Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences 20180626

The Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SeAMK; fi, Seinäjoen

ammattikorkeakoulu An ammattikorkeakoulu (yrkeshögskola in Swedish, polytechnic or university of applied sciences in English), abbreviated ''AMK'', is a Finnish institution of higher education. The term literally means "school of higher vocational education". Alt ...

) is a multidisciplinary non-profit government dependent higher education institution and an efficient actor in education and research, development and innovation (RDI) in the region of

South Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( fi, Etelä-Pohjanmaa; sv, Södra Österbotten) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South O ...

in West Finland. The Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences specialises in entrepreneurship, food and internationality. The aim of the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences is to increase competence, competitiveness and well-being in the area of its operations. SeAMK's campus is located in th
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Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bru ...

. Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences currently has about 4,700 students, 180 teachers and more than 90 people working in research, development and innovation, as well as 110 other staff members. Jaakko Hallila, D. Sc. (Admin.), is the President and CEO of the University of Applied Sciences. He has been the President of SeAMK since September 2020, when Tapio Varmola, who has been the President since the establishment of SeAMK, retired. SeAMK was established in 1992. Seinäjoki ammattikorkeakoulu Oy (limited company) has been the administrator of SeAMK since 2014. Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences contains all together four faculties (School of Business and Culture, School of Food and Agriculture, School of Health Care and Social Work and School of Technology) and six study fields. All the faculties provide higher education and are efficient actors in research, development and innovation area. The Finnish higher education system is divided into traditional research universities, which focus more on academic research, and universities of applied sciences, which emphasize more working life connections. SeAMK is a university of applied sciences. See Finnish educational system.

Faculties

Available faculties are: *School of Business and Culture *School of Food and Agriculture *School of Health Care and Social Work *School of Technology

Education

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences provides education aiming at high-level professional qualification in the following fields: *Culture *Social sciences, Business and Administration *Technology, Communication and Transport *Natural Resources and the Environment *Social services, Health and Sports *Tourism, Catering and Domestic Services Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences has about 20 Bachelor and 12 Master degree programmes of which four degree programmes are totally taught in English: Bachelor degree programmes in International Business ( BBA), Automation Engineering (

BEng A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) is an academic undergraduate degree awarded to a student after three to five years of studying engineering at an accredited college or university. In the UK, a Bache ...

) as well as Nursing ( RN), and Master degree programme in International Business Management (

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

). Also double degree programmes are available in the fields of technology and business.

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Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences

SAMO – Student Union of Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences
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University of Applied Sciences A university of applied sciences (UAS), nowadays much less commonly called a polytechnic university or vocational university, is an institution of higher education and sometimes research that provides vocational education and grants academic de ...

Universities and colleges in Finland Education in South Ostrobothnia Educational institutions established in 1992 1992 establishments in Finland