspx?id=465&amp;amp;p1=156&amp;amp;p2=465&amp;amp;l=3&amp;amp;menu=0" class="outerlink"&gt;http://admissions.centria.fi/Haeammattikorkeakouluun.aspx?id=465&amp;amp;p1=156&amp;amp;p2=465&amp;amp;l=3&amp;amp;menu=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Novia UAS&lt;/b&gt; - application period 28.5.-11.6.2013 - &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://Admissions.novia.fi');return false;" href="http://Admissions.novia.fi" class="outerlink"&gt;http://Admissions.novia.fi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vaasa UAS&lt;/b&gt; - application period 28.5.-1.8.2013 - &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.puv.fi/en/prospective_degree_students/applying/additional_application_2013/');return false;" href="http://www.puv.fi/en/prospective_degree_students/applying/additional_application_2013/" class="outerlink"&gt;http://www.puv.fi/en/prospective_degree_students/applying/additional_application_2013/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(list last updated 6th June 2013)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Finnish language courses at Summer Universities 2013</title>
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	Finnish language courses at Summer Universities 2013&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The &lt;b&gt;Summer Universities&lt;/b&gt; in Finland have over 30 years of experience in organising Finnish language and culture courses. There are annually over 1000 non-Finnish speakers participating the courses from all over the world. More and more courses are carried out online which makes it possible to participate also from abroad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	You can find a list of all the Summer Universities that organise &lt;b&gt;Finnish language courses in 2013&lt;/b&gt; at &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.kesayliopistot.fi/koulutustarjonta/finnish_language_courses');return false;" href="http://www.kesayliopistot.fi/koulutustarjonta/finnish_language_courses" class="outerlink"&gt;www.kesayliopistot.fi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Please also see the Summer Universities' &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.kesayliopistot.fi/koulutustarjonta/finnish_language_courses/calendar_finnish_language_courses');return false;" href="http://www.kesayliopistot.fi/koulutustarjonta/finnish_language_courses/calendar_finnish_language_courses" class="outerlink"&gt;Finnish language course calendar!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
	For further information, please contact the Association of Summer Universities in Finland&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
			tel +358 (0)3 214 7626&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
			infoa@kesayliopistot.fi&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Alternatively, you may contact the Summer University of your interest directly. You can find the individual Summer Universities' &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.kesayliopistot.fi/koulutustarjonta/finnish_language_courses/contact_information');return false;" href="http://www.kesayliopistot.fi/koulutustarjonta/finnish_language_courses/contact_information" class="outerlink"&gt;contact information on the &lt;b&gt;www.kesayliopistot.fi&lt;/b&gt; website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.kesayliopistot.fi/koulutustarjonta/in_english');return false;" href="http://www.kesayliopistot.fi/koulutustarjonta/in_english" class="outerlink"&gt;&lt;img src="/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/studyinfinlandwwwstructure/21c0d47e4ff98a478a0520d726f68c4d7fad901f.jpg" alt="Summer Universities in Finland" title="Summer Universities in Finland" style="&amp;#xD;&amp;#xA;        display:block;&amp;#xD;&amp;#xA;      ;"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Published 25 Feb 2013&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Five Finnish universities among the best ones </title>
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	Five Finnish universities among the best ones&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	According to the &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.shanghairanking.com/index.html');return false;" href="http://www.shanghairanking.com/index.html" class="outerlink"&gt;Academic Ranking of World Universities 2012&lt;/a&gt;, Harvard University (USA) is topping the list of the best universities in the world. Five Finnish universities are also listed among the best 500.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	University of Helsinki is 73&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; followed by University of Oulu and University of Turku (301-400), and University of Eastern Finland and University of Jyväskylä (401-500).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	University of Helsinki is among the best 100 universities in categories Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy, and Life and Agriculture Sciences, and among the best 200 institutions in Natural Sciences and Mathematics.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	University of Eastern Finland and University of Oulu are among the best 150 institutions in Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy. University of Turku is among the best 200 in Life and Agriculture Sciences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Aalto University is listed among the best 150 institutions in Computer science and Economics. In the category of Engineering / Technology and Computer Sciences it is among the 200 best universities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: right;"&gt;
	17.8.2012&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>UEF among the best in 2012</title>
