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Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
Quality shows SATAKUNTA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES (SAMK) is a horizontal, internationally oriented higher education institution, with 6097 students and 343 experts. We operate on the west coast of Finland, by the sea and by the River Kokemäenjoki. Education is provided in four locations: Pori, Rauma, Huittinen and Kankaanpää. SAMK offers education leading to a Bachelor’s degree to full-time students in youth education, or in addition to a regular job flexibly in adult education. Furthermore, it offers education leading to a Master’s degree to those who have completed an academic degree and already have working-life experience. In the field of continuing education, we offer professional specialisation studies, open studies, courses and seminars. Our broad-based and internationally networked research and development activities meet the challenges of regional development, both in the private and public sectors. HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN COOPERATION SAMK, Diaconia University of Applied Sciences, Pori University Consortium and the University of Turku’s Department of Teacher Education in Rauma together constitute the higher education institutions in the Satakunta region, or SATAKORKEA for short.
THE DNV BUSINESS ASSURANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CERTIFICATE has awarded an ISO 9001:2008 certificate to the teaching, research and regional development activities of Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) and the supporting services on 12 April 2012. The certificate is significant due to its scope, which covers all of SAMK’s operations.
DEGREE PROGRAMME BACHELOR’S DEGREES • Automation Engineering
• Media and Communication Studies
• Business Administration
• Nursing
• Business Information Systems
• Physiotherapy
• Chemical Engineering
• Physiotherapy (In English)
• Construction Engineering
• Rehabilitation Counselling and
• Electrical Engineering • Environmental Engineering (In English) • Fine Arts
Planning • Social Services • Tourism
• Human Ageing and Elderly • Industrial Engineering and Management • Information Technology • Innovative Business Services (In English)
DEGREE PROGRAMME MASTER’S DEGREES • Automation Engineering • Business Management and Entrepreneurship (In English)
• International Business
• Entrepreneurship and Business Management
• International Business and Marketing Logistics (In English)
• Health and Welfare Technology
• Logistics • Maritime Management • Mechanical and Production Engineering
• Health Promotion • Marine Technology • Rehabilitation • Social Services
All graduates of SAMK have the capabilities for international cooperation in their respective fields. INTERNATIONALITY IS REALISED THROUGH • content of teaching and student projects • English-language degree programmes and degrees (4 Bachelor and
1 Master) • international student and trainee exchanges • teacher exchanges • development projects between higher education institutions • expert and researcher exchanges • conferences and publications
Furthermore, international cooperation manifests itself concretely through various events, such as the intensive weeks, the International Summer School, the international seminars and the programme of the International Week. Every year, more than 100 experts from partner institutions visit SAMK. www.samk.fi/international
International cooperation INTERNATIONALITY STRENGTHENS CORE ACTIVITIES There is a great number of international activities within education as well as research, development and innovation. A student has comprehensive possibilities of participating in international projects in his or her field of study. Courses are developed in cooperation with international partner institutions.
Besides the five degree programmes in English, there are courses in English also in the following fields: International Business, Business Administration, Business Logistics, Communication and Media studies, Tourism, Fine Arts, Health Care, Information Technology, Chemical Engineering and Maritime Management.
Regional internationality is strengthened with research projects in cooperation with enterprises, and by recruiting international students as trainees in the Satakunta region. Every year, close to 300 students participate in exchanges in Europe, Asia and the United States. There are many exchange students coming every year i.a. from the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Ireland, the UK, Russia and China. Measured with the number of trainees going abroad, SAMK is one of the leading higher education institutions in Finland.
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS SAMK has concluded two strategic partnership agreements with which we build a new kind of deeper cooperation. With Hogeschool Zuyd in Maastricht, The Netherlands, and Dundalk Institute of Technology in Ireland, we develop extensive educational cooperation, innovation projects, as well as teacher and student exchanges. Close cooperation with partners is also developed in the networks of different fields of study e.g. with intensive courses and jointly agreed international modules.
SAMK distinguishes itself from other universities of applied sciences as a research and entrepreneurship-oriented university of applied sciences. The focus areas of the activities are based on the policy of the Ministry of Education and Culture as follows: • Knowledge provided by highly developed units of higher education • Smooth and quick transfer from the education to the labor market • Competitiveness, welfare and effectiveness through research and innovation activities • Cooperation between units of higher education
Research and Innovation Activities for Industry and Commerce Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) has a key role in innovation activities and in promoting entrepreneurship and internationalization in the region. SAMK cooperates with approximately 300 corporations / communities annually and has over 100 partner universities abroad; mainly in Europe, East Asia and North America. SAMK’s Enterprise Accelerator has already produced over 230 knowledge-intensive enterprises. SAMK works in close cooperation with the University Consortium and development organisations of the region. The key areas in SAMK’s strategy comprise the future innovations in energy, resource efficiency, innovative services and processes, welfare expertise, student entrepreneurship and maritime cluster. The Research Program has been carried out at SAMK since 2010. It is connected to other research, development and innovation activities in the regional, national and international networks. The program has highlighted the multidisciplinarity of SAMK in a creative way and it has given rise to new openings and high risk projects. Four Research and Competence Centers were established in 2013 on the basis of the results of the Research Program: Energy ++, Accessibility, Welfare Technology and Computational Intelligence. Two Centers will be established later: Resource Efficiency (including water and waste water) and Offshore Technology.
Facts and effectiveness
FACT FILE: • SAMK is one of the 27 universities of applied sciences in Finland, with the eighth-largest number of students. • Locations of educational units: 4 • Campuses: 8 • Students: 6097 • Employees: 488 • Finnish-language Bachelor-level degree programmes: 20 • Master-level degree programmes: 8 • English-language degree programmes / degrees: 5 • Number of degrees awarded annually: 900–1000 • Number of degrees awarded so far: over 14000 • Year when SAMK’s operations were established: 1997 • Maintaining organisation: Satakunta University of Applied Sciences Ltd (as of 1 January 2012)
PRIZES AWARDED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION • Centre of Excellence in Regional Development Impact, 2001–2002 • Centre of Excellence in Education, 2002–2003, for the degree programme in International Business and Marketing Logistics • Centre of Excellence in Education, 2005–2006, for the innovative pedagogic solution “Enterprise Accelerator”
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