Wednesday, 22 October 2014

New meetings and introductions.

Hello visitor and welcome to this blog!

I am here to tell you about the life in Southern Finland as a student and, more specifically, the life of a student in Laurea UAS. Hopefully, you will find this blog informative and engaging enough to maybe pick Laurea, or Finland itself, to continue your education in.

So let's begin, shall we?

What is Laurea UAS?



Laurea University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1992 and is one of the Finnish universities located in Helsinki region. With its 7 campuses, it has become a fairly popular UAS, offering different kind of programs for both - Bachelor and Masters degree studies. And who can blame the popularity of this university? What Laurea UAS is famous for is the study model - Learning by Developing (LbD), allowing the students to have a lot of practical knowledge by the graduation, not only the theoretical. Obviously, there are more pros to that education model than just that. The average employment rate of graduates is roughly 97%.

But what else is so great about Laurea?

The international environment has a positive impact on everyone. Not only the students, but also the staff is multi-cultural thus allowing everyone to gain more experience when working with different culture people. Student life is also quite active, with events and in-school activities, projects and, of course, the studies. 

And it doesn't end there. That's why I am writing this blog, to let you know of the opportunities in Laurea and to help you, if you decide to come to study here.

Finally, some of you might also be wondering - ''Who is writing this? Is it a teacher? A reviewer? Just a random person who had nothing more interesting to do?''. Well, for those interested, none of those are correct. My name is Liliana and I am a second year Business Information Technology student of this same university. As I originally have come to Finland to study from abroad, I hope to be able to help you learn more about the student life in Laurea and Finland.

So let's have a good trip in learning more and, perhaps, I'll meet you some day in the halls of Laurea.


Liliana