Turku is known for its higher education institutions, Turku University Hospital, and as a hub for pharmaceutical companies. For a long time, the city has been a collaboration platform for several contributors in research and education and birthplace of new innovations. Health care competence in Turku is, in many respects, of the top quality in Finland.

Tuomas Kantonen, who is doing his Master’s thesis on metal 3D printing, gets to use the latest state-of-the-art equipment thanks to the strong collaboration in technology education and research.

The city of Turku and the higher education institutions in the area consider it important that the international students enjoy their stay in Turku. When international students feel at home in Turku, they are more likely to return to the banks of Aurajoki river.

Art and culture are doing well in Turku. A strong tradition of collaboration between cultural institutions is an important prerequisite – and higher education in Turku plays an important and self-evident role in it.

Natural stone as a building material is beautiful, versatile, reusable and has an almost eternal durability. Natural stone has been used for various types of construction all throughout Turku’s history.

Xu and his team have developed several different applications that enable 3D printers to use cellulose as a print material. An example of this is three-dimensional printing of support structures for tissues based on biopolymers.