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 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…

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 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…

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. 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…

Univer­si­ties of applied sciences (UAS) will select students for educa­tion start­ing next autumn in excep­tional circum­stances. Student admis­sions for the joint appli­ca­tion process start­ing in March will be imple­mented through a certifi­cate-based admis­sion and an UAS entrance exam­i­na­tion, which will be organ­ised in excep­tional circum­stances due to the covid-19 pandemic. The exam will be arranged…

The grants of the Star­ck­jo­hann foun­da­tion were awarded to the selected students of Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences, on Monday 14 Decem­ber 2020. A total of EUR 36 900 was awarded this year to 41 students, EUR 900 each. The grants were handed out by the Pres­i­dent of Karelia UAS Petri Raivo.

The city of Joensuu is now at the accel­er­at­ing phase of the coro­n­avirus epidemic. This means, for example, that face masks are recom­mended to be worn in most occa­sions and higher educa­tion insti­tu­tions will start temporar­ily imple­ment­ing studies as distance learn­ing. Karelia UAS complies with these deci­sions given by the author­i­ties. Conse­quently, Karelia UAS will…