Universities of applied sciences offer professionally oriented higher education and have strong ties with working life and regional development.
Universities focus on scientific research and the education they provide is based on it. Doctoral programmes are offered by the universities.
Check out the university list below to see where you could be studying!
Metropolia UAS is the largest UAS in Finland with over 16 000 students. We offer our students flexible and individualized study paths for lifelong learning in the fields of Business, Culture, Health Care and Social Services, and Technology, with 69 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes, 11 of them taught in English. We have about 900 foreign degree students and 90 nationalities. Make the choice of your life and join our multinational community!
Novia UAS offers multidisciplinary higher education with a practical orientation and trains students to become experts and developers based on the requirements of working life. High quality degree programs provide students with a proper platform for their future careers.
Located in Northern Finland, Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oamk) is the country's 5th largest university of applied sciences with over 9000 students including 500 international degree and exchange students. We offer education on both Bachelor's and Master's level in Finnish and in English.
Approx. 6,000 students including over 300 international students ensure that SAMK is an internationally oriented and innovative place to study on the west coast of Finland. SAMK is known for its quality of education: students have ranked us to be among the five best universities of applied sciences.
Savonia is one of Finland's biggest and most versatile universities of applied sciences. Our campuses are situated in Kuopio, Iisalmi and Varkaus. There are over 6000 students and 500 employees at Savonia.