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&lt;div class="xmldoc"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;&amp;#xD;&amp;#xA;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:3"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;University of Eastern Finland succeeded well in rankings of young universities &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In the recently published rankings of the world’s top universities under 50 years of age, the University of Eastern Finland was ranked 38&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; by QS World University Rankings and 54&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; by the Times Higher Education.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;Check &lt;/span&gt;the results here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;QS World University Rankings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/qs-top-50-under-50" onclick="window.open('http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/qs-top-50-under-50');return false;" href="http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/qs-top-50-under-50" class="outerlink"&gt;&lt;span&gt;www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/qs-top-50-under-50&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Times Higher Education Rankings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/" onclick="window.open('http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/');return false;" href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/" class="outerlink"&gt;&lt;span&gt;www.timeshighereducation.co.uk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Academy of Finland selected 15 new Centres of Excellence in Research</title>
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	Academy of Finland selected 15 new Centres of Excellence in Research&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The Board of the Academy of Finland has selected new Centres of Excellence (CoE) in Research for 2012‒2017. A total of 15 units, involving research teams from eleven universities or research institutes, were selected to the new Centre of Excellence Programme. The new CoEs will be conducting research in a wide spectrum of research fields, ranging from the interaction between cells and intercellular substance, molecular systems immunology and physiology and Russia’s modernisation to the history of the structures of Finnish society.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Centres of Excellence in research (CoEs) are at the cutting edge of research in their respective fields. Through Finnish programmes for CoEs, the Academy of Finland provides substantial and visible direction to Finnish science.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The Academy’s CoE programmes are a significant funding scheme in the Finnish research system. By providing six-year funding, the programmes offer an excellent opportunity for research teams and consortia to carry out research of a high international standard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	You can find a &lt;b&gt;list of the new Centres of Excellence&lt;/b&gt; at the Academy of Finland web pages: &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/Academy-of-Finland/Media-services/Releases1/Academy-of-Finland-selected-15-new-Centres-of-Excellence-in-Research/');return false;" href="http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/Academy-of-Finland/Media-services/Releases1/Academy-of-Finland-selected-15-new-Centres-of-Excellence-in-Research/" class="outerlink"&gt;http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/Academy-of-Finland/Media-services/Releases1/Academy-of-Finland-selected-15-new-Centres-of-Excellence-in-Research/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/');return false;" href="http://www.aka.fi/en-GB/A/" class="outerlink"&gt;&lt;img src="/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/studyinfinlandwwwstructure/36fbbe372ead3d27453080144d2091ffabc48163.jpg" alt="" title="Academy of Finland" style=";&amp;#xD;&amp;#xA;    "&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Finland does well in International Student Barometer</title>
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&lt;div class="xmldoc"&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;Finland does well in International Student Barometer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;A total of 23 Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences have taken part in a wide-ranging international survey on how satisfied international degree students and exchange students are with their educational experience in Finland. For the first time, the International Student Barometer gives internationally comparable information at national and institutional level about Finland as a study destination for international students. The Finnish section of the survey was co-ordinated and funded by CIMO. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;International students happy with Finland and their Finnish institution&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	According to the survey, 89 per cent of the international students are generally happy or very happy with their Finnish institution of higher education and study in Finland. The happiest students come from India, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Russia, while there is most dissatisfaction among Ukrainian, Mexican, American and Hungarian students.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Of the respondents, 83.9% would recommend their Finnish institution and Finland as a destination of study to other students. This compares well to the average European figure of 80.5%, and even more favourably to the overall average rate of 79.1%.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Student satisfaction was measured in four main areas: learning, living and accommodation, support services, and services at arrival.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Material facilities and stable Finnish society score highly&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The students are especially happy with the material facilities of the institutions, such as libraries, lecture rooms, laboratories, computer facilities, IT services and support services. Finland is also identified as a safe and socially stable country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The Finnish institutions score higher than average for services at arrival and are duly commended for these arrangements. The staff at the international offices as well as the accommodation services are recognised for their excellent levels of service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Most criticism of careers and recruitment services and living costs&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	There is clearly room for improvement in employment-related services. Students are also concerned about finding a job after graduation. Similarly, Finland is an expensive country to live in: judging by the international average, this is the single biggest problem for international students.