Introduction:The University of Eastern Finland was formed through a merger of two formerly independent universities in Joensuu and Kuopio. These ceased to exist when the University of Eastern Finland began to operate in January 2010.
Ongoing reform in Finnish university legislation has affected the process. The reform will transform universities' legal status from entities under the state budget to an independent body corporate.
This allows increased autonomy in university finances and administration. University of Eastern Finland has been built with an assumption that its legal status will be a body corporate under public law.New university legislation was finalized on June 16, 2009 by the Finnish Parliament.
On May 18, 2009 The Sino-Finnish Environmental Research Center (SFERC) located in Nanjing, China was opened. It is a joint effort by University of Joensuu, University of Kuopio and University of Nanjing. SFERC is focused on higher education and research addressing forestry, energy and environmental issues.
It is the first unit established by Finnish universities in China.It will operate at the University of Nanjing campus as a permanent satellite campus for the University of Eastern Finland,
Administering:
University government, consisting of elected staff, student and administrative representatives 60% and outside experts 40% will control the University of Eastern Finland.
One of the first steps towards the new university was the forming of joint faculties in Economics and Natural Sciences between the universities.In May 2008 it was decided, that University of Eastern Finland would be structured into four major faculties;
* Faculty of Philosophy,
* Faculty of Forestry and Natural Sciences,
* Faculty of Health Sciences,
* Faculty of Economics and Social Science
Ongoing reform in Finnish university legislation has affected the process. The reform will transform universities' legal status from entities under the state budget to an independent body corporate.
This allows increased autonomy in university finances and administration. University of Eastern Finland has been built with an assumption that its legal status will be a body corporate under public law.New university legislation was finalized on June 16, 2009 by the Finnish Parliament.
On May 18, 2009 The Sino-Finnish Environmental Research Center (SFERC) located in Nanjing, China was opened. It is a joint effort by University of Joensuu, University of Kuopio and University of Nanjing. SFERC is focused on higher education and research addressing forestry, energy and environmental issues.
It is the first unit established by Finnish universities in China.It will operate at the University of Nanjing campus as a permanent satellite campus for the University of Eastern Finland,
Administering:
University government, consisting of elected staff, student and administrative representatives 60% and outside experts 40% will control the University of Eastern Finland.
One of the first steps towards the new university was the forming of joint faculties in Economics and Natural Sciences between the universities.In May 2008 it was decided, that University of Eastern Finland would be structured into four major faculties;
* Faculty of Philosophy,
* Faculty of Forestry and Natural Sciences,
* Faculty of Health Sciences,
* Faculty of Economics and Social Science
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