Marja-Liisa Kaakko

Centria University of Applied Sciences

Centria University of Applied Sciences is a multidisciplinary, dynamic and inter­national higher education institution. We pride ourselves with offering students and staff an environ­ment that is innovative, caring and multicultural.\\Centria is a young higher education institution, with 2,852 students and 250 staff members, we offer student centred teaching with plenty of practical experience. Centria offers degree programmes in five different fields and a total of 21 degree programmes. Our fields of education are: Technology, Business, Social Services and Health Care, Culture and Humanities and Education. Four of our bachelor programmes and one of our master's programmes are taught in English.\\With over 500 international students, both degree-seeking and exchange students, internationalisa­tion is one of our core values. Over ten percent of our degree-seeking students are international students, coming from around 40 different countries.\\Beside education goes research, development and innovation services. The main function of Centria's R&D is to create possibilities for the development of the region's enterprises and communities. Centria has the use of the know-how of the whole university staff, the laboratory services and the eager students, who significantly complement the experts' work contribution to the profit of the region's enterprises.