Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu Haaga-Helia yrkeshögskola | |
Haaga-Helia logo | |
Motto in English | Keys to competence excellence |
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| Type | Foundation |
| Established | 2007 |
| President | Susanna Niinistö-Sivuranta |
Academic staff | 700 |
| Students | ca. 11,000 [1] |
| Location | , |
| Website | www.haaga-helia.fi/en |
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (Finnish: Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu, Swedish: Haaga-Helia yrkeshögskola) is one of Finland's largest universities of applied sciences ("ammattikorkeakoulu" in Finnish). The institution is fully supervised and accredited by the Finnish government through the Ministry of Education and Culture. The university's primary facilities are in Pasila, Helsinki. It has other premises in Haaga, Malmi (all in Helsinki), and in Porvoo and Vierumäki.
Haaga-Helia offers bachelor's and master's courses in business, information technology, sport and leisure education, hospitality management, journalism (in Finnish), and professional teacher education. It has about 11,000 students, of whom 1,300 are international students, and about 700 employees, of whom over 400 are full-time teachers.[3] In business, Haaga-Helia is one of the largest educators in the Nordic countries.
Haaga-Helia's Student Union, which takes care of student advocacy and social and study-related interests, is called Helga.