The University of Oulu in Northern Finland is home to world-class, dynamic ICT research and has generated a number of successful business stories. ICT has long been one of the university’s strengths, and various dedicated initiatives and units have been set up in the field to serve research and society.
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President Martti Ahtisaari who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 visited University of Oulu on Monday February 8th. During his visit, President Ahtisaari gave a speech at the seminar concerning the global challenges in 2010s. His talk addressed the present state, development and future of global economy.
The seminar was organized by the Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business and Economics which is located at the University of Oulu.
In few weeks, on February 1st 2010, the first application periods for academic year 2010-11 will end. The following Master’s programmes are closing their application: Architectural Design, Astronomy and Space Physics, Barents Environmental Engineering, Education and Globalisation, Protein Science and Biotechnology, Software, Systems and Services Development in Global Environment, Syncrotron Radiation based Science and Accelerator Physics, and Wireless Communication Engineering. For more information on the programme deadlines, visit the page at www.degree.oulu.fi/admission-2/application-periods/
All applicants are reminded that the application documents have to arrive in University Admissions Finland by the deadline. If your application arrives late, the application is automatically not considered for admission so remember to send in your application in time.
Times Higher Education recently featured an article about the excellent Finnish tertiary education, naturally also featuring the University of Oulu in the article.
You can read all about it at http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=409455
Did you know that you can follow the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony webcast at http://nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=1197 on December 9th? Go and see President Obama collect his award in Oslo, Norway!
University of Oulu alumni and 2008 Nobel Peace laureate President Martti Ahtisaari should also be attending the Award Ceremony. You can read more about President Ahtisaari’s Nobel Peace Price at the official Nobel website.