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The results show that many students seek not only a degree or a student exchange in Finland but would also like to find a job here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	– That the students need careers guidance, that they wish to find their place on the Finnish job market and perhaps make their home here is something that the Finnish institutions of higher education and working life in particular should consider, says &lt;b&gt;Pasi Sahlberg&lt;/b&gt;, Director General of CIMO.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;More than 20,000 international students in Finland&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	While the Finnish institutions of higher education have made great strides in internationalisation, Finland continues to have fewer international students than OECD countries on average. According to Statistics Finland, the Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences had more than 14,000 international degree students and almost 9,000 exchange students in 2009. China and Russia are the biggest countries of origin for degree students, while Germany, France, Spain and Italy send a large portion of exchange students to Finland.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The students are obviously motivated by gaining a degree but most of all by a chance to find relevant employment either internationally or in Finland.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	– This need is perfectly understandable. But in order to be successful, the institutions need business life, industry and the service sector to appreciate one thing: here is a pool of graduates with singularly useful cultural capital, and it would be in the interests of any internationally active business to recruit them, Sahlberg notes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;The survey enables institutions of higher education to improve their teaching and student services&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The results of the survey give the participating institutions insights into where they need to improve their teaching and student services. The survey does not produce ranking information of a single country or institution as such.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The survey is based on an online questionnaire carried out in November-December 2010 with students at all levels of study, including Bachelor’s, Master’s and doctoral students. Almost 158,000 international students responded to the questionnaire; of these, 6,441 were students at a university or university of applied sciences in Finland.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Participating in the survey were institutions of higher education from Britain, Canada, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United States. Country packs similar to that commissioned by CIMO were compiled by at least Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The survey was conducted by The International Graduate Insight Group, a British consultancy and benchmarking service.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.i-graduate.org/');return false;" href="http://www.i-graduate.org/" class="outerlink"&gt;The International Graduate Insight Group &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The Centre for International Mobility CIMO provides specialist services to facilitate international interaction in education, work and culture, and among the youth. Working under the Ministry of Education and Culture, CIMO manages and implements various exchange and scholarship programmes. It is the national agency for European Union education, training and youth programmes, and the information centre for the European programmes on ‘Culture’ and ‘Europe for Citizens’. CIMO also supports the teaching of Finnish language and culture at universities outside Finland.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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	More foreign students than ever in Finnish higher education institutions&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The number of foreign students in Finnish higher education institutions is increasing steadily. In 2009, there were over &lt;b&gt;14,000 foreign degree students&lt;/b&gt; in Finland: 7,113 in the universities of applied sciences (=UAS) and 6,984 in the universities. The universities of applied sciences have been especially active in recruiting international degree students, for 5.2 per cent of all UAS students come from abroad. The corresponding number in the university sector is 4.1 per cent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table class="datatable-nostyle" style="" cellpadding="0"&gt;&lt;tr class="even"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Year 2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Year 2000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="odd"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					China&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					2105&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					1011&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="even"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Russia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					1595&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					800&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="odd"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Nigeria&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					731&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					108&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="even"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Estonia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					700&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					469&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="odd"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Nepal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					615&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					10&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="even"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Sweden&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					530&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					553&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="odd"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Germany&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					