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At VAMK, teaching in the spring semester is organized as distance teaching, necessary contact teaching is allowed. Administrative staff will continue with the rotation model. Spring graduations will be held remotely.

Vaasa University of Applied Sciences will obtain valuable information on the strengths, good practices and enhancement areas in its activities. The audit team will interview the staff and students from various degree programmes, units as well as representatives of stakeholders.

Universities of applied sciences (UAS) will select students for education starting next autumn in exceptional circumstances. Student admissions for the joint application process starting in March will be implemented through a certificate-based admission and an UAS entrance examination, which will be organised in exceptional circumstances due to the covid-19 pandemic. The exam will be arranged between 31 May and 9 June 2021 as a one-step in-person test in facilities designated by universities of applied sciences. The number of exam days has been increased to eight.

Universities of applied sciences (UAS) will select students for education starting next autumn in exceptional circumstances. Student admissions for the joint application process starting in March will be implemented through a certificate-based admission and an UAS entrance examination, which will be organised in exceptional circumstances due to the covid-19 pandemic. The exam will be arranged between 31 May and 9 June 2021 as a one-step in-person test in facilities designated by universities of applied sciences. The number of exam days has been increased to eight.

The Vaasa Hospital District has entered the spreading phase of the epidemic on 20.12.2020. According to the recommendations, higher education institutions will continue in distance learning mode at this stage, arranging only compulsory contact teaching.

A total of 150 students are celebrating their graduation today. Here is our principal’s speech today for graduates.

150 students will celebrate at the graduate school on Friday 18.12. A record 188 degrees will be completed in business this year.

The Finnish higher education institutes have launched the Digivision 2030 program, which is a joint, agreement-based program for higher education institutes. The key objective of Digivision is to open up national learning data reserves for use by individuals and society, enabling the development of pedagogy and the renewal of higher education institutes.

The concisely named Energiaa publication makes Vaasa University of Applied Sciences' research, special expertise and business cooperation known.

We will continue with distance learning mainly until the end of the semester. However, we will open campuses on November 2. and we'll carry out the necessary small group teaching on campus. On campus, we always wear masks. Staff work remotely where possible, in accordance with the national recommendation, but the campus is open for campus work.

VAMK will adopt a new course feedback system SPARK, integrated into Peppi on Monday 26 October. At this stage, the final feedback of the course is taken into use, later we can also gather continuous feedback and interim feedback through the system.

Technological development and appropriately chosen project management methods enable wind power project development to new regions, such as Ghana in the Western Africa, says Jukka Rönnlund who studied the topic in his master’s thesis (Project Management) at Vaasa University of Applied Sciences.

Distance learning and teleworking will continue at Vaasa University of Applied Sciences for weeks 43-44. The campus is closed until November 1, 2020.

Distance learning and teleworking will continue at Vaasa University of Applied Sciences for weeks 43-44. The campus is closed until November 1, 2020.

The transition of Vaasa University of Applied Sciences to distance education has gone well. The campus is closed until October 18, 2020.

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.

At Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, coronavirus infection has been diagnosed in at least 15 students. Exposure mapping work is still partly in progress. Further infections may still occur.