As an alum of the Faculty of Medicine, you can join the university's free Helsinki Alumni community. There are currently over 60,000 members, including over 5500 from the Faculty of Medicine.
By joining our free Helsinki Alumni community, you can take part in a wide range of opportunities to expand your network, learn new skills and share your experiences with others.
Every year the Faculty organises activities which bring together alumni of different ages to connect with and learn from each other. As a member of the free Helsinki Alumni community, you will receive our faculty alumni newsletter which is sent twice a year. Through our newsletter, we will keep you up to date with the latest research, news and events from the faculty and share opportunities for you to get involved in.
There are also many ways for you to give back and support our students and the faculty's mission. For example, by mentoring our current students, offering a traineeship or commissioning a Master’s thesis.
Every fall season it is time to nominate and select the Alum of the Year for the Faculty of Medicine. The Alum of the Year 2026 for the Faculty of Medicine is Tuula Helander, Director of the Biotechnology and Medicines Unit at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
Annually we invite faculty members, alumni, partners, and stakeholder representatives of the Faculty of Medicine to hear about current activities and research of the Faculty, and to network in relaxed environment.
Thank you for participating the celebrations on January 28, 2026.
Next time the Anniversary Day celebrations take place on January 27, 2027. Also in 2027 the Anniversary Day will be joined with the inspiring Science Fair and learn, who is the Alum of the Year 2027 for the Faculty of Medicine!
The exceptional circumstances also gave a new face to the scientific seminars held on the campus, as the Biomedicum Helsinki Seminars and Viikki Monday seminars joined forces and are now held as HiLIFE webinars. In the academic year 2020–2021, HiLIFE webinars carry on the tradition of bringing outstanding and noteworthy international researchers to present their work in the life sciences.
Together with the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa and Biomedicum Helsinki, the Faculty of Medicine organises the Studia Medicina lecture series, which is open to anyone interested in the topics. The lectures focus on different themes and are organised at approximately two-month intervals in the autumn and spring terms. Information on the lectures is provided on the organisers’ websites and in newspaper advertisements.
Do you have a question or ideas about our alumni activities? Would you like to suggest a collaboration?
Our alumni team would love to hear from you!