University of Oulu
The University of Oulu is an international science university that creates new knowledge, wellbeing and innovations for the future through research and education. The University of Oulu, founded in 1958, is one of the largest and most multidisciplinary universities in Finland. It is a multidisciplinary university with 13,000 students and over 3,000 employees located in the north of Finland. The university has eight faculties which range from humanities and medicine to business, science, and technology. The structure of the University and its wide collaboration network allows it to build multidisciplinary projects, conduct high level research and contribute to solving global challenges in the following five focus areas:
- Sustainable materials and systems
- Lifelong health
- Digitalisation and smart society
- Changing climate and northern environment
- Understanding humans in change
Role within RURACTIVE
The research group of the University of Oulu is leading the RURACTIVE Dynamo 1 – Northern Ostrobothnia which focuses on the region of the Iijoki river basin in Finland.
