Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu (VAMK), University of Applied Sciences

Expertise and Internationality

Facts and Numbers

• Founded 1996

• Students 3500

• Staff 240

Our educational sectors

• Technology and Communication

• Business Economics and Tourism

• Health Care and Social Services

Two Campuses

• Raastuvankatu campus; Business Economics & Tourism and Health Care

• Palosaari campus (Wolffintie); Technology & Communication and Social Services

Degree studies in English

• Information Technology

• International Business

• Hotel and Restaurant Business

Technology

• VAMK is a pioneer in technological know-how and internationalism in Finland

• The modern science laboratory Technobothnia is also at our disposal

Degree programmes:

• Information Technology (English/Finnish)• Electrical Engineering (Finnish)

• Mechanical and Production Engineering (Finnish)

• Civil Engineering (Finnish)• Environmental Technology (Finnish)

Business Economics

• Education is international, in four languages

• Entrepreneurship is emphasised

Degree programmes:

• International Business (Finnish/Swedish/English)

• Business Economics (Finnish/Swedish)

• Information Processing (Finnish/Swedish)

Health Care & Social Services

• An extensive and close-to-practice degree programme

• Practical training periods in bilingual and multicultural working environments in the

region and abroad

Degree programmes:

• Social Services (Finnish)

• Health Care (Finnish)

• Public Health Care (Finnish)

International Profile

• 3 international degree programmes

• Some 200 foreign degree and 100 exchange students yearly

• Students from 40 different country

Exchange Students

• Most exchange students from Europe

• 60 partner schools; Erasmus/Socrates, Nordplus, AIESEC in Europe

• Bilateral Exchange agreements; Thailand, U.S.A, U.A.E. etc.

• Some 100 exchange students yearly

• Responsible for the International Affairs• Safety net for incoming exchange students• Arrange Orientations, trips, events and so on

International Office

Ritva Mertaniemi

Head of International Office

Kerstin Berg

International Coordinator for the Unit of Business Economics and Tourism

Tuija Tammi

International Coordinator for the Unit of Technology

and Communication

Welcome to develop and enjoy yourself!