University of Eastern Finland

P.O. Box 1627, Kuopio

#=535 QS Global World Ranking
PublicStatus
Very HighResearch Output
12,417Total Students
1,462Faculty
732Int'l Students

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.

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QS World University Ranking

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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
2025
#=535

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Student & Staff

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Data

Total students

12,417

PG students

46%

UG students

54%

International students

732

PG students

96%

UG students

Total faculty staff

1,462

Int'l staff

259

Domestic staff

1203

Total students

12,417

PG students

46%

UG students

54%

International students

732

PG students

96%

UG students

Total faculty staff

1,462

Domestic staff

1203

Int'l staff

259

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