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Arcada students renewed Buddyschool’s brand

Kaverikahvila became Buddyschool in the hands of Arcada students Emilia Leino and Josefin Rönnqvist, both studying online media at the Department of Culture and Communication. The project focuses on peer instruction in comprehensive schools and older pupils helping to teach younger ones.

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Arcada has received 2 million euro in donations

Arcada University of Applied Sciences is now launching the fundraising campaign ”Tomorrow’s heroes – Made by Arcada”. Since the beginning of the year Arcada has raised 2 million euro in donations.

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A significant increase in students graduating from Arcada during 2017

2017 saw a significant increase in students graduating from Arcada. A total of 457 students graduated from Arcada’s bachelor’s and master’s degree programmes in social and health care, sports, technology, business, media and culture.

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Arcada ranked first among Finnish UASs second year running

Arcada once again placed first in the yearly comparison of universities of applied sciences in Finland.

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Big Data Analytics – a new highly relevant master’s degree programme at Arcada

Starting autumn 2018 Arcada offers a new master’s degree programme for engineers in Big Data Analytics – a field with a drastically increasing demand for newly educated experts.

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Professor Mona Forsskåhl new rector and CEO at Arcada University of Applied Sciences

FD Mona Forsskåhl, professor in Nordic languages at the University of Helsinki, has been chosen as the new rector and CEO for Arcada University of Applied Sciences Ltd. Forsskåhl assumes her new position on 15 May 2018.

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Unique solutions – Arcada UAS builds student accommodation with a highly equipped sports hall in Arabianranta

In August Arcada University of Applied Sciences will start building new student housing facilities with its own sports hall in Hermannin rantatie in Helsinki. The combination of student apartments and sports facilities makes this a one-of-a-kind building in Helsinki.

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Financial experts from all over the world gather at Arcada

World-leading academics and representatives from the banking sector gather at Arcada in Helsinki on 29–30 June for the third RiskLab/Bank of Finland/ESRB conference on systemic risk analysis.

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Solar panels will produce one tenth of the electricity used at Arcada

In May, 476 solar panels will be installed on Arcada’s roof. The investment in sustainable energy is important from an environmental point of view, and the solar energy system will also be used in teaching, research and development work at the university of applied sciences.

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