School of Technology

May 2015

Frami campus

• 70 enterprises

• 5 university units

• More than 800 jobs in total

• 3500 students

• 550 events annually

• 46 500 floor square metres (SUAS 50%)

Basic Education

Upper SecondarySchool

VocationalSchool

Bachelor’s Degree

UniversitiesBachelor’s DegreeUniversities of

Applied Sciences

Master’s Degree

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UAS Master’s Degree 5

Preschool (at the age of 6 years)

The Education System in Finland

•1,400 students (SUAS total 5,000) 1,300 Bachelor ‘s Degree students 100 Master’s Degree students

•Staff of 65 persons 45 in teaching 14 fulltime in R&D 6 in administration

•Location by the city centre of Seinäjoki in the new Frami campus area by the river

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SUAS) – School of Technology

School of Technology – Degree programmesBachelor•Automation Engineering•Construction Engineering•Mechanical Engineering•Information Technology

Master•Construction Engineering•Technology Competence Management

•Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (TUT cooperation)•Double Degree in Automation Engineering and Information Technology (HSAB cooperation)

Bachelor and Master degree structures

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Semester

Bachelor 240 ECTS

Master + 60 ECTS

Minimum threeyears workexperience

Teaching Quality• Traditional laboratory work included in

courses• New teaching concept: student teams in

“SUAS Project Workshops®”

R&D Projects and Services• Teaching staff in R&D projects, link

between R&D and teaching• Services to companies by lab engineers• R&D staff projects and services

School of Technology - Laboratories

Project workshop model in the education of engineers in SUAS (SeAMK Projektipaja®)

• Basic idea is to teach project skills using LBD-method

• Student teams solve real production or product development projects under the control of a teacher and the company representative

• The development of the model started in 2007 by some pilot projects in mechanical engineering

• Yearly key figures: 35 projects, 20 companies, 120 students, 10 teachers

• Three national rewards received: Development of working life orientation 2009 – The Finnish Confederation of

Professionals and the Rectors' Conference of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences One of the best engineer education systems 2010 – INSSI Forum of Finnish UASs Technology reward of the city of Seinäjoki 2011 – Alfred Kordelin foundation

School of Technology - Internationality

• Our Targets:

• Increase both student and teacher exchange

• Deepen the cooperation with our partner universities, e.g. Double Degree Programmes

• Make also R&D cooperation with our partner universities in core competence areas

• Utilize different kind of public funding programmes

Thank You – Vielen Dank KIITOS!

http://www.seamk.fi/en