Higher Education · Kuopio
With approximately 16,000 students and 3,200 members of staff, the University of Eastern Finland is one of the largest universities in Finland. The university's campuses are located in Joensuu and Kuopio. It is a multidisciplinary university offering teaching in more than 100 major subjects, comprising four faculties. Its key interdisciplinary research areas are built around four global challenges: Ageing, lifestyles and health; Learning in a digitised society; Cultural encounters, mobilities and borders; and Environmental change and sufficiency of natural resources. The university was established in 2010 as the result of the merger of the University of Joensuu and the University of Kuopio.