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On Monday 21 October, the University Board signed a framework agreement with University Properties of Finland Ltd. The framework agreement concerns JYU’s Ylistönrinne campus by Lake Jyväsjärvi, including the buildings of the departments of Chemistry and Physics of the Faculty of Mathematics and Science, the Nanoscience Center (NSC), and the research and teaching building Ambiotica.The renovation and alteration project is planned for the years 2020–2025, and the total project investment is estimated to be around 45 million euros.

In spring 2019, JYU carried out vision work with staff, students, University Properties of Finland and other local parties, aiming to develop the Ylistönrinne campus as an attractive, high-profile learning and research environment, a “HUB of Scientific Excellence”.A further aim was to create a campus vision that strengthens multidisciplinary research and the shared use of facilities.

“We wanted to create a vision that helps us make the Ylistönrinne premises more functional by developing innovative working, laboratory and learning environments. While creating the campus vision, we have also looked for opportunities to increase business cooperation. Our aim is to gather the entire faculty on the same campus. According to the preliminary plans, the new Ylistönrinne campus will be completed in 2025,” says Dean Mikko Mönkkönen.

The renovation of the Department of Chemistry building is part of the first phase of the project, and its planning is scheduled to begin this autumn. The plan also entails the relocation of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics from Mattilanniemi to Ylistönrinne. 

The Ylistönrinne campus area was designed by architect Arto Sipinen.The area is an architecturally harmonious whole with hillside buildings and a beautiful view to Jyväsjärvi and city centre. The vision work has provided some new ideas for access routes between buildings, but the renovation and alteration work mostly concentrates on the indoors of buildings. The area was completed gradually from 1991 to 2004: first the Department of Chemistry in 1991 and the Accelerator Laboratory in 1992. University Properties of Finland Ltd. owns the premises.

The Faculty of Mathematics and Science has about 500 staff members and 1,700 students. The faculty also has two unique research units, the Accelerator Laboratory and the Nanoscience Center.  

The Accelerator Laboratory has around 300 international research visitors every year. It also is a test laboratory recognised by the European Space Agency (ESA) and a unique educational unit as part of the Department of Physics.

The Nanoscience Center (NSC) is Finland’s only multidisciplinary research unit that focuses on nanoscience – one of JYU’s profiling areas. The international centre has 140 researchers.

Currently the faculty has a Centre of Excellence of the Academy of Finland, two academy professors and six ERC researchers funded by the European Research Council. The faculty’s annual funding is about 46 million euros, of which the share of supplementary funding is 41%.

Further information:
Finance and Service Director Päivi Seppä, paivi.seppa@jyu.fi, +358 50 591 9522, University Services

Dean Mikko Mönkkönen, mikko.monkkonen@jyu.fi, +358 50 441 3682, Faculty of Mathematics and Science

University Properties of Finland Ltd. Director Aki Havia, aki.havia@sykoy.fi, +358 40 5277511