Savonia University of Applied Sciences (Finnish: Savonia-ammattikorkeakoulu) is a Finnish institution of higher education based in the city of Kuopio. It also has several side offices (total of 9 educational units) in other towns of Northern Savonia (Iisalmi, Varkaus). Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. ... Ammattikorkeakoulu, short AMK, is a Finnish polytechnical institution. ... Kuopio is a Finnish city located in the province of Eastern Finland and the region of Northern Savonia. ... Varkaus is a Middle-Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. ... Iisalmi (Idensalmi in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland. ... Northern Savonia is a region (maakunta / landskap) in eastern Finland. ... Look up urban in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ammattikorkeakoulu, short AMK, is a Finnish polytechnical institution. ... Kuopio is a Finnish city located in the province of Eastern Finland and the region of Northern Savonia. ... Northern Savonia is a region (maakunta / landskap) in eastern Finland. ... Iisalmi (Idensalmi in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland. ... Varkaus is a Middle-Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. ...

Savonia offers mainly Bachelor degree studies (Master degree -programmes are in early adopt stages). It is the fifth biggest University of Applied Sciences in Finland with about 7 000 students.

The biggest field of education is Engineering. Engineers graduate after minimum of four years and 240 ECTS credits after which they are awarded with the degree of Insinööri(AMK), equalent of Bachelor of Engineering (BEng). The second largest field is Business, which educates its students for minimum of three years and 210 ECTS credits. Business studies lead to the degree of Tradenomi, equalent of Bachelor of Business Administration. You can also study in english (Degree Programme in International Business) and complete the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA). Engineering applies scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ... European credit transfer system (ECTS) is a method that is used to compare the marks (US: grade) given in education across European Union. ... Bachelor of Engineering (BEng or BE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after four or five years of studying engineering at an accredited university in the United Kingdom and other countries, such as Australia. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor degree in Business Administration. ...

Savonia takes part in the Bologna Process. The purpose of the Bologna process is to create the European higher education area by harmonising academic degree standards and quality assurance standards throughout Europe for each faculty and its development. ...

Fields of education

• Social Sciences, Business and Administration (BBA: international management, information science, financing, marketing, management, financial administration)
• Culture (music and dancing, designing of industrial products, ceramics and glass, textiles and clothing, graphical design)
• Natural Resources and the Environment (Bachelor of Agriculture)
• Tourism, Catering and Domestic Services (hotel & restaurant - bartender, cook etc., tourism)
• Social Services, Health and Sports (nurse, social worker, bioanalytic, physioterapeutic, maternity nurse, dental hygienist, public health nurse, occupational therapeutist, first aid nurse)
• Technology, Communication and Transport (BEng: IT, electronics, electrics, production, mechanical, construction, environmental, wood products)
• The Emergency Services College (the finnish hub of education in special areas of fire and rescue work, civil defense training and other training in emergency operations)

International degree programmes

Three programmes take new international students every autumn:

• International Business Studies (BBA) 210 ECTS credits - International Marketing Management (Varkaus) - International Management (Kuopio)
• Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology 240 ECTS credits (Kuopio)
• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and Production Technology, 240 ECTS credits - Engineering and International Business Management (Varkaus)
• Application guide 2006

In numbers

• Outgoing exchange students (2004): 130
• International students (2004): 250
• Teaching staff: 350
• Fields of study: 7
• Degree programmes: 30
• Educational units: 9

See also

• Kuopio
• Northern Savonia
• Education in Finland
• Ammattikorkeakoulu
• University of Kuopio

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External links

• Savonia University of Applied Sciences
• Student Union SAVOTTA