Oulu University of
Applied Sciences
INTERNATIONAL TUTORS’ TRAINING 17 MARCH 2015
SAMI NIEMELÄ, INTERNATIONAL SERVICES
Oulu University of Applied Sciences
– Making connections
worldwide
Arctic Circle
Oulu
Helsinki
ca
610
6-7 h km
1h
Finland
The fifth largest country in Western Europe (area 338,424 km² / 131,985 mi²)
Population:
GDP per capita (2011):
5,429,894 (02/2013)
€35,200 (e.g. Germany €31,700, France €30,600, EU average €25,100)
High standard of education, social security and health
all financed by the state
care,
The 2nd northernmost country in the world, located between 60˚N and 70˚N
Climate: Great contrasts – cold
winters and fairly warm summers. Extremes:
-51.5˚C/-60.7˚F (1 Jan 1999 in Kittilä), +37.2˚C/+99.0˚F (29 July 2010 in Liperi)
© Visit Finland – The official travel site of Finland
Best country
to live in
(Newsweek Magazine 2010)
Finland
One of
the most efficient education systems in the world (PISA 2000,
2003, 2006 and 2009 & World Economic Forum research)
The happiest people in the world (Gallup World Poll 2010)
The least corrupt country in the world (Transparency International 2007 and
2012 – in top ten since 2007)
The best competitiveness in the world: in top ten 2000–2012,
3rd in 2012 (World Economic Forum)
© Visit Finland – The official travel site of Finland
Oulu
65˚01’ N, 25˚28’ E, elevation 0 m
5th largest city in Finland with about 190,700 inhabitants
Area 3,866 km2, population density about 49.33 inhabitants/km2
Among the ”youngest” cities in Europe, average age 36 years (21% under 15 years of age)
Oulu is the
fastest growing city in northern Europe
With over 400 years of history, today Oulu is one of the world’s most advanced centres of
science, education and culture in which high-knowledge-based business and
technology flourish.
Oulu – People and the City © City of Oulu
Oulu’s growth is a classic
story of how in Finland the
public and private sector
pull together.
(The Financial Times 09/2007)
Oulu
In top
the
10 out of 75 cities in the EU Eurobarometer on
quality of life in European cities in 2006,
13th out of 83 cities in 2012
The smartest community in Europe
(Intelligent Community Forum 2012, 2013)
Among the 7 best
new global cities for startups (Fortune 09/2012)
Challenges: structural change area > (youth) unemployment > economical
downturn
As well as the principal research and development
offices of Nokia and 800 other high-tech
companies, there are probably
more PhDs per square
metre in this compact old paper-
milling town than anywhere
else on earth.
(International Herald Tribune 11/2006)
oulu.com/en/artikkelit/oulu-surprises-exchange-students/
© City of Oulu
Finnish Education System
Vision 2020 – Well-being through competence
OULU UAS, SUPERIOR POLYTECHNIC SKILLS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE NORTH
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
CUSTOMER ORIENTATION
EXPERTISE
PRODUCTIVITY
A SENSE OF COMMUNITY
TASKS OF OULU UAS
Oulu UAS serves the needs of the region’s
working and economic life and culture
Oulu UAS maintains the diversity of
polytechnic education in Northern Finland
Education targeted to
the needs of the
Economy
region’s economic
Adressing the needs of and professional life Performance,
efficiency and quality of
students
operations
Management and supervisory work
Partners and networks
Well-being of the higher
education community
Recognising and
developing the
competencies of
personnel
FOCUS AREAS
FUTURE HEALTH
AND WELL-BEING
ENERGY,
NATURAL
RESOURCES AND
THE
ENVIRONMENT
SHARED THEMES
INTELLIGENT
LEARNING
INNOVATIVE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
PRODUCTS AND AND NEW BUSINESS
SERVICES
OPERATIONS
COMPETENT PERSONNEL :: GOOD QUALITY STUDENTS :: INNOVATION CLUSTERS :: HIGHER EDUCATION NETWORK
Operational foundations
Superior polytechnic skills for the benefit of
the north
