There is a university of Kuopio , too . Kuopio is known as a strong center of welfare and health profession , as the university is particularly oriented to those areas . Kuopio is known as a strong center of health ( e.g. it has the biggest yearly enrollment rate of medical students in Finland ) , pharmacy , environment , food & nutrition ( all legalized Clinical and Public Health Nutritionists in Finland graduate from the University of Eastern Finland ) , safety ( education in Emergency Services is centered in Kuopio ) and welfare professions , as the major organizations University of Kuopio , Savonia University of Applied Sciences and Technopolis Kuopio are particularly oriented to those areas .