Category: News

  • Virtual opening cere­mony of Karelia UAS acad­e­mic year 2021-2022

    Karelia UAS opens its acad­e­mic year 2021-2022 today, on Thurs­day, 2nd Septem­ber 20201online. The live webcast on Karelia UAS YouTube channel starts at 1pm. – Common cele­bra­tions and rituals in differ­ent times of year are impor­tant for our students and employ­ees in the process of creat­ing our higher educa­tion commu­nity. The event provides a fantas­tic start for…


  • Walk-in corona vacci­na­tions for students and staff members of Karelia UAS

    Siun Sote and Karelia UAS are arrang­ing a walk-in corona vacci­na­tion event on Wärt­silä campus, class­rooms 026b and 026c, on Wednes­day 8th Septem­ber 2021 from 9:00 to 14.30 . 1st and 2nd dosesIn the walk-in vacci­na­tion event, the vaccines are given without an appoint­ment in the order of arrival. There will be 200 Comir­naty vaccines…


  • Karelia campuses will be opened in August 2021

    We will open the campuses of Karelia in August 2021 and return to in person instruc­tion as widely as possible. We will ensure regular in person instruc­tion to all groups and students. We will in partic­u­lar stress contact lessons for students begin­ning their studies this coming autumn and those who began their studies during the…


  • Record-high student satis­fac­tion at Karelia UAS

    Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences collects annual feed­back from its students. Accord­ing to the feed­back survey conducted this year, the student satis­fac­tion of degree students at Karelia UAS is very good (80 %). The feed­back ques­tion­naire was answered by first-year, second-year, third-year and fourth-year Bachelor’s degree students and first-year Master’s degree students. – Since all…


  • Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences devel­ops student well-being

    As a result of the Korona pandemic, previ­ously active student commu­ni­ties have changed dramat­i­cally due to the increase in distance educa­tion and restric­tions on meeting. The number of credits and degrees in degree educa­tion has increased and the number of persons having completed less than 20 credits per year has decreased. Based on the key…


  • Karelia UAS is looking for Inter­na­tional Officer

    Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences is looking for INTERNATIONAL OFFICERfor the dura­tion of the job alter­na­tion leave for 1.8.-31.12.2021. The substi­tute must be an unem­ployed jobseeker. Inter­na­tion­al­ity is one of the strate­gic aims of Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Science (Karelia). Karelia2030 strat­egy iden­ti­fies five main areas to work with and develop until 2030 to meet…


  • Karelia UAS is looking for Global Educa­tion Officer

    8.4.2021 Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences is looking for GLOBAL EDUCATION OFFICERTo work in global educa­tion services and in inter­na­tional communication. The posi­tion is fixed-term for 16.8.2021 – 31.12.2023. Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences devel­ops global educa­tion services in close collab­o­ra­tion with its partner network. The services include e.g. the follow­ing:– Degrees and qual­i­fi­ca­tions– Educa­tional…


  • Karelia is seeking to recruit a lecturer in Computer Science

    Karelia Ammat­tiko­rkeak­oulu Oy / Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences Ltd is seeking to recruit a LECTURER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE The contract of employ­ment is perma­nent as of 1st August 2021. The duties in the posi­tion include teach­ing in various areas of exper­tise in the English-medi­ated comput­ing disci­pline, Degree Programme in Busi­ness Infor­ma­tion Tech­nol­ogy, and super­vis­ing…


  • Co-oper­a­tion in bioe­con­omy educa­tion devel­op­ment between Chile and Finland

    Solving global chal­lenges needs inter­na­tional and multi­dis­ci­pli­nary co-oper­a­tion in terms of educa­tion and capac­ity build­ing. There­fore, seven Chilean and Finnish univer­si­ties have created a co-oper­a­tion network to enhance bilat­eral capac­ity build­ing in the field of bioe­con­omy and sharing the best prac­tices between Chile and Finland. Univer­si­ties are inform­ing of collab­o­ra­tion by signing Memo­ran­dum of Under­stand­ing…


  • Start Me Up busi­ness idea compe­ti­tion is waiting for your ideas

    Start Me Up busi­ness idea compe­ti­tion is waiting for your ideas. This annual compe­ti­tion is orga­nized by Busi­ness Joensuu, and Karelia UAS is one of the key part­ners of the compe­ti­tion. This year the total value or prizes is over 60 000 €! Appli­ca­tion period is from 1st of Febru­ary until 31st of March. Check out the…