FOCUS AREAS OF OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Future health and well-being
Energy, natural resources and the environment
SHARED THEMES OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY
Intelligent learning
Innovative products and services
Entrepreneurship and new business operations
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Oulu UAS in numbers
8000+ students :: 750 staff members : : 28 Bachelor’s Degree Programmes, of
which
3 international Bachelor’s degree programmes
Business, Business Information Technology) ::
4
Master’s Degree Programmes
(Information Technology, International
::
170 international partner
313 international degree students 237 students went abroad
to study or complete their practical training in 2013 302 international exchange
students came to Oulu UAS in 2013 Staff had 256 working periods abroad in 2013
127 foreign lecturers/experts to Oulu UAS in 2013 Staff/teacher exchange weeks and
international events yearly 13 International research and development projects,
universities ::
::
::
::
::
::
::
several more under preparation :: Several product blanks for education and competence export
under productisation
Organisation (as of spring 2014)
Board of Oulu UAS Ltd
President, CEO
Dr Jouko Paaso
UAS Board
Higher Education
Services
Vice President
- International
Services
- Student Services
- Development of
Education
- RDI Services and
Development
- Information
Production
- Information
Management
- eCampus
- IT Services
Engineering
and Natural
Resources
1.8.2014 
Health and
Social Care
Business
and
Information
Management
Media and
Performing
Arts
Vocational
Teacher
Education
SCHOOLS
Human
Resources
Services
Communication
Services
Financial &
Project Finance
Services
Library
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Innovator of northern areas creating well-being
1,800 starting places annually
1,472 completed degrees in 2013 (2012: 1 280)
245 completed pedagogical studies in 2013 (2012: 265)
Employment rate of graduating students about 57.4% in 2013
(2012: 63.6%)
Innovator of northern areas creating well-being
nearly 9,000 students, including
– 1,600 students in adult education
– 600 students in the School of Vocational Teacher Education
– 313 international degree students
– over 500 outgoing or incoming exchange students from about 50
countries
750 lecturers and other staff members
– additionally over 100 visiting lecturers and experts from abroad
€ 60 million annual turnover
Experts to the international working life
28 Bachelor degree programmes, of which 3 in English (210–270 ECTS credits)
4 Master degree programmes (60–90 ECTS credits)
School of Vocational Teacher Education (60 ECTS credits)
– as of 2013 also training of student counsellors and vocational special
education teachers
Supplementary training
Open university of applied sciences studies
Starting places in 2014
Total 1,391 (youth education)
School of Renewable
Natural Resources
Agrologist
3%
School of Business and
Information Management
Bachelor of Business
Administration, BBA
23%
6%
30%
School of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering, BEng
Bachelor of Construction
Management
Construction architect
38%
School of Media and
Performing Arts
Media artist
Music pedagogue
Musician
Dance teacher
School of Health and Social Care
Biomedical Laboratory Technologist
Emergency Nurse
Physiotherapist
Registered Nurse
Public Health Nurse
Midwife
Optometrist
Radiographer
Bachelor of Social Services
Dental Hygienist
Occupational Therapist
Research, development and innovation
Research, developent and innovation (RDI) is one of the basic tasks of the
university of applied sciences.
Oulu UAS’s RDI work serves teaching and supports the development of Oulu
UAS, Oulu Region and the whole Northern Finland by producing skilled
workforce, supporting business operations and developing innovation activities.
