The university of applied science (UAS), is a Finnish higher vocational institute offering tertiary level education. In English, the institutes were called polytechnics before 2006.
Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia was a multidisciplinary institution of higher education, at its time one of the biggest polytechnics in Finland. Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia offered students an international learning environment with a wide variety of higher education level studies.
Savonia University of Applied Sciences is a local municipality-owned Finnish institution of higher education based in the cities of Kuopio, Iisalmi and Varkaus.
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) is a university of applied sciences in the Satakunta region of Finland. The university is headquartered in Pori and offers additional instruction in Huittinen, Kankaanpää and Rauma.
A vocational university or university of applied sciences (UAS), less commonly called a polytechnic university is an institution of higher education and increasingly research that provides applied professional education and grants academic degrees. It should not be confused with vocational schools or technical schools that do not meet the strict standards of higher education nor have the ability to grant officially accredited academic degrees.
EVTEK University of Applied Sciences was one of Finland's applied science polytechnics. In August 2008, EVTEK University of Applied Sciences together with Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia merged into Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences is one of Finland's largest universities of applied sciences. The institution is fully supervised and accredited by the Finnish government through the Ministry of Education and Culture. The university's primary facilities are in Pasila, Helsinki. It has other premises in Haaga, Malmi, and in Porvoo and Vierumäki.
Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences (KTUAS) was a Finnish University of applied sciences located in Kemi and Tornio. It was founded in 1992 as Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic, a merger of several institutes of higher vocational education in the Kemi-Tornio region of Finland. It was merged with Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences into Lapland University of Applied Sciences on January 1, 2014.
Aalto University is a public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki. The close collaboration between the scientific, business and arts communities is intended to foster multi-disciplinary education and research.
The Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences is a multidisciplinary non-profit government dependent higher education institution and an efficient actor in education and research, development and innovation (RDI) in the region of South Ostrobothnia in West Finland.
The St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences is a provider of higher education within the areas of Mobility Engineering, Digital Technologies, Health, Informatics & AI, Communications, Management, Media, Security and Social. Approximately 3.700 students are currently acquiring a practice-oriented academic education in various study programmes and further education programmes.
The Novia University of Applied Sciences is an institution of higher professional education in Finland. It offers Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in Swedish in Vaasa, Turku, Raseborg and Jakobstad.
Centria University of Applied Sciences is a university of applied sciences (UAS) in Finland.
Turku University of Applied Sciences is a multidisciplinary higher education institution in the city of Turku and Salo in Southwest Finland. The institute began operations as a temporary polytechnic in autumn 1992. Before 2006, the institution carried the English name of Turku Polytechnic.
Åland University of Applied Sciences is a university of applied sciences in Mariehamn, Åland. It is housed in three different buildings, the North building, the Western Building and the South Building. It has approx. 550 full-time students, mainly from Åland and Sweden. The number of employees is around 60. Åland UAS is maintained by the Government of Åland. It is the only higher education institution in the Åland Islands. The education in the Åland University of Applied Sciences is conducted in Swedish.
Arcada University of Applied Sciences is a Swedish-speaking university of applied sciences in Helsinki, Finland. It is owned and maintained by the Arcada Foundation.
Jamk University of Applied Sciences is a university of applied sciences in Finland, in the region of Central Finland. Jamk offers a wide variety of degree programmes in both Finnish and English as well as opportunities for open studies that students can complete either online or on campus, depending on the course. Working life-oriented research, development and innovation (RDI) work is one of the basic tasks of Jamk as a University of Applied Sciences.
Laurea University of Applied Sciences is a university of applied sciences that operates in the region of Uusimaa, in southern Finland. In 2024, it became a European University as part of the European Union's European Universities initiative.
Lapland University of Applied Sciences, in short Lapland UAS, is a Finnish polytechnic university located in the cities of Kemi, Tornio and Rovaniemi. It was founded on January 1, 2014 as a merger between Rovaniemi University of Applied Sciences and Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences. The merger carried over all the features of the previous organizations in an expanded organization form.
University of Applied Sciences Jena was founded on 1 October 1991 as one of the first institutions of higher education of its kind in the newly founded federal states of Germany. Since the beginning of summer semester 2012, it bears the name of the entrepreneur Ernst Abbe. The university is characterized above all by its high practical orientation and research strength. Their slogan is: ENABLING, MOVING, CREATING – TOGETHER.
