University of Eastern Finland

The University of Eastern Finland (Finnish: Itä-Suomen yliopisto) is a public multidisciplinary university in Finland, formed in 2010 by the merger of the universities of Joensuu and Kuopio.东芬兰大学（芬兰语：Itä-Suomen yliopisto）是芬兰的一所公立多学科大学，由约恩苏大学与库奥皮奥大学于 2010 年合并而成。

It describes itself as the most multidisciplinary university in Finland, offering education in nearly one hundred major subjects across four faculties, with 17,600 degree students, 14,500 adult education students and a staff of 3,500.该校自称是芬兰学科门类最齐全的大学，在四个学院中开设近 100 个主修专业，拥有 17600 名学位学生、14500 名成人教育学员以及 3500 名教职员工。

Its campuses in Joensuu and Kuopio lie about 130 kilometres apart in eastern Finland, and in the QS World University Rankings 2027 it is placed 626th in the world.其约恩苏与库奥皮奥两个校区相距约 130 公里，均位于芬兰东部；在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列世界第 626 位。

History

• The University of Eastern Finland was created from two predecessors, the University of Joensuu, established in 1969, and the University of Kuopio, which became a university in 1972.东芬兰大学由两所前身院校合并而成，即成立于 1969 年的约恩苏大学与 1972 年成为大学的库奥皮奥大学。
• In 2006 the two universities decided to intensify their mutual cooperation as part of the Ministry of Education programme on the structural development of Finnish higher education.2006 年，两校决定加强彼此合作，此为芬兰教育部推动高等教育结构改革计划的一部分。
• The project for the University of Eastern Finland was selected as one of the Ministry of Education's spearhead projects, and a working group led by Professor Reijo Vihko was formed.东芬兰大学这一项目被选为教育部的重点工程之一，并成立了由雷约·维赫科教授领导的工作组。
• In 2007 Professor Vihko's working group submitted a report proposing deeper cooperation, and the senates of the two universities formally agreed to merge and to name the new institution the University of Eastern Finland.2007 年，维赫科教授的工作组提交报告，建议深化合作，两校校务委员会正式同意合并，并把新机构命名为东芬兰大学。
• In 2008 the organisation, structure and strategy of the new university were completed, and the two predecessors received a joint right to confer degrees in economics and business administration.2008 年，新大学的组织、架构与战略确定，两所前身院校获得联合授予经济学与工商管理学位之权。
• The first joint student admissions to the University of Eastern Finland were carried out in 2009 in economics and business administration and in the social sciences.该校于 2009 年首次进行联合招生，招收经济学与工商管理以及社会科学方向的学生。
• In May 2009 the Sino-Finnish Environmental Research Centre, run with the University of Nanjing, opened in Nanjing as the first such unit established by a Finnish university in China.2009 年 5 月，与南京大学合作设立的「中芬环境研究中心」在南京成立，这是芬兰大学在中国设立的首个此类机构。
• On 16 June 2009 the Finnish Parliament passed the Universities Act, which gave each Finnish university an independent legal personality as a public corporation or a foundation and reformed their management.2009 年 6 月 16 日，芬兰议会通过《大学法》，赋予每所芬兰大学作为公法团体或基金会的独立法律人格，并改革了其治理结构。
• In January 2010 the University of Eastern Finland formally began operations, bringing the separate operations of the University of Joensuu and the University of Kuopio to an end.2010 年 1 月，东芬兰大学正式运作，约恩苏大学与库奥皮奥大学各自的建制随之终止。
• The new university began offering dentistry education in 2010, extending its health sciences provision on the Kuopio campus.新大学于 2010 年开始提供牙医学教育，扩充了库奥皮奥校区在健康科学领域的教学。
• From 1 August 2013 the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture granted the university the right to confer degrees in law, expanding its fields of study to a total of thirteen.自 2013 年 8 月 1 日起，芬兰教育与文化部授予该校法学学位授予权，使其学科领域增至十三个。
• That grant helped make the University of Eastern Finland the most multidisciplinary university in the country, a description it has used in its own institutional profile ever since.这一授权使该校成为全国学科门类最齐全的大学，此后它一直以此界定自身定位。
• Jukka Mönkkönen served as rector of the university from 2015 to 2024, a period in which it strengthened its research profile in health and forest sciences.尤卡·蒙克宁于 2015 至 2024 年担任该校校长，其间学校加强了在健康科学与林业科学领域的研究实力。
• In 2019 the board chaired by Lea Ryynänen-Karjalainen reappointed Jukka Mönkkönen for a second five-year term beginning in 2020.2019 年，由莱娅·吕宁宁-卡尔亚莱宁主持的校董会再度任命尤卡·蒙克宁，任期五年，自 2020 年起。
• In 2020 the university was granted educational responsibility in logopedics, or speech therapy, and in 2022 it received corresponding responsibility in engineering.2020 年，该校获得言语治疗（logopedics）方向的教育职责；2022 年又获得工程领域的相应职责。
• The university reformed its rector model for the term beginning in 2025, appointing a rector and two vice rectors, and Tapio Määttä became rector on 1 January 2025.该校为 2025 年开始的任期改革校长模式，改设一名校长与两名副校长；塔皮奥·米耶泰于 2025 年 1 月 1 日出任校长。
• On 9 October 2026 three of its professors, Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, Maarit Karppinen and Martti Nissinen, were awarded the title of Academician of Science by the President of Finland.2026 年 10 月 9 日，该校三位教授塞波·于莱-赫尔图阿拉、玛丽特·卡尔皮宁与马尔蒂·尼西宁获芬兰总统授予「科学院院士」称号。
• Since launching in 2010 the university has appeared regularly in world rankings, though its position has slipped in several tables since its best scores in the early 2010s.自 2010 年开办以来，该校定期出现在世界排名之中，尽管自 2010 年代初取得最佳成绩以来，其在多个榜单中的名次有所下滑。
• The 2009 Universities Act also changed university funding and management, giving the rector and the board greater authority in a reform that shaped the new university from its first year.2009 年的《大学法》还改变了大学的经费与治理方式，赋予校长与校董会更大权力，这一改革自新大学成立的第一年就塑造了其面貌。
• In 2012 the university was only two years old, and its rapid appearance in world rankings reflected the research strength inherited from its two predecessors.2012 年该校仅有两岁，其迅速跻身世界排名，反映出它从前身两校继承而来的研究实力。

Academics

• The university is organised into four faculties, namely the Philosophical Faculty, the Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies.该校设有四个学院，分别为哲学学院、科学林业与技术学院、健康科学学院以及社会科学与工商管理学院。
• It offers teaching in nearly one hundred major subjects and degree programmes, and offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral education in thirteen fields of study.该校在近 100 个主修专业与学位课程中施教，并在十三个学科领域提供学士、硕士与博士层次的教育。
• The annual student intake is approximately 3,300, and the university attracts nearly 31,000 applications for admission every year.该校每年招收学生约 3300 人，每年收到近 31000 份入学申请。
• In 2026 the university had approximately 17,600 degree students and 14,500 adult education students, taught by a staff of 3,500 employees.2026 年，该校约有 17600 名学位学生与 14500 名成人教育学员，由 3500 名教职员工施教。
• The Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies operates on both campuses and has 4,480 bachelor's and master's students, 500 doctoral researchers and 550 staff members.社会科学与工商管理学院在两个校区办学，拥有 4480 名学士与硕士学生、500 名博士研究员与 550 名教职员。
• The Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology comprises four departments and two schools, with 2,650 bachelor's and master's students, 440 doctoral researchers and 630 staff members.科学林业与技术学院下设四个系与两个学院，拥有 2650 名学士与硕士学生、440 名博士研究员与 630 名教职员。
• The Faculty of Health Sciences, based mainly on the Kuopio campus, and the Philosophical Faculty, based mainly in Joensuu, complete the four-faculty structure introduced at the merger.主要以库奥皮奥校区为基地的健康科学学院与主要以约恩苏为基地的哲学学院，共同构成合并时确立的四学院结构。
• The university's research is built around four global challenges: ageing, lifestyles and health, diversifying learning and interaction, cultural encounters, mobilities and borders, and environmental change and sustainable use of natural resources.该校的研究围绕四大全球性挑战展开：老龄化、生活方式与健康，学习与互动的多样化，文化相遇、流动与边界，以及环境变化与自然资源的可持续利用。
• Research is carried out within interdisciplinary Research Communities, which include Metabolic Diseases, Multidisciplinary Cancer Research, Neuroscience, Photonics and Forests and Bioeconomy.研究在各跨学科「研究社群」中开展，其中包括代谢疾病、多学科癌症研究、神经科学、光子学以及森林与生物经济等社群。
• Other research communities cover cardiovascular medicine, drug discovery and delivery technologies, musculoskeletal diseases, and the sustainable co-management of water resources.其他研究社群还涵盖心血管医学、药物发现与递送技术、肌肉骨骼疾病，以及水资源的可持续协同管理。
• The four faculties offer doctoral education through the university's Doctoral School, and the university is an active member of the University of the Arctic network, taking part in its north2north mobility scheme.四个学院通过该校的博士学院开展博士教育；该校还是「北极大学」网络的活跃成员，参与其「north2north」流动计划。
• In Joensuu the university works alongside the headquarters of the European Forest Institute, and its forestry and environmental research is carried out with the Natural Resources Institute Finland and the Finnish Environment Institute.在约恩苏，该校与欧洲森林研究所总部比邻而居，其林业与环境研究则与芬兰自然资源研究所及芬兰环境研究所合作开展。
• In the Sino-Finnish Environmental Research Centre at Nanjing University the university runs a permanent satellite unit focused on forestry, energy and environmental issues.在该校与南京大学合办的中芬环境研究中心，学校设有一个常设卫星机构，聚焦林业、能源与环境议题。
• A joint master's degree programme with the Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan lets students study in both Finland and Japan and do an internship abroad.该校与日本丰桥技术科学大学合办的联合硕士项目，让学生得以在芬兰与日本两地学习并赴海外实习。
• Dentistry has been taught since 2010 and law since 2013, and the open university and continuing professional education serve 14,500 adult learners each year.该校自 2010 年起教授牙医学、自 2013 年起教授法学；其开放大学与继续职业教育每年服务 14500 名成人学员。
• The Philosophical Faculty, carrying the older Joensuu tradition, covers education, humanities, theology and psychology, and trains a large share of Finland's teachers.承袭约恩苏较早传统的哲学学院，覆盖教育学、人文、神学与心理学，并培养芬兰相当大比例的教师。
• The university's doctoral training is coordinated through its Doctoral School, which brings together programmes in health, natural sciences and social and cultural studies.该校的博士培养由其博士学院统筹，把健康、自然科学以及社会与文化研究等方向的博士项目汇聚在一起。
• Its Strategy 2030 sets out the university's goals for research, education and societal impact, and guides the development of its four faculties and their research communities.其「2030 战略」提出了该校在研究、教育与社会影响方面的目标，并指导四个学院及其研究社群的发展。

Campus

• The university operates two campuses, one in Joensuu and one in Kuopio, which are approximately 130 kilometres apart in the eastern part of Finland.该校在两个校区办学，一在约恩苏、一在库奥皮奥，二者相距约 130 公里，均位于芬兰东部。
• The Joensuu campus is compact and located right by the city centre, making it easy for students to combine study with the services of the town.约恩苏校区紧凑，紧邻市中心，便于学生把学业与城市的各项服务结合起来。
• The Kuopio campus lies by Lake Kallavesi in the Savilahti bay area, with the city centre only a short walk away.库奥皮奥校区位于卡拉韦西湖畔的萨维拉赫蒂湾一带，步行不久即可到达市中心。
• The Kuopio University Hospital, linked to the Faculty of Health Sciences, forms the clinical teaching base of the university's medical and health programmes.与健康科学学院相连的库奥皮奥大学医院，构成该校医学与健康类课程的临床教学基地。
• Both campuses offer a range of facilities for teaching, research and events, and several of their premises can be rented by external clients.两个校区都提供教学、研究与活动所需的多种设施，其中若干场所可供外部客户租用。
• Campus restaurants, libraries and student services are provided per campus, and the university library serves both Joensuu and Kuopio.各校区分别设有校园餐厅、图书馆与学生服务，大学图书馆同时服务约恩苏与库奥皮奥两地。
• The university's location in eastern Finland, far from the capital, shapes its regional role and its strong links to forestry, health and environmental research.该校地处芬兰东部、远离首都，这一位置塑造了其区域角色以及与林业、健康和环境研究的紧密联系。
• Beyond Finland, the Sino-Finnish Environmental Research Centre at Nanjing University gives the institution a permanent physical presence in China.在芬兰之外，与南京大学合办的中芬环境研究中心，使该校在中国拥有常设的实体存在。
• The two campus towns differ in character, Joensuu being a forestry and education centre and Kuopio a centre of medicine, health technology and the biosciences.两座校区城市各具特色，约恩苏是林业与教育中心，库奥皮奥则是医学、健康技术与生物科学的中心。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 the University of Eastern Finland is placed 626th in the world.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，东芬兰大学位列世界第 626 位。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 places it in the 451 to 500 band, an improvement on its 401 to 500 placing in 2026.2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列于世界第 451 至 500 区间，较 2026 年的第 401 至 500 区间有所变化。 ^[1]
• The U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking for 2026 to 2027 places the university 559th in the world.2026 至 2027 年版《美国新闻与世界报道》最佳全球大学排名将该校列为世界第 559 位。
• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, published by ShanghaiRanking, places it within the 501 to 600 band worldwide.由上海软科发布的 2026 年世界大学学术排名将该校列于世界第 501 至 600 区间。
• OpenAlex attributes 59,081 works and 4,906,860 citations to the university, a high output for a Finnish institution of its size.OpenAlex 数据库为该校收录 59081 篇成果、被引用 4906860 次，对一所如此规模的芬兰院校而言产量很高。
• In 2015 the university reached its highest position in the QS World University Rankings, 267th, and it has descended the table since then.2015 年，该校在 QS 世界大学排名中取得其最高名次第 267 位，此后的名次则有所下降。
• In 2012 it was ranked in the 300 to 350 band by Times Higher Education and 302nd by QS, positions that had fallen to the 601 to 800 band by 2023.2012 年，泰晤士高等教育将其列于第 300 至 350 区间、QS 则列为第 302 位，而到 2023 年这些名次已降至第 601 至 800 区间。
• The 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities placed it in the 501 to 600 group, a position that had slipped to the 601 to 700 band by 2023.2020 年世界大学学术排名将其列于第 501 至 600 组，而到 2023 年这一名次已下滑至第 601 至 700 区间。
• Its research is ranked among the best in the world in sixteen disciplines, including forest sciences and environmental science, where it is a national leader.该校的研究在 16 个学科中位居世界前列，其中包括森林科学与环境科学，在这些领域它处于芬兰领先地位。
• Its researchers have produced some 59,000 works tracked by OpenAlex with a heavy concentration of citations in forest, environmental and health sciences.其研究人员产出的成果在 OpenAlex 中被收录约 59000 篇，引用高度集中于林业、环境与健康科学领域。

Student life

• The university has no long-standing Latin motto, presenting itself instead through its strategy, its values and the phrase of building a sustainable future.该校没有沿用已久的拉丁文校训，而是通过其战略、价值观以及「建设可持续未来」的表述来界定自身。
• Conferment ceremonies, a Nordic academic tradition, are held to celebrate doctoral graduates and to mark the university's academic life.该校举行「授衔典礼」，这一北欧学术传统用以庆祝博士毕业生并彰显大学的学术生活。
• Students use the Kamu student data bank and the university's digital services, which were reformed together with the 2009 Universities Act.学生使用 Kamu 学生数据库以及该校的数字服务，后者与 2009 年《大学法》同步改革。
• With 14,500 adult education students alongside its 17,600 degree students, the university blends traditional academic life with continuing and open education.除 17600 名学位学生之外，该校还有 14500 名成人教育学员，把传统学术生活与继续教育、开放教育融为一体。
• Each campus has its own restaurants, libraries and student services, and student associations organise events in both Joensuu and Kuopio.每个校区都有自己的餐厅、图书馆与学生服务，学生社团在约恩苏与库奥皮奥两地组织活动。
• Through the University of the Arctic network and its north2north scheme, students can spend part of their studies elsewhere in the circumpolar North.通过「北极大学」网络及其「north2north」计划，学生可以到环北极地区的其他院校学习一段时间。
• The two campus cities, Joensuu and Kuopio, are regional growth centres offering students a range of leisure, sport and cultural services.约恩苏与库奥皮奥这两座校区城市都是区域增长中心，为学生提供休闲、体育与文化方面的多种服务。
• Campus life in eastern Finland centres on a compact, walkable urban setting, unlike a large capital city, and mixes students closely with local residents.芬兰东部的校园生活以紧凑、适宜步行的城市环境为中心，不同于大都市，学生与当地居民往来密切。
• The student unions of Joensuu and Kuopio organise sports, cultural and social events, connecting students across the 130 kilometres between the two campuses.约恩苏与库奥皮奥的学生会组织体育、文化与社会活动，把相距 130 公里的两校区学生联系起来。
• The university also serves working adults through open university courses and continuing professional education, enrolling about 14,500 such students in 2026.该校还通过开放大学课程与继续职业教育服务在职成年人，2026 年此类学员约 14500 人。

Notable people

• Reijo Vihko, a professor who led the working group from 2006, was a driving force behind the merger that created the University of Eastern Finland.自 2006 年起领导工作组的雷约·维赫科教授，是促成东芬兰大学成立的那次合并的主要推动者。
• Jukka Mönkkönen served as rector from 2015 to 2024, after having been reappointed for a second five-year term beginning in 2020.尤卡·蒙克宁于 2015 至 2024 年任校长，此前他曾在 2020 年开始的第二个五年任期中获续任。
• Tapio Määttä, a professor of law, became rector on 1 January 2025, heading the new model of a rector supported by two vice rectors.法学教授塔皮奥·米耶泰于 2025 年 1 月 1 日出任校长，领导由两名副校长辅佐校长的新治理模式。
• Lea Ryynänen-Karjalainen chaired the board of the university in 2019, when the board reappointed the rector for a further term.莱娅·吕宁宁-卡尔亚莱宁在 2019 年担任该校校董会主席，当年校董会再度任命了校长。
• Seppo Ylä-Herttuala, a professor of molecular medicine, was awarded the title of Academician of Science on 9 October 2026.分子医学教授塞波·于莱-赫尔图阿拉于 2026 年 10 月 9 日获授「科学院院士」称号。
• Maarit Karppinen, a professor of the university, was likewise awarded the title of Academician of Science on 9 October 2026.该校教授玛丽特·卡尔皮宁同样于 2026 年 10 月 9 日获授「科学院院士」称号。
• Martti Nissinen, also a professor at the university, received the title of Academician of Science on the same day in 2026.同为该校教授的马尔蒂·尼西宁也在 2026 年同一天获得「科学院院士」称号。
• Jussi Pihlajamäki, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, was appointed Vice Rector for Research for the term beginning in 2025.健康科学学院院长尤西·皮赫拉耶迈基被任命为 2025 年开始任期的主管科研副校长。
• Laura Hirsto, a professor of educational sciences, was appointed Vice Rector for Education for the term beginning in 2025.教育科学教授劳拉·希尔斯特被任命为 2025 年开始任期的主管教学副校长。
• Jaakko Kiander, an economist, served as vice chair of the university board and took part in the governance reforms that followed the merger.经济学家亚科·基安德曾任该校校董会副主席，参与了合并后的一系列治理改革。