478&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					248&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="even"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Ethiopia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					467&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					54&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="odd"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Pakistan&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					420&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					66&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="even"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Ghana&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					395&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					105&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="odd"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Vietnam&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					395&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					32&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="even"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					India&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					392&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					47&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="odd"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Bangladesh&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					363&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					121&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="even"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					Kenya&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					354&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					82&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr class="odd"&gt;&lt;td width="109" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p&gt;
					United States&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					244&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td width="84" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;
					191&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;The most common countries of origin of foreign degree students in 2009 and 2000&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The biggest student flows to Finland come from China and Russia. However, the biggest growth rate during the 2000s has been in the numbers of students from Nepal, Vietnam, Ethiopia and India.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The most popular fields of education for foreign degree students are engineering/technology and business. Also popular in the university sector are natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;International mobility makes a difference&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Student exchanges and international traineeships have become more and more popular. In 2009, almost 9,400 Finnish students headed abroad on an exchange or traineeship for at least 3 months. At the same time, almost 8,800 international exchange students or trainees came to Finland.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Almost half (48%) of all outgoing exchanges and traineeships take place through the European Union’s Erasmus programme. The corresponding figure is 74% in incoming mobility.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The biggest host countries for outgoing Finnish students are Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and Sweden, while the biggest countries of origin of incoming students are Germany, France, Spain and Italy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Asian countries are becoming increasingly important partners of student exchanges and internships. China, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan are already big target countries for Finnish students, and China and South Korea are major countries of origin for incoming students.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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&lt;div class="xmldoc"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yue Shen has won This Is My Finland –competition&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	A winner has been chosen in the “This Is My Finland”- competition which was a launched among the Chinese alumni who attended CIMO’s alumni meeting in Shanghai in the beginning of June 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The quality of the photos and essays we received was good and after a serious evaluation the jury made the decision of the winners. Yue Shen was chosen as a winner thanks to his warm, funny and inventive photographs and his essay which clearly showed that he had had an opportunity to get to know Finland quite well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Yue Shen’s photographs represent the kind of Finland which is more than just snow and Santa Claus but the very Finnish concept of nature and outdoor activities are present.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“The picture of a squirrel always reminds me of the friendly relationship between mankind and nature in Finland, otherwise this squirrel wouldn’t have been this close to me for the picture.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lovely Pictures and Charming Stories&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Two second prizes go to Huang Ming and Wen Liping. Huang Ming was rewarded for the excellent entity of her beautiful pictures and lovely essay. Wen Liping’s essay also described a very charming Finland and we want to reward her for her writing and two pictures called “Likkojen lenkki” and “Santa Claus the Big Family” because they represent Finland in two very different ways and are good photographs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Winners of the first and the two second prizes have been notified.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Altogether there were 16 participants in this contest. We thank you all for sharing your memories of Finland with us.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/studyinfinlandwwwstructure/18632_this_is_my_finland.pdf');return false;" href="/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/studyinfinlandwwwstructure/18632_this_is_my_finland.pdf"&gt;Check out the winning photos as a pdf file!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yue Shen receiving the first prize at CIMO, January 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/studyinfinlandwwwstructure/1eb92a334e7ff3df6054a423ecdde5f54ac9f83a.jpg" alt="Yue Shen receives the price for winning the “This Is My Finland”- photo competition" title="Yue Shen receives the price for winning the “This Is My Finland”- photo competition" style="display: block;;&amp;#xD;&amp;#xA;    "&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	With Mr Yue Shen, from left to right: Mr Juha Tähkämaa, Liaison for the Ministry of Education and Culture; Mr Pasi Sahlberg, Director, CIMO; Ms Merja Lankinen, Communications Director, CIMO&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>Newsweek ranked Finland as the best country</title>
