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Students (2009) Notes Arcada University of Applied Sciences: Arcada Helsinki [1] 1996 (prov.), 1998 [1] 2 234 [2] Education in Swedish, with a few English programmes [1] Centria University of Applied Sciences: Centria Kokkola, Ylivieska, Jakobstad, Haapajärvi [3] 3 098 [2] Education in Finnish, Swedish and English [3] Diaconia University of ...
The university of applied science (UAS) (Finnish: ammattikorkeakoulu (AMK); Swedish: yrkeshögskola), is a Finnish higher vocational institute offering tertiary level education. In English, the institutes were called polytechnics before 2006. Unlike universities, the UAS focus on R&D by applying previous knowledge, rather than scientific discovery.
Tampere Vocational College Tredu (Finnish: Tampereen seudun ammattiopisto Tredu) is a vocational college based in Tampere, Finland. [1] It is part of the Tampere Upper Secondary Education and offers study vocational programmes in Finnish secondary education. In 2013, Pirkanmaa Educational Consortium and Tampere College united to become Tampere ...
TAMK has almost 10,000 students divided among over forty degree programmes, of which around fifteen are conducted in English. [4] TAMK offers education in nine fields of study. TAMK's educational provision focuses particularly on wellbeing and health, business, and industrial production, with special emphasis on promoting learning and ...
This is a list of the universities in Finland.Institutions of higher education are designated as universities by Finnish legislation. [1] Only universities have the right to confer degrees in the categories of alempi korkeakoulututkinto/lägre högskoleexamen (bachelor's degree) and ylempi korkeakoulututkinto/högre högskoleexamen (master's degree) and doctoral degrees.
Salpaus provides vocational upper-secondary and adult education and training in the fields defined by the Ministry of Education: Culture; Humanities and education; Natural resources and the environment; Natural sciences; Social science, business and administration; Social services, health and sport; Technology, communication and transport
Haaga-Helia offers Bachelor and Master level courses in business, information technology, sport and leisure education, hospitality, tourism and event management, journalism, and vocational teacher education. It has about 11,000 students, of whom 1,000 are international students, and about 730 employees, of whom over 400 are full-time teachers.
An increase in vocational school student places might be preferred, as a shortage of basic workforce such as plumbers and construction workers is widely acknowledged in Finland. It should also be noted that retiring age groups are bigger than the ones entering higher education in Finland at present and for quite some time into the foreseeable ...