Lahti University of Applied Sciences

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LAB University of Applied Sciences
Established1992
President Turo Kilpeläinen
Students5 000
Location,
Website http://www.lab.fi/en

LAB University of Applied Sciences (LAB) (Finnish : Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu) is a multidisciplinary institution of higher professional education, formerly known as LAMK and Lahti Polytechnic in Lahti, Finland.

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LAB is located in Southern Finland, 100 km from the capital of Helsinki. The four faculties of LAB operate in one campus in Mukkula, Lahti,

Briefly about LAB

LAB University of Applied Sciences is owned by LUT University. The head of Lahti University of Applied Sciences is President, Turo Kilpeläinen.

LAB is a regional centre of expertise with over 5,000 students and approximately 400 full-time teaching staff. Annually LAB employs about 70 part-time teachers from other academic institutions, business and industry.

Fields of Study

LAB operates in the fields of business and hospitality management, design and communication, social and health care, technology and engineering and technology. LAB has over 20 degree programmes with over 40 specialisation lines.

The bachelor's and master's degree programmes at LAB have been designed to respond to the demands and development needs of business and industry. Active collaboration with business, industry and other organisation are an integral part of studies.

Faculties

Studies in English

Three Bachelor's degree programmes and two Master's degree programme are taught entirely in English. In addition, individual study modules and courses are available in English at faculties. Many courses, where instruction is not formally available in English, can be negotiated between the examiner and the student, especially in areas of art, design and music.

Bachelor's Degree Programmes

Master's Degree Programmes

Studies in Finnish

LAB offers several studies taught in Finnish.

Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management Studies

Institute of Design

The Faculty of Technology

Faculty of Social and Health Care

The Ministry of Education and Culture has decided to foreclose the Degree Programmes of Fine Arts, Music and Drama and also Tourism and Hospitality due to the structural development of Universities of Applied Sciences.

Student Union

LAB University of Applied Sciences has a very active student union, KOE. It has subdivisions at all of LAB faculties.

Coordinates: 60°59′22″N25°41′1″E / 60.98944°N 25.68361°E / 60.98944; 25.68361

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