University of Eastern Finland

P.O. Box 1627, Kuopio

  • #=548 QS Global World Ranking
  • PublicStatus
  • Very HighResearch Output
  • 12,231Total Students
  • 1,264Faculty
  • 633Int'l Students

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We are one of the largest universities in Finland, and home to approximately 15,000 students and 2,700 members of staff. Our campuses are located in Joensuu, Kuopio and Savonlinna. UEF is a multidisciplinary university, which offers teaching in more than 100 major subjects. We have four faculties: the Philosophical Faculty, the Faculty of Science and Forestry, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. Our activities underscore multidisciplinarity. Our key interdisciplinary research areas are built around four global challenges. These challenges are Ageing, lifestyles and health; Learning in a digitised society; Cultural encounters, mobilities and borders; and Environmental change and sufficiency of natural resources.

About

We are one of the largest universities in Finland, and home to approximately 15,000 students and 2,700 members of staff. Our campuses are located in Joensuu, Kuopio and Savonlinna. UEF is a multidisciplinary university, which offers teaching in more than 100 major subjects. We have four faculties: the Philosophical Faculty, the Faculty of Science and Forestry, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies. Our activities underscore multidisciplinarity. Our key interdisciplinary research areas are built around four global challenges. These challenges are Ageing, lifestyles and health; Learning in a digitised society; Cultural encounters, mobilities and borders; and Environmental change and sufficiency of natural resources.

University highlights

QS World University Ranking

  • 2012
    #302
  • 2014
    #=291
  • 2015
    #=267
  • 2016
    #347
  • 2017
    #=382
  • 2018
    #451-460
  • 2019
    #=481
  • 2020
    #=498
  • 2021
    #=499
  • 2022
    #521-530
  • 2023
    #551-560
  • 2024
    #=548

Student & Staff

Total students
12,231

47%
53%

International students
633

97%
3%

Total faculty staff
1,264

194
1070

Total students
12,231

47%
53%

International students
633

97%
3%

Total faculty staff
1,264

1070
194
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Campus locations

Kuopio,

P.O. Box 1627 , Kuopio , Finland ,

Joensuu,

P.O. Box 111 , Joensuu , Finland ,

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