Saimaa University of Applied Sciences

Saimaa University of Applied Sciences

Saimaa University of Applied Sciences is a community of 3,200 students and 300 experts providing.

• education leading to a higher education degree

• Bachelor and master degrees

• Open University studies

• continuing education

• research and development services

Education in five faculties: • technology

• health care and social services

• business administration

• tourism and hospitality

• fine arts

CampusesThe campuses of Saimaa University of Applied Sciencesare located in Lappeenranta and Imatra.

Skinnarila Campus, technology, health care and social services, business administration

Linnala Campus, tourism and hospitality and fine arts

Lappeenranta Academic Library• The joint research library of Saimaa UAS and LUT

was opened in August 2011.

• The Academic Library has operations on two campuses, Skinnarila and Linnala in Imatra.

• The library serves the fields of technology, economics and business administration, social services, health care sciences, tourism and culture, with approximately 150,000 titles.

• The electronic collection includes 180 databases, eBooks, magazines and reference books. The newspaper room subscribes to approximately 900 journals.

• The number of employees is 21, and the library is visited by 1,000 visitors per day.

• The Lappeenranta Academic Library is also open to the general public.

Limited company, staff and financesSaimaa UAS is maintained by Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu Oy, a limited company owned by the South Karelia Educational Federation of Municipalities.

The federation includes nine member municipalities: Imatra, Lappeenranta, Lemi, Luumäki, Parikkala, Rautjärvi, Ruokolahti, Savitaipale and Taipalsaari.

Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu Oy's (Saimaa University of Applied Sciences Ltd) turnover was EUR 23.0 million in 2012. The balance sheet total was EUR 27.0 million (on 31 Dec 2012).

Students

• Every year, approximately 600 students earn a degree from Saimaa University of Applied Sciences • total number of students 3,200 • 697 international students, of which 458 are degree students and 239 exchange students (year

2012)

Popularity

• In the national joint application for Finnish-language education for young people,1502 students applied to Saimaa UAS in the spring 2013 as their first choce (total number of applicants was 3903).

• There were 4.6 applicants for each study place• The highest number of applicants was for the field of health care and social services.

Degrees

Health care and social services / Bachelor and Master degrees

• Emergency nurse, physiotherapist, registered nurse,public health nurse, Social Services, occupational therapist

Technology• Bachelor of Engineering, Master’s degree in civil engineering

Business administration• Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of International Business Management

Tourism and hospitality • Bachelor of Hotel and Restaurant Management

Fine arts• Bachelor and Master degrees

Strategic focus areas

The strategic focus areas of Saimaa UAS are based on the university’s strengths and interest groups’ needs.

• User-oriented technologies and their commercial applications

• Management and entrepreneurship

• Health and social services and service processes

In addition, Saimaa UAS wants to emphasise its international dimension, specialising in Russian business, society and language and cultural skills.

RDI

The research development and innovation activities of

Saimaa UAS:

• serve local business and industry and public sector organisations

• diversify education

• foster the UAS's contacts with society

• support the transition that business and industry and the public sector in the Lappeenranta and Imatra region are undergoing

• support the growth and internationalisation of small and medium-size businesses.

The volume of Saimaa UAS's RDI was EUR 2.8 million in 2012.