Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia and EVTEK University of Applied Sciences will be merging into a new higher education institute called Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences which will begin operations on 1 August 2008. The shareholders in the company in charge of the new higher education institute consist of the capital region cities - Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen - and the municipality of Kirkkonummi. The higher education institute will have four fields of study: technology, health care and social services, economics and business administration, and culture, all of which will provide teaching also in English. The students will number some 14,000 and the staff about 1,100. Read more...
