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Arcada completes health technology centre with donation from Algol

The new learning environment Arcada Health Tech Hub will be completed in the spring of 2023 thanks to a €25,000 donation from the multi-branch company Algol. The centre will be used primarily by students in occupational therapy and physiotherapy, but will also provide a space for professionals, researchers and companies to come together around health technology solutions.

Category: Fundraising

Application to Arcada’s master’s degree programmes and Nursing is open 4–18 January 2023

The application period for the bachelor’s degree programme Nursing and our English-language master's degree programmes has now begun. The application is open until 18 January 2023 (3 p.m. Finnish time). Find out more about the programmes by clicking on the links below.

Category: News

Arcada joins forces with external partners to increase local employment of international students and graduates

The Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership project “INTERLOCALITY - increased local employability of international degree students” is taking Arcada one step closer to the aim of increasing local employment and retention among international degree students and graduates, within the fields of engineering and business administration.

Category: Research

Apply to Arcada's bachelor's degree programmes in English 15 December 2022–20 February 2023

The application to Arcada's bachelor's degree programmes International Business and Mechanical and Sustainable Engineering is now open. During this application round you can apply to two of our bachelor's degree programmes in English:

Category: News

Arcada awarded €500,000 to further develop trustworthy AI

The Ministry of Education and Culture has granted ten universities of applied sciences in Finland a total of EUR 5 million in state funding for research, development and innovation. Arcada is awarded 500,000 euro to continue developing its strategic focus on trustworthy AI (artificial intelligence).

Category: Research

Business ideas come to life in Arcada's entrepreneurship programme

New business ideas are going from vision to reality this autumn in Arcada's new entrepreneurship programme. Arcada Entrepreneurship Hub provides a space for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship - across language and educational boundaries.

Category: Entrepreneurship

100 years of health checks and support for Finnish families

This year marks the 100th anniversary of mother and child health guidance in Finland. The work has changed over the years, but it is still just as important for families and children, says Arcada's Public Health Nursing alumna Jannika Kuhlefelt and student Julina Fagerlund. They work at what was once Finland's first maternity and child health clinic in Kallio.

Category: Education

Johanna Stenback, Alumna of the Year 2022: Student life gave me valuable skills for my career

This year, Arcada University of Applied Sciences has for the first time named the Alumni of the Year. The award is given to a person who is an inspiration to today's students and who demonstrates a broad commitment to Arcada. The 2022 Alumna of the Year is Johanna Stenback.

Category: Alumni

The second LTT meeting of the Erasmus+ project

The second LTT meeting of the Erasmus+ project, titled "Digital and Hybrid Teaching and Learning of Practical Skills in Higher Education: DITEPRACT" was hosted by Başkent University on 11-12-13 October 2022.

Category: Pedagogical development work