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Aims. The aim of this research was to find out whether there is an association between mindset (growth or fixed) and epistemologies amongst students in Helsinki University and Aalto University. In addition, the aim was to find if there is a difference between different student groups and also between different majors. It was hypothesized based on past research that there would be an association between mindset and epistemologies. Methodology. This research was conducted as a part of a larger RYM Oy Indoor Environment (IE) research. The data was gathered from students from five different majors in Helsinki University and Aalto University via a questionnaire. This research utilized two parts of the research: Epistemic beliefs (collaborative knowledge building, reflective learning, valuing metacognition, certain knowledge and practical value) from MED NORD -questionnaire (Lonka & al. 2008) and fixed mindset. Results and conclusions. Based on this research there was an association between reported epistemic beliefs and fixed mindset. Fixed mindset was positively associated with valuing metacognition, certain knowledge and practical value. On the other hand, collaborative knowledge building, reflective learning and valuing metacognition were negatively associated with fixed mindset. In this research the participants where categorized to three different groups based on their epistemologies: collaborative knowledge creators, fact-oriented practitioners and individualistic knowledge acquires. It was observed that teacher students and collaborative knowledge builders reported lower fixed mindset than other groups or students with other majors. In general, students reported very low fixed mindset. The fixed mindset questionnaire needs further development because of the bias of the results.