This is the official page of Magna Carta, the student association of the English students in the University of Jyväskylä. Our mission is to add a little spice to the lives of English students and act as a discussion forum as well as a link between the staff and the students of the English Department. Magna Carta aims at fostering a positive and open atmosphere in the Department by organizing various activities. In addition to this, Magna Carta maintains relations with the Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä and other student associations.

Magna Carta saw the light of day in 1958. The name Magna Carta originally refers to the charter of English liberties granted by King John under the threat of civil war in 1215. The following words we hold as our Holy Law:

"No freemen shall be ... imprisoned or disseised ... except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land."