Internationality - Karelia University of Applied Sciences

Internationalisation is strategic collaboration and team play!

For us internationalisation is a forward-looking strategy that enhances the professional and transversal competencies of students and staff. It integrates international perspectives into degree programs, continuous education, global education, research, development, and innovation (RDI), as well as services.

Therefore, internationality is one of the strategic aims of Karelia University of Applied Science (Karelia UAS). Karelia is a member of INVEST Erasmus+ European University Alliance consortium. INVEST is an innovative, and bottom-up network of universities, striving for higher standards in education, training, research, and innovation through international synergy and excellence taking greater responsibilities towards the development of an inclusive society and knowledge-based economy.

Karelia UAS has strong international networks, competences and references in international research, development and innovation (RDI). The RDI collaboration in innovation ecosystems and its results have impact in a long-run and serve the regional development in a coherent manner.

Karelia UAS International Edition

Exchange studies and traineeships

Karelia UAS has international partner institutions around Europe and whole globe. You may take a look on our partners here: Partner universities. Every year about 160 students from Karelia UAS are either studying or doing practical training abroad and about 120 international students are studying or doing practical training in Karelia UAS/in the region. Blended intensive programmes are highly popular among the students to whom they offer a good opportunity to strive for internationalisation easily accommodable to their daily lives.

Karelia UAS offers nice selection of courses and modules for incoming exchange students. Find more information for incoming Exchange Students.

Outgoing students will gain more information and support about their possibilities for student and trainee exchanges and other ways to internationalise themselves from the international coordinator of their study field. Studies completed abroad are fully credited into the degree at Karelia UAS.

Education in English

Bachelor’s degree programmes International Business, Industrial Management and Information and Communication Technology and Master Degree Sustainability Management are offered completely in English. More information about the application procedure is available at: studyinfo.fi.

Internationalisation at home

Becoming international doesn’t always require students to travel abroad, as personal barriers such as family and work commitments can be significant. Karelia UAS provides numerous opportunities to develop international competencies at home during studies.