University of Helsinki has its research and doctoral training evaluated every sixth year. In the recent evaluation covering the years 2005-2010, the research groups of the Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health formed a research community (CoE-MiFiSaPLUS) together with the microbiological groups of the Department of Veterinary Biosciences.

CoE-MiFiSaPLUS was an extended research community based on the Center of Excellence in Microbiological Food Safety Research led by Professor Palva. Research in CoE-MiFiSaPLUS was evaluated outstanding (scores 24/25) by the international scientific panel. University of Helsinki allocated 390000 € for CoE-MiFoSaPLUS during 2013-2016. In the last evaluation the Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health got maximum scores (7/).

The evaluation report concerning CoE-MiFiSaPLUS

The summary report on the evaluation of University of Helsinki