Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences (KTUAS) is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 Ammattikorkeakoulu

Ammattikorkeakoulu

An ammattikorkeakoulu , abbreviated amk, is a Finnish institution of higher education.- Significance :...

 located in Kemi

Kemi

Kemi is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near the city of Tornio. It was founded in 1869 by royal decree, because of its proximity to a deep water harbour....

 and Tornio

Tornio

Tornio is a town and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The population density is , with a total population of . It borders to the Swedish municipality of Haparanda...

. It was founded in 1992 as Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic, a merger of several institutes of higher vocational education

Vocational education

Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...

 in the Kemi-Tornio region of Finland.

Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences works in two neighbouring towns: Kemi

Kemi

Kemi is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near the city of Tornio. It was founded in 1869 by royal decree, because of its proximity to a deep water harbour....

 and Tornio

Tornio

Tornio is a town and municipality in Lapland, Finland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The population density is , with a total population of . It borders to the Swedish municipality of Haparanda...

. There are altogether 2400 degree students, about 10% of which are foreign students coming mainly from Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 and Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

. KTUAS provides higher professional education for young and adults leading to Bachelor’s

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

 and Master’s degrees. KTUAS has a variety of 17 degree programmes, in five of which the language of tuition and studying is English.

A small school, Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences has won international recognition for among other things its eLearning programmes..

The Fields of Study

• Business Administration
• Cultural and Media Arts
• Information Communication Technology (ICT)
• Health Care and Social Services
• Technology

International Bachelor’s Degree Programmes

• Degree Programme in Business Management
• Degree Programme in Business Information Technology
• Degree Programme in Social Services
• Degree Programme in Nursing

External links

• Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences