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4worldlovers: Big data, parasitoids and vernacular religion. These and 17 other topics are the focus of the University's new professors. Come and hear them speak on 31 May!


New subtypes identified in difficult-to-treat ovarian cancer – Potential for discovering new treatments


New research findings based on the evolution of malignant tumours increase our understanding of the characteristics of an ovarian cancer su...


A novel way to study long-term responses of cells, tissues, and entire organisms to various nanoparticulate exposures

Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered a molecular epigenetic mechanism, common to several species throughout the tree o...

Research Director Hanna Hakulinen, PhD, has been appointed director of VERIFIN for the five-year period starting on 1 January 2024.

What skills will we need in the future, and how can we learn better? Read more about research, teaching and collaboration.

Research-based knowledge helps understand people and the world. Read about research, teaching and collaboration.

The University of Helsinki offers a wide range of learning opportunities. We believe in the power of knowledge to change attitudes, people and society. We believe in the power of knowledge – for the benefit of the world.

We have 33 doctoral programmes. Doctoral students work on their theses under the supervision of top researchers.

What is teaching like at the University? What does it mean when teaching is described as research-based? How is teaching developed further?

One of our strategic choices is to support the wellbeing, inclusivity and equality of our community. In 2030, we want to be the best place to study, teach, research and work. Could the University of Helsinki be a good workplace for you too?

Our community of more than 8,000 staff members offers many career opportunities, high-quality services and diverse employee benefits.

Our multidisciplinary research university creates opportunities for cooperation that transcends borders between traditional fields of science. Openness strengthens research and its impact on society. Get to know our research, our researchers and the services that we offer to our researchers.

A community of research and learning based on courageous thought and dialogue

4worldlovers: At The English School we offer high quality hands-on learning through student-centered discovery. This is implemented with phenomenon-based learning, using real-world connections. We provide a nurturing environment, with an expectation of a high level of achievement.

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FIMM – Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland is a translational research institute focusing on human genomics and precision medicine as part of the Helsinki Institute of Life Science HiLIFE at the University of Helsinki.


FIMM has a driving mission to perform innovative research on patients and populations targeted towards understanding drivers of health and disease. We aim at delivering improvements to the safety, efficacy, and efficiency of healthcare in Finland and beyond.


Celebrating the Next 10 Years of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine

We cordially invite you to join us in celebrating the start of a new and exciting decade of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine! The University of Helsinki, in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), is thrilled to host a special event to celebrate the signing of the renewed agreement between EMBL and the Universities of Aarhus, Oslo, Umeå and Helsinki.


This new brochure describes some of our main scientific projects and achievements during the past few years and covers our key statistics. It also provides detailed information about our research programmes, infrastructure platforms, research training and other important aspects of FIMM.

As a translational institute, FIMM drives human-based research that has a profile of excellence at the highest level globally in terms of traditional metrics of publication, as well as leadership of international research efforts. We aim for our research to deliver, in a local context, direct health impact by bringing the results of research efforts to the Finnish population. Within the field of molecular medicine, FIMM focuses on ‘Grand Challenges’ that pursue our overall mission.

Symptom profiles of right- and left-handers with neurodegenerative disease do not differ

Handedness is not significantly associated with cognition or neuropsychiatric symptoms in common neurodegenerative diseases or in cognitive...

New research shows that urinary extracellular vesicles provide a transcriptomic stress score that may help in early detection of diabetic k...

Nordic EMBL partnership renewed – continues to build opportunities for biomedical research

The Nordic EMBL Partnership agreement between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory and four Nordic universities has been renewed until...