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News
Scholarships for recently graduated engineers
At the end of the autumn semester of 2025, Jamk's School of Technology awards scholarships to newly graduated engineers and constructions managers who have completed their studies within the target time and have achieved good or excellent academic results.
Hackathon Handbook outlines challenge-driven open innovation practice
The BioBoosters - Boosting Circular Transition project has been piloting international model to create a scalable hackathon concept that can continue beyond the project. Now, it is documented in ‘How to be a BioBooster! Hackathon handbook’.
Cyber defence of water services strengthened in an exercise in Jyväskylä
Operators responsible for the production and distribution of clean water and wastewater services gathered at the premises of the Institute of Information Technology at Jamk to practice operations and information exchange in a cyber incident situation.
Smart matchmaking solutions and the development of support systems to promote the uptake of smart farming on farms
How to improve farmers' capacity to adopt smart farming technologies? What kind of barriers are involved, and how can the barriers be dismantled? Responses to this were sought at the two-day Innovation Camp.
Game Track project paves the way for indie developers toward game entrepreneurship
Game studies brought together two storytellers whose shared passion has led to dreams of founding their own game studio. The Game Track project has supported them and the Nocturnal Tales game project in growing toward an actual business venture.
New publications detail 18 BioBoosters Hackathon outcomes – network continues to collaborate
Boosting Circular Transition and BioBoosters Impact Review 2025 publications highlights the results of BioBoosters project, ending at 2025. Publications offer comprehensive overview of the project, and dives into hackathons held between 2024 to 2025.
Events
Workday Main Campus
Workday is back! The popular networking event brings Jamk students and potential employers together, offering students a change to create connections and find job opportunities in the area!
Welcome to the 2025 Graduation Ceremony of the School of Business
Welcome, Bachelor's and Master's of 2025, to the graduation ceremony of the School of Business! Join us on Jamk's main campus on Thursday 29th of January at 3 p.m.
Webinar: Transparent wood supply chain
Wood-based value chains play a key role in advancing sustainability. How can companies meet growing customer demands for transparency and responsibility? And what happens beyond forest certificates?
NordYrk 2026 conference in Jyväskylä, Finland
The NordYrk 2026 conference will focus on immersive and work-based approaches to enhance practical learning in vocational education and training. It is aimed at researchers, educators, education developers, and policy professionals in vocational and higher vocational education and training. The Nordic conference will be held at 10 - 12 June, 2026, in Jyväskylä, Finland.