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Category: Announcements

  • Starckjohann foundation awarded grants for students of Karelia UAS

    The grants of the Starckjohann foundation were awarded to the selected students of Karelia University of Applied Sciences, on Monday 14 December 2020. A total of EUR 36 900 was awarded this year to 41 students, EUR 900 each. The grants were handed out by the President of Karelia UAS Petri Raivo.

  • Webinar: Light Entrepreneurship in Finland -An opportunity to sell your expertise

    Webinar: Light Entrepreneurship in Finland -An opportunity to sell your expertise Tuesday the 8th of December, 2 – 3 pm (free of charge) Light entrepreneurship enables you to start your own business with low risk, help to create your customer network, and to commercialize your business idea. Welcome to hear information about light entrepreneurship in…

  • Karelia UAS will start implementing studies as distance learning as of 23rd November 2020

    The city of Joensuu is now at the accelerating phase of the coronavirus epidemic. This means, for example, that face masks are recommended to be worn in most occasions and higher education institutions will start temporarily implementing studies as distance learning. Karelia UAS complies with these decisions given by the authorities. Consequently, Karelia UAS will…

  • COVID-19 infection at Karelia UAS Wärtsilä campus

    It has been discovered that a student of Karelia UAS has been diagnosed with a coronavirus infection. The infected student has been in one classroom on Wärtsilä campus on 13th November 2020. In accordance with the instructions of Siun Sote, Karelia UAS has informed the students and staff who may have been exposed to the virus.…

  • Webinar: How to use LinkedIn effectively to networking and job seeking

    Welcome to a webinar: How to use LinkedIn effectively to networking and job seeking in Finland On Wednesday 9th of December at 1:30-3 PM (free of charge) In this 90-minute training LinkedIn trainer and work psychologist Juho Toivola ( www.juhotoivola.fi/en/ ) will introduce the most important key LinkedIn principles in building a relevant professional network in…

  • Joint Application to Higher Education on 7 – 20 January 2021

    Application period on 7 – 20 January 2021, apply online at www.studyinfo.fi Karelia UAS offers two Degree Programmes in English in 2021:– International Business – Degree obtained: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Tradenomi (AMK)– Industrial Management – Degree obtained: Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial Management), Insinööri (AMK) Read more

  • Webinar invite: COVID-19 and Finnish-Russian Business – some remarks

    Webinar invite: COVID-19 and Finnish-Russian Business – some remarks Time: 20.10.2020, 12.30-14.30 Covid-19 is re-shaping the business environment. The webinar explores reaction of Russian consumer on pandemia, and its impact on export activities. Language of the seminar is English. Program • Moderator Ekaterina Miettinen: Highway For Growth project as promotor of cross-border business • Professor…

  • Low Carbon Construction – From Urban Planning to Building Desig, 22.10.2020

    We welcome you to participate in the webinar arranged by Karelia University of Applied Sciences “Towards Low Carbon Construction- Joensuu Wood City”- project and European Forest Institute (EFI) Low Carbon Construction – From Urban Planning to Building Design, 22.10.2020, beginning at 13:00 (EET). The webinar will offer a wide range of insights for planning urban…

  • Career monitoring survey for UAS graduates to be launched

    Data on the employment, working career and satisfaction with the working career and degree is collected with the nation-wide career monitoring survey. All those who have completed their UAS studies five years ago, i.e. the graduates of 2015, will receive the survey. The career monitoring survey collects data on graduates’ employment, career paths and competence…

  • UAS presidents and student unions appeal to students to stop the spread of coronavirus

    Finland’s coronavirus situation is rapidly deteriorating, and there are also chains of infection among students at universities of applied sciences. This has led to an increase in distance learning and even to the closure of campuses in different parts of Finland. Many of the infections have originated from events where many students have gathered during…