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	Newsweek ranked Finland as the best country&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Finland is number one. Not in football but as a place to live in. Check the whole study on &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/the-world-s-best-countries.html');return false;" href="http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/the-world-s-best-countries.html" class="outerlink"&gt;Newsweek’s website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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	Master's degree programmes with possible tuition fees&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	In selected English-language Master's degree programmes it will be possible for the Finnish higher education institutions to collect tuition fees starting autumn 2010, 2011 or 2012.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Tuition fees may be charged from non-EU/EEA nationals enrolled in these programmes. Those higher education institutions that choose to collect tuition fees in their English-language Master’s programmes will also provide scholarship options for non-EU/EEA students enrolled in tuition-fee carrying Master’s programmes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Please find a list of the selected Master’s programmes, and more information &lt;a href="/tuition_and_scholarships/tuition_fees"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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	Bottlenecks in admissions to higher education institutions must be removed &lt;/h2&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;18 March 2010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	A committee on delayed education and graduation to submit its repor to Minister of Education and Science Henna Virkkunen. More information on the web site of &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Tiedotteet/2010/03/opintojen_nopeuttaminen.html?lang=en');return false;" href="http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Tiedotteet/2010/03/opintojen_nopeuttaminen.html?lang=en" class="outerlink"&gt;the Ministry of Education and Culture.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Tiedotteet/2010/03/opintojen_nopeuttaminen.html?lang=en');return false;" href="http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Tiedotteet/2010/03/opintojen_nopeuttaminen.html?lang=en" class="outerlink"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>A total of 21,000 polytechnic degrees were attained in 2009</title>
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&lt;div class="xmldoc"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;A total of 21,000 polytechnic degrees were attained in 2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;07 Apr 2010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	According to&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/2009/akop_2009_2010-04-07_tie_001_en.html');return false;" href="http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/2009/akop_2009_2010-04-07_tie_001_en.html" class="outerlink"&gt; Statistics Finland&lt;/a&gt;, a total of 21,000 polytechnic degrees were attained in Finland in 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/destination_finland/news"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/2009/akop_2009_2010-04-07_tie_001_en.html');return false;" href="http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/2009/akop_2009_2010-04-07_tie_001_en.html" class="outerlink"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Completion of university degrees improved by over 10 percentage points</title>
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&lt;div class="xmldoc"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Completion of university degrees improved by over 10 percentage points &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;pre&gt;20 May 2010&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	According to Statistics Finland, 44 per cent completed a university degree in five-and-a-half years, while the year before the figure was 12 percentage lower. See more on &lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.stat.fi/til/opku/2008/opku_2008_2010-05-20_tie_001_en.html');return false;" href="http://www.stat.fi/til/opku/2008/opku_2008_2010-05-20_tie_001_en.html" class="outerlink"&gt;the Statistics Finland web site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.stat.fi/til/opku/2008/opku_2008_2010-05-20_tie_001_en.html');return false;" href="http://www.stat.fi/til/opku/2008/opku_2008_2010-05-20_tie_001_en.html" class="outerlink"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>A total of 23,800 university degrees were attained in 2009</title>
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	A total of 23,800 university degrees were attained in 2009&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;b&gt;18 June 2010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	According to Statistics Finland, a total of 23,800 university degrees were attained in Finland in 2009. More information is available on&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://www.stat.fi/til/yop/2009/02/yop_2009_02_2010-06-18_tie_001_en.html');return false;" href="http://www.stat.fi/til/yop/2009/02/yop_2009_02_2010-06-18_tie_001_en.html" class="outerlink"&gt; the Statistics Finland web site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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      <title>CIMO 16th Winter School 12-17 March, Helsinki, Finland</title>
