1. SATAKUNTA UNIVERSITY OF
APPLIED SCIENCES SAMK
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

2. Finnish educational system
3-6 years
3 years
9 years
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

3. SATAKUNTA UNIVERSITY OF
APPLIED SCIENCES
• IS KNOWN AS SATAKUNNAN
AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU (SAMK) IN FINNISH
• SAMK HAS APPROXIMATELY 6,500
STUDENTS AND MORE THAN 530 STAFF
MEMBERS
• SAMK IS LOCATED IN THE SATAKUNTA
REGION, ON THE WEST COAST OF FINLAND
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

4. Find us on the map
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5. •The institution operates in 5 towns in the
region: Harjavalta,Huittinen, Kankaanpää,
Pori, and Rauma
•The Central Administration of SAMK is
situated in Pori
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

6. • SAMK has separate units for Research &
Development, adult education, and
continuing education.
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7. The education is diveded into
three faculties:
• Faculty of Business and Culture
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8. Faculty of Social Services &
Health Care
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

9. Faculty of Technology & Maritime
Management
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

10. • The universities of applied sciences offer
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees
• It takes 3.5 to 4 years to complete a
Bachelor’s degree
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

11. • After three years of work experience, a
student may start a Master’s degree,
which takes about 2 years when studying
part-time.
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12. SAMK offers 20 bachelor degree programs and 3
of them are offered completely in English:
– Physiotherapy
– International Business and Marketing
Logistics and
– Innovative Business Services will start in
autumn 2009
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

13. • Degree programmes lead to a Finnish
“Ammattikorkeakoulututkinto” which is
similar to the first degree in the European
Union three cycle system.
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

14. Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu | Satakunta University of Applied Sciences