Focus Asia

The University of Helsinki has versatile and impactful collaborations with several Asian universities in a range of fields.

Strategic Partnership with Yonsei University

, South Korea, and the University of Helsinki forged a strategic partnership in April 2025. In the collaboration, the universities focus on three broad themes of health, society, and computing.

The two universities boost collaboration in the aforementioned fields through an exploratory seed funding instrument. The first funding call took place in Spring 2025, and 4 multidisciplinary projects were selected to receive funding. All funded projects involve researchers from both institutions.

Collaboration with Peking University

The collaboration dates back to the 1980s when the first Memorandum of Understanding with Peking University was signed.

The collaboration areas included

atmospheric science,
teacher education,
law,
and medicine.

Universitas 21 Partner Universities in Asia

is a diverse, global network that brings together world-leading research-intensive universities across six continents. The member-led initiatives and programmes are designed to benefit staff, students and member institutions, through sharing resources, learning together and co-designing solutions to our common challenges.