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&lt;div class="xmldoc"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; call for applications&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;CIMO WINTER SCHOOL&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;"Building blocks of life: from biomaterials to living organisms"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;12 - 17 March 2012, Finland&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The Centre for International Mobility CIMO invites applications from Russian and Ukrainian postgraduate students for participation in the 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Winter School organized during 12 - 17 March 2012 at Tvärminne zoological station of the University of Helsinki (&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi');return false;" href="http://luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi" class="outerlink"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;http://luoto.tvarminne.helsinki.fi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The goal of the Winter School is to enhance the mobility of young researchers and postgraduate students between Finland and the participating countries and to increase the cooperation between the universities. Before applying for participation in the 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Winter School, the applicants are expected to contact one or more scientists/research group leaders at Finnish universities to discuss a possible project with them. Expression of interest by the Finnish host will be considered an advantage during the selection process.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Those Winter School participants who will be invited to Finland after the Winter School by Finnish research teams will be offered &lt;b&gt;a scholarship&lt;/b&gt; from the CIMO Fellowship programme. The invited participants of the Winter School will be expected to come to work or study in Finland for 3 to 18 months. In 2011, the monthly amount of scholarship was 1200 euro.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; CIMO Winter School is multidisciplinary - not for a particular, narrow field of science, but rather for a scientific topic. This time, the school focuses on&lt;b&gt; biomolecules and biomaterials &lt;/b&gt;in their many aspectsembracing topics from biochemistry, structural biology, molecular and cell biology, imaging, neuroscience, medicine and molecular medicine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Applications from related fields, such as&lt;b&gt; biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, physiology&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;bioenergetics, mitochondrial functions and diseases, imaging of cells, neuroscience, molecular medicine and medicine&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;etc.&lt;/b&gt; are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The school tends to stimulate active participation and discussion. The untraditional working method has been specially developed for the Winter School and it aims at enhancing the strength of participants’ own personal expertise, problem-solving capabilities, scientific presentation skills and creative mind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
	Tentative themes of the days:&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Biomaterials&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Mitochondria, mitochondrial function and diseases&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Imaging of cells and organs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;
		Epidemiology, pathogenesis and treatment of diabetes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	More detailed information about the scientific programme as well as teachers will be published in September.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;
	Applications for participation&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Written applications for participation are welcome from Russian and Ukrainian postgraduate students.The applicants must be citizens of Russia or Ukraine and not over 35 years of age. Applications are not accepted from those who have participated in one of the previous Winter Schools. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/studyinfinlandwwwstructure/21312_16th_Winter_School_application_form_7.7.2011.doc');return false;" href="/instancedata/prime_product_julkaisu/cimo/embeds/studyinfinlandwwwstructure/21312_16th_Winter_School_application_form_7.7.2011.doc"&gt;The application form (doc)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;b&gt;Application deadline&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	The deadline for applications is &lt;b&gt;21 October 2011.&lt;/b&gt; The complete paper versions of applications should reach CIMO by that date.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
	Financial assistance/grants&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	No participation fee is charged from the participants. Accommodation in student halls of residence and meals at course site are covered by CIMO. CIMO will also award a travel grant covering partial expense of the participants’ travel between their home town and Helsinki.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;
	Contact persons at CIMO&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://phonebook.cimo.fi/puhlu/en/web/?name=Tarja+M%E4kel%E4&amp;amp;group=0&amp;amp;type=name&amp;amp;resultmode=2');return false;" href="http://phonebook.cimo.fi/puhlu/en/web/?name=Tarja+M%E4kel%E4&amp;amp;group=0&amp;amp;type=name&amp;amp;resultmode=2"&gt;Tarja Mäkelä&lt;/a&gt;, Programme Coordinator: tarja.makela(at)cimo.fi&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open('http://phonebook.cimo.fi/puhlu/en/web/?name=Hannele+Ahti&amp;amp;group=0&amp;amp;type=name&amp;amp;resultmode=2');return false;" href="http://phonebook.cimo.fi/puhlu/en/web/?name=Hannele+Ahti&amp;amp;group=0&amp;amp;type=name&amp;amp;resultmode=2"&gt;Hannele Ahti&lt;/a&gt;, Programme Manager&amp;gt;: hannele.ahti(at)cimo.fi&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Centre for International Mobility CIMO&lt;br /&gt;
	P.O. Box 343 (Hakaniemenranta 6)&lt;br /&gt;
	00531 Helsinki&lt;br /&gt;
	FINLAND&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
	Phone +358 207 868 500 (switchboard)&lt;br /&gt;
	Fax +358 207 868 601&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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