School of Technology May 2015

Frami campus 70 enterprises 5 university units More than 800 jobs in total 3500 students 550 events annually floor square metres (SUAS 50%)

Basic Education Upper Secondary School Vocational School Bachelor’s Degree Universities Bachelor’s Degree Universities of Applied Sciences Master’s Degree Doctor Licentiate 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 programmes Bachelor 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 Semester Bachelor 240 ECTS Master + 60 ECTS Minimum three years work experience

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!