Bring Your Own Device

At Karelia UAS you will use your own computer for your studies. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) means that you can utilise study mate­ri­als, programmes and Karelia IC system at home regard­less of date or time.This will make your studies more flex­i­ble, increase your infor­ma­tion secu­rity and make your own study process more personal. 

You can start your studies with your exist­ing device, e.g. computer or tablet. When proceed­ing, you should consider purchas­ing a computer which meets the require­ments of your studies. In some study fields you learn to use demand­ing profes­sional soft­ware which is avail­able in defined facil­i­ties at your campus. 

Note! Chrome­book comput­ers are not compat­i­ble for Karelia UAS studies!

Recom­mended computer (social- and health care, busi­ness econom­ics and inter­na­tional busi­ness, tourism as well as master’s degree studies)

  • Laptop (Windows or macOS oper­at­ing system)
  • Chrome­book comput­ers are not compatible!
  • Minimum 8 GB main memory (RAM)
  • Minimum proces­sor Intel Core i5, Apple Silicon or similar
  • 5 GHz WLAN (also 2,4 GHz)
  • Minimum screen size 14” (Full HD or better)
  • Hard disk minimum 256 GB SSD
  • Good battery that lasts several hours
  • Camera, head­phones and microphone
  • Extended warranty period is recom­mended

Recom­mended computer (busi­ness infor­ma­tion tech­nol­ogy, civil-/build­ing services engi­neer­ing, mechan­i­cal engi­neer­ing, forestry studies, energy and envi­ron­men­tal engi­neer­ing, indus­trial management)

  • Laptop (a desktop can be used in Busi­ness infor­ma­tion technology)
  • Apple Mac comput­ers are not compatible!
  • Chrome­book comput­ers are not compatible!
  • Recom­mended 16 GB main memory (RAM)
  • Windows 10 (or newer) oper­at­ing system
  • Minimum proces­sor Intel Core i5, recom­mended Intel Core i7 or similar
  • 5 GHz WLAN (also 2,4 GHz)
  • Minimum screen size 15” (Full HD or better)
  • Hard disk minimum 512 GB SSD
  • DirectX 11 compat­i­ble GPU (min 4 GB memory, 8 GB recom­mended) (Nvidia GPU is manda­tory in mechan­i­cal engineering)
  • Good battery that lasts several hours
  • Camera, head­phones and microphone
  • Extended warranty period is recom­mended

Recom­mended computer (commu­ni­ca­tion)

PC

  • Laptop
  • Chrome­book comput­ers are not compatible!
  • Recom­mended 16 GB memory
  • Windows 10 (or newer) oper­at­ing system
  • Minimum proces­sor Intel Core i5, recom­mended Intel Core i7 or similar
  • 5 GHz WLAN (also 2,4 GHz)
  • Minimum screen size 15” (Full HD or better)
  • Hard disk minimum 256 GB SSD
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX GPU
  • Good battery that lasts several hours
  • Camera, head­phones and micro­phone
  • Extended warranty period is recom­mended

Or MAC

  • MacBook Pro
  • Chrome­book comput­ers are not compatible!
  • Recom­mended 16 GB memory
  • Minimum proces­sor Intel Core i5, recom­mended Intel Core i7, Apple Silicon or similar
  • 5 GHz WLAN (also 2,4 GHz)
  • Minimum screen size 13” (Full HD or better)
  • Hard disk minimum 256 GB SSD
  • Good battery that lasts several hours
  • Camera, head­phones and microphone
  • Extended warranty period is recom­mended