Laurea University of Applied Sciences

Laurea University of Applied Sciences is located on six campuses in the Helsinki Metropolitan area. In total, there are almost 8000 students studying on our campuses. We offer 20 Bachelor’s Degree Programmes – 13 in Finnish and 7 in English – and 16 Master’s Degree Programmes – 13 in Finnish and 3 in English.

6 Courses
7800 Students
Public Institution Type

Top reasons to study here

We focus on service business, expertise in nursing as well as security, safety and social responsibility.
We have a strong regional development role with the promise "together we are stronger".
Our pedagogical model Learning by Developing is based on authentic encounters with the world of work.

Distance Learning Courses

Business & Management (5)

B.B.A. Business Information Technology, Cyber Security
B.B.A. Business Information Technology, Developing Digital Services
M.B.A. Leading Transformational Change
B.B.A. Safety, Security and Risk Management
M.B.A. Service Innovation and Design

Computer Science & IT (2)

Applied Sciences & Professions (1)

MHC Global Health and Crisis Management

Medicine & Health (1)

MHC Global Health and Crisis Management

Social Sciences (1)

MHC Global Health and Crisis Management

About

History

Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Laurea UAS, formerly Vantaa University of Applied Sciences and Espoo-Vantaa University of Applied Sciences) began operating in Vantaa in 1991 as one of the first universities of applied sciences to be granted an experimental licence in Finland.

Education

We have six different Bachelor's Programmes and three Master's programmes. Find out which one of them suits you best and apply!

Research

Laurea's fields of expertise in RDI activities are sustainable and versatile social and health care, coherent security, service business and circular economy, entrepreneurship as well as pedagogy Co-creation.

Services

Student services

The Student Affairs Offices serve the students on all Laurea campuses. They provide advice on issues related to study rights, registration procedures, smooth progress of the studies in general and graduation.

Housing services

A HOAS home will create a good background for your studies and life in the Helsinki metropolitan area. Every year, HOAS provides a safe housing alternative to thousands of students.
For exchange students, HOAS provides furnished flats. This service is tailor-made to ensure that there are furnished apartments available for exchange students who stay in the region for one term or for one full academic year. In the Helsinki region, the rental level is high and it is difficult to find affordable furnished flats for this kind of short term needs.

Student Life

Campus life

Hyvinkää

At the multidisciplinary campus in Hyvinkää you can study among nearly 1000 students to be a Bachelor of Health Care, a Bachelor of Social Services, or a Bachelor of Business Administration.

Leppävaara

In the learning environments of the Leppävaara campus, development projects are implemented together with the students, personnel, enterprises and other collaborative partners.

Lohja

On Laurea's Lohja campus, students are active partners for companies, organisations and public bodies during their studies. The studies are oriented toward the working life.