Key figures

Kuva

During 2022, the scientific publishing activities of the University of Vaasa have developed in the direction defined in the strategy, i.e. the importance of high-quality publications that have received the Publication Forum classification (JUFO) is emphasised, and the trend of publishing in JUFO 2 and 3 category journals and publishers continues. There were 184 publications in the JUFO 2 category and 85 in JUFO 3 category. The total number of publications (687 publications in 2022) is still in a good growth direction.

Kuva

578 Master's degrees, 420 Bachelor's degrees and 25 doctoral degrees were completed at the University of Vaasa in 2022. The number of basic degree students was 5090. The number of foreign degree students was 235, which is 4.6% of basic degree students. The number of doctoral students was 293.

Kuva

The number of personnel at the University of Vaasa has grown steadily over the past few years. At the end of 2022, the number of personnel was 611. 133 of them were international personnel. The share of employed international personnel in the teaching and research staff was 31%. The international staff consisted of 45 different nationalities.

Kuva

In 2022, 5 077 392 euros of competitive research funding was used. The increase from 2021 is 29%. 

Kuva

5,928 applicants applied for Bachelor's programmes in the spring joint application. There were 122 applicants through the Open University application. The number of applicants continued to grow in both Finnish and English Master's programmes. There were 1,591 applicants for the Master's programmes in Finnish and 2,018 applicants for the Master's programmes in English.