Category: News

  • Karelia Launches Language-Supported Nursing Education in Fall 2024

    At Karelia University of Applied Sciences, a language-supported nursing education program will commence in the fall 2024. Twenty-five nursing students with an international background will embark on their studies with language support. The primary language of instruction is Finnish, but during the first two years, Russian will be used to facilitate learning. This program is…


  • Karelia UAS is looking for International Officer

    Karelia University of Applied Sciences is looking for International Officer for the duration of the job alternation leave for 2.4.-10.7.2024. The substitute must be an unemployed jobseeker. Internationality is one of the strategic aims of Karelia University of Applied Sciences (Karelia). Karelia2030 strategy identifies five main areas to work with and develop until 2030 to…


  • Successful launch of INVEST Alliance’s new phase in Reims, France.

    Karelia UAS and other members of the INVEST alliance participated in the kick-off meeting of the new four-year period (2024 – 2027) of INVEST, organized by the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne in Reims, France, from January 22 to 24, 2024. This three-day festive and administrative meeting provided an opportunity to strengthen relationships between partner universities’…


  • Sustainability Management programme most attractive in the first joint application of the spring

    In the first joint application of the spring, which ended on January 17, 2024, a total of 2083 applicants from Finland and abroad applied to Karelia UAS. Karelia had four international, English-taught bachelor’s degree programmes, with a total of 125 starting places. The most popular of these was the Degree Programme in International Business, which…


  • Joint application to English-taught bachelor’s and master’s is open 3-17 January 2024

    Joint application to English-taught bachelor’s and master’s is open 3-17 January 2024. Karelia University of Applied Sciences has four English-language programmes open for application: Industrial Management, International Business, Information and Communication Technology, and the Sustainability Management programme, which is included in the application process for the first time. In the Sustainability Management programme students study…


  • Apply to Karelia UAS webinar

    Apply to Karelia UAS webinar on Thursday 14 December 2023 Come and join our webinar on Thursday 14 December 2023 at 10 AM (GMT+2).In this webinar you will hear important information about studies, Finland and Joensuu as study place, the working life connection of UAS studies, and much more. Meet our students and staff and…


  • The higher education institutions of Eastern Finland are intensifying their education export cooperation by launching the Finland University website

      The University of Eastern Finland together with Karelia and Savonia Universities of Applied Sciences use the well-known education export brand in business-to-business marketing. The University of Eastern Finland, Karelia University of Applied Sciences and Savonia University of Applied Sciences will introduce the well-known Finland University brand in their education export cooperation. Previously, Finland University…


  • Starckjohann foundation awarded grants for students of Karelia

    The grants of the Starckjohann foundation were awarded to the selected students of Karelia University of Applied Sciences, on Wednesday  29 November 2023. A total of EUR 38 700 was awarded this year to 43 students, EUR 900 each. The grants were handed out by the President of Karelia UAS, Petri Raivo and the representative of the…


  • Karelia UAS’s new International Student Ambassadors

    New team of International Student Ambassadors has been selected. Our International Student Ambassadors Anna Abonyi, Ayeman Rahman, Timur Voinov and Wissal El Megouni will share their experiences and provide insights into studying at Karelia University of Applied Sciences and life in Joensuu, Finland. They’re also a great resource for anyone who’s thinking about applying to…


  • National Career Monitoring survey for 2018 graduates 

    National Career Monitoring survey to be launched in October for 2018 graduates  Hello 2018 graduate! You will receive a link from the CSC to the national career tracking survey in your email on 15.10.2023. Please answer the survey by 10.11. You will help us collect important information about how your Karelia degree has met the…