We safeguard the health and welfare of animals and humans Our Faculty has built a profile in the healthcare, treatment and welfare of animals as well as in food safety assurance. We focus on the ...

We’re proud to announce that two of our research infrastructures, SMEAR II and Pallas, have been awarded ACTRIS National Facility Labels! The plaques were presented during the annual Week in Katowice, ...

In this upcoming quest lecture, Laura Kankaala will be discussing how the rapid development of artificial intelligence transforms the rules of cybersecurity. As artificial intelligence rapidly ...

As part of the international collaboration programme of the Una Europa network, the Brain, Music, and Learning (BML) research group strengthens its collaboration with Prof. Katie Overy’s research ...

HELSUS was created as a cross-faculty institute within the University of Helsinki in 2018. Our mission is to contribute to strong sustainability by: Increasing understanding of conditions, limits and ...

Professor of Conservation Biology Heini Kujala studies the effectiveness of different conservation methods and how to integrate information on biodiversity into everyday societal decision-making.

Welcome to the 13th International Conference on Multimodality in Helsinki, Finland in June 2027 The 13th International Conference on Multimodality will be organised on June 1–4, 2027 by the at the ...

When was the last time you stopped at the feet of a dinosaur or listened to nocturnal sounds under the African starry sky? Self-guided groups do not need to book a visit time, but large groups are ...

Partial meniscectomy does not improve patient symptoms or function, reveals a 10-year follow-up of the FIDELITY, a placebo-surgery controlled trial. Trimming a degenerated meniscus, or partial ...

A study conducted at the University of Helsinki, encompassing more than 900 dogs, found that the results of cognitive tests correlate with the trainability, learning, impulsiveness and behavioural ...

A study conducted at the University of Helsinki, Finland set out to determine how 13 dog breeds performed in various cognitive tests. With a sample size of over 1,000 dogs, the researchers found ...

An abundance of genes has journeyed all the way from Siberia to Finland, a recent study indicates. As late as during the Iron Age, people with a genome similar to that of the Sámi people lived much ...