In 2025, the Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä will celebrate its 91st anniversary. In addition to the annual party, we will also celebrate our beloved Student Union with an annual sitsfest

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JYY’s 91st Annual Gala

Welcome to celebrate the 91st anniversary of our Student Union! The annual gala will be celebrated as a cocktail party on Saturday 22.3. at 6:00 pm at Ilokivi Venue! The gala will include speeches and greetings, the awarding of the Student Union’s academic badges of merit and a celebration of our beloved Student Union. The gala will feature a wonderful Kipinät choir and the evening’s DJ is NRS Promotions.

The gala will also celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Student Newspaper of University of Jyväskylä Jylkkäri with a celebratory exhibition and a speech. The speech will be delivered by Henri Häkkinen, editor-in-chief of Jylkkäri.

The evening is hosted by JYY almuni Hilma Hintikka and Tiina Toivanen.

TICKETS

45 € – Gala ticket: JYY member
55 € – Gala ticket

The gala ticket includes a welcome drink, two drink tickets, cocktail bites and cloakroom fee. The cocktail bites are vegan. Gala tickets will go on sale on Kide.app on Friday 14 February at 2:00 pm. Ticket sales end on Friday 14.3. at 12 noon. The vendor of the drinks packages JYY has a liquor licence (licence number: 01067608).

BUY TICKETS HERE

Dress code is dark suit and academic merit badges.
The gala is bilingual (Finnish and English).

SCHEDULE (tentative)

6:00 pm Doors
6:30 pm Gala starts
11:30 pm Moving on to the nightclub Freetime

Ilokivi Venue’s address is Keskussairaalantie 2, 40100 Jyväskylä. The Venue is a accessible space. For more information on accessibility click here.

The gala will follow JYY’s safer space principles. By attending the gala, you agree to abide by the principles. The gala’s Trusted Persons will be introduced at the beginning of the gala. You will recognise them from the Trusted Person pin. You can find out more about the JYY safer space principles here.

GIFTS

If you would like to remember our Student Union, you can make a donation to

• Nyyti ry
• Maailman lapset
• SYLin kehitystyö

ACCOMMODATION OFFERS

Hotel Alba

850 meters to Ilokivi Venue

Reservations can be made directly on the Alba website here. The accommodation offers are valid from 19 to 20 March. Prices include free parking, breakfast and access to the sauna during the opening hours of the sauna. When booking, please use the code Vuosijuhlat

Room offers

• Single (one person room) 138,00€/vrk
• Single Standard 154,00€/vrk
• Twin Standard (two persons room) 175,00€/vrk
• Superior (one person room) 164,00€/vrk
• JuniorSuite (one person room) 228,00€/vrk
• JuniorSuite (2 persons room) 228,00€/vrk

BOOK HERE

Time Hostel

650 meters to Ilokivi Venue

You can book Time to Stay accommodation in Jyväskylä with a 10% discount for the period 19.-23.03.2025.

• You can book your accommodation here. Use code jyy10 when booking.
• You can see the Time to Stay rooms here.

VARAA TÄSTÄ

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The history of the Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä, or JYY, is naturally linked to the history of the University of Jyväskylä. The roots of the University are in the teacher seminar founded in 1863, where the first Finnish-speaking teachers in Finland were trained. In 1934, the seminary was transformed into an educational university, and at that time the student union was founded. At that time, JYY was known as JKKY – the student union of Jyväskylä University of Education.

In 1967, the University of Jyväskylä became an actual university and the journey towards a multidisciplinary university like the one we have today began. At the same time, the name of the student union also changed and the name JYY, which is still in use today, was introduced. For the first 70 years of JYY, a work has been written – Youth and Hope.

JYY will celebrate its annual celebration usually on March 24 to commemorate the launch of Finnish education.