Helsinki Polytechnic Faculty of Culture and Services.

Helsinki Polytechnic

Faculty of Culture and Services

Polytechnics in Finnish Education System

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IN FINLANDHIGHEREDUCATION

UPPERSECONDARYEDUCATION

BASICEDUCATION

Universities

General UpperSecondarySchools

VocationalSchools

AdultEducation

Comprehensive Schools

Finnish Polytechnics

● Practically orientated

● Award professionally orientated higher education degrees

● Studies take 3.5 to 4.5 years to complete and are equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree of 210-270 ECTS credits

● 31 Polytechnics in Finland, total annual intake close to 33,000

What is Stadia?

Faculty ofHealth Care and Social

Services

Faculty ofCulture

and Services

Facultyof

Technology

Established in 1996

30 Bachelor level degree programmes

Three faculties:

One of the largest polytechnics in Finlandwith close to 9300 students

Faculty of Culture and Services

Media

Hospitality Management

Pop and JazzMusic

Beautyand

Cosmetics

Classicalmusic

Performing Arts

Fashion and Clothing

Arts Management

Structure of Studies

Structure of degree programmes

● Core studies

● Professional studies

● Optional professional studies

● Language studies

● Elective studies

● Work placement

● Final project (Bachelor’s thesis)

● Audio-visual Media Production● Radio- and Television Studies ● New Media Design

Degree Programme in Media

• Student and Teacher Exchanges

• International Projects

• International Memberships and Conferences

International Relations at the Faculty

• 37 Socrates/Erasmus counterparts in 19 countries

• Three Nordplus-networks• Free movers

•Altogether during academic year 2004-2005:

– 51 outgoing and 15 incoming exchange students– 7 outgoing practical trainees– 9 outgoing and 6 incoming exchange teachers

Student and Teacher Exchanges

• In addition, many regularly visiting foreign teachers and professors in different degree programmes annually

• Summer Media Studio – Degree Programme in Media together with Academy of Music, Vilnius, Lithuania (EU MEDIA Plus Programme)

• Tili Tonse – Degree Programme in Performing Arts together with University of Zambia UNZA and Seinäjoki Polytechnic (NORTH-SOUTH Higher Education Network Programme)

• BASMAT – Degree Programmes in Hospitality Management and Beauty and Cosmetics together with Turku Polytechnic (EU Leonardo da Vinci vocational training action programme)

• Every year various intensive courses for students and teachers, e.g. We Make Opera – Performing Arts and Music, Nordplus intensive courses – Pop and Jazz Music

International Projects

• Faculty and its Degree programmes have memberships in seven different international associations: ELIA, AEC, ENCATC, CILECT, IAJE, IASJ and IDEA

• Staff members active in international conferences, festivals and professional fairs in Finland and abroad

• International associations keep Degree programmes up-to-date in development and bring new international partners

International Memberships and Conferences

International CoordinatorTia-Maria Sipilä[email protected]/english/faculties

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