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Jyväskylän yliopisto

Think tank or academic body · Think tanks & research · HQ: Finland · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Jyväskylän yliopisto appears in 5 declared MEP meetings (2 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

5
declared meetings
with current MEPs
2
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
0.5
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The University of Jyväskylä (JYU) is an internationally renowned research university and an expert in education. The University of Jyväskylä educates a significant proportion of Finnish teachers, psychologists and IT experts. It is also the only university in Finland to educate experts in sport and health sciences.”

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“Eight of JYU’s subjects were placed among the best in the world in the 2025 Shanghai Ranking’s international university rankings by subject: information systems science, mathematics, psychology, physics, ecology, education, business economics, and communication. The Accelerator Laboratory of the Department of Physics is one of the European Major Infrastructures. JYU has 15 200 degree students and including adult education and 25 800 open university students. The number of personnel is 2850 including research and teaching staff 1800 persons.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 5 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA480%
Renew Europe120%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2022–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2022
1
2023
0
2024
2
2025
1
2026
1

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Ville Niinistö
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Elsi Katainen
1 meeting · Renew

The 5 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
13 Oct 2026Elsi KatainenNRPP
8 Jan 2025Ville NiinistöUpcoming environmental legislation
19 Nov 2024Ville NiinistöEnvironmental policy
5 Sep 2024Ville NiinistöEnvironmental policy
20 May 2022Ville NiinistöForest monitoring

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