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| University : Arcada Polytechnic - Finland |
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Name: | Arcada Polytechnic | | Country: | Finland | | Institution: | University | | Street: | Jan-Magnus Janssons plats 1 | | Postcode/City: | 00550 Helsinki, | | Phone: | +358-(0)207 699 671 | | Fax: | +358-(0)207 699 611 | | Web: | http://www.arcada.fi/index.php?id=210 | | Arcada Polytechnic:About Arcada
Arcada polytechnic was established in the metropolitan region in 1996 and obtained permanent status by the Ministry of Education in 1998 According to the concession our mission is to promote the Finland-Swedish language and culture and to take the needs of the young Finland-Swedish population into account
Arcada is maintained by the Arcada Foundation which is assigned to embrace education in Swedish at a level of univesity of applied sciences in Finland
Arcada is ECTS-certified since the spring 2004
Arcada in a nutshell
There are about 170 members of staff and 2000 students at at Arcada Arcada offers 15 degree programmes three of which are in English Furthermore Arcada offers specialisation studies professionally orientated supplemental training and open courses within the frames of Arcada Further Education
Arcada consists of three educational departments
* The Department of Health Care and Social Services
* The Department of Business Administration Media and Technology
* The Department of Languages and General Studies
Furthermore there is now a Department of Student Affairs to support the students during the entire study process The department is in charge of admissions student exchange curriculum work student financial support student counselling the Recruitment Centre alumni quality assurance further education the open courses and marketing
In order to coordinate and develop research at Arcada a Director of Research and Development Work was appointed
We turn out
Bachelors of Nursing Bachelors of Public Health Bachelors of Midwifery Bachelors of Occupational Therapy Bachelors of Physiotherapy Bachelors of Paramedic Bachelors of Social Services Bachelors of Engineering Bachelors of Arts Bachelors of Social Care Bachelors of Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Management Bachelors of Business Administration
Studies
The Bachelor´s degree programmes taught in English in the autumn 2007 are
* Human Ageing and Elderly Service
* International Business
* Plastics Technology
For more information about the degree programmes click here
The polytechnic Bachelor´s degree programmes taught in Swedish in the autumn 2007 are
* Business and Economics
* Care
* Emergency Care
* Information- and Media Technology
* Media Culture
* Occupational Therapy
* Physiotherapy
* Plastics Technology
* Social Care
* Tourism
The Master´s degrees offered by Arcada are
* Master´s in Health Care and Social Work in Swedish starting 2006
* Master´s in Media Management in English starting 2007
Furthermore Arcada offers specialization studies open courses and tailor-made training service for companies and organizations
Our degree programmes in English create an international environment and our students currently represent about fifty nationalities We have about 80 international partners worldwide and Arcada is actively involved in EU-supported programmes International student and teacherexpert exchange is an important part of the education at Arcada | | |
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