Oulu University is well within the World’s Top 500 Universities, in 304th place according to the latest rankings.
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Expat Scientist’s Research Helps to Predict if You’ll Get Diabetes
The numbers of diabetics in Finland are rising as people live longer and become more obese. But some people – with higher insulin resistance – are more prone to develop it than others.
Read the rest of this entry »Oulu University See Big Increase in Applicants
As the highly competitive exams to gain places at Oulu University begin, the institution has reported an eight percent increase in applicants on last year.
Read the rest of this entry »Oulu University to Measure Earthquakes
In that Sweden is on a fault line, it might even come in handy here as the University of Oulu wants to establish a seismological laboratory.
Read the rest of this entry »Oulu Scientists Create Virtual Reality for Roaches
Oulu University researchers are convincing laboratory cockroaches that they are in lush forests and better understanding animal decision making a long the way.
Read the rest of this entry »Finland Needs Nuclear Scientists, International Experts
The nuclear power sector will require 2400 new university-educated professionals by 2025, according to a recent government report.
Read the rest of this entry »Does Living Alone Make You Depressed?
It’s the typical expat story. While still living in your home country, you get offered a job in Finland – perhaps for a technology company – and leap at the chance of something new in an exotic Arctic nation.
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Oulu University has opened an office in Japan, which may herald the arrival of the country’s first Finnish university.
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Oulu University project offers businesses chance to be ‘coached’ in particular business cultures by International Masters students.
Read the rest of this entry »Oulu Gets Free English-Language Pre-School
City will soon have free English-language education for full range of schooling.
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