Starting points are real development needs of companies and other cooperation partners
Produces concrete results, for example
– new know-how
– new products, services or courses of actions
– enhancing operations and cost savings
Oulu UAS – Oulu Innovation Alliance
Goals of OIA
– Ecosystems with critical mass
– Innovations in practical use
– Increasing the funding for R&D
– Support for enterprises
– Creating start-ups
– New jobs
STEERING GROUP
WORKING
COMMITTEE
CITY OF OULU
OULU
UAS
UNIVERSITY
OF OULU
VTT
TECHNOPOLIS
CENTRES OF INNOVATION
Centre for
Environment
and Energy
CEE
Center for
Internet
Excellence
CIE
Center of
Printed
Intelligence
PrintoCent
Martti
Ahtisaari
Institute
MAI
Centre of
Excellence in
Health and
Technology
CHT
STRATEGIES
– Oulu UAS
– Regional
Development Plan
– City of Oulu
– EU 2020
FUNDING SCHEMES
– Structural Funds, Interreg,
ENI
– Horizon 2020
– TEKES
– Erasmus
– INKA programme
FOCUS AREAS AND THEMES OF OULU UAS
Energy, natural resources
and the environment
– Construction and living in
the North
– Intelligent energy solutions
– Sustainable natural
resource economy
Intelligent learning
Virtual Advanced
Learning Experience
(VALE),
Oulu Game Lab,
Lab Export
Innovative
products and
services
Entrepreneurship
and new business
operations
Mixed reality
Immersive virtual
reality
Business Kitchen,
Business Incubator
Printable biosensors
Future health and wellbeing
New services using skills
related to well-being,
information and
communications technology
as well as culture sector
Funding model 2014
Public/state funding from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture
Degrees completed by international students 0.75%
Outgoing and incoming staff mobility (min 5 days) 1%
Publications 1%
Pedagogical studies in vocational education
2%
Outgoing and incoming student mobility
(min 3 months) 2.25%
Completed degrees 46%
Number of employed students
1 year after graduation 3%
Students’ feedback 3%
Open university studies, separate studies and
immigrants’ preparation studies 4%
Number of Master’s degrees 4%
External RDI funding 8%
Students who have
completed 55 ECTS
credits per academic
year 24%
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Universities of applied sciences
in Finland
24 institutions in 70 localities
(+ Police College of Finland and Åland UAS)
Nearly 140,000 degree students
In Northern Finland
– Lapland 5,600
– Oulu 9,000
– Kajaani 2,100
Students from Northern Finland
About 90% of students come from the former
provinces of Oulu and Lapland
About 75% of students come from the Province of
Northern Ostrobothnia
Responsibility for education in Northern
Finland in 13 degree programmes
Oulu UAS has three such degree programmes that
exist only in a maximum of two other UAS’s in
Finland (dance teacher education, library and
information services and optometry)
International degree students by country of origin
0
Vietnam
Nepal
China
Russia
Bangladesh
Germany
Nigeria
Pakistan
India
USA
United Kingdom
Ukraine
Hungary
Ethiopia
Iran
Bulgaria
Ghana
Japan
Kenya
Lebanon
Mexico
Netherlands
Philippines
Kazakhstan
Republic of Korea
Romania
Sweden
Thailand
Estonia
10
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
5
6
6
6
7
7
20
10
10
13
13
30
40
32
38
50
60
55
70
80
74
Additionally one (1) student from Angola, Australia, Canada, Lithuania, Slovakia, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Czech Republic and Uganda. Situation in 09/2014.
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Aims of Internationalisation
To be part of university’s basic task and daily activities.
To improve education and methods of learning and teaching
together with international partners and experts.
To promote students’ and teachers’ interaction with partners abroad
 to offer opportunities.
Active and mutually beneficial exchange programmes for both staff and
students
 to train students and staff for a multicultural and international society.
International collaboration
Oulu UAS aims at promoting genuine international collaboration with
strong partnerships between institutions.
Oulu UAS has signed bilateral agreements with about 160 European,
eight Asian, three North American and two African partners.
Altogether, there are exchange and other co-operation opportunities in
over 30 countries.
Mobility at Oulu UAS
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350
303
300
250
200
150
100
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194
185
176
163
319 320
238 246
206
192
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242
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280
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Outgoing students and trainees
Outgoing lecturers and experts
Incoming students and trainees
Incoming lecturers and experts
All mobilities with the minimum duration of 1 week.
Exchange students by country in 2014
Outgoing students (min 3 months)
No
Country
Incoming students (min 3 months)
No
Students
Country
Students
1
Germany
24
1
Czech Republic
17
Czech Republic
31
2
2
Belgium
15
Germany
28
3
3
Italy
15
Netherlands
23
4
4
Hungary
14
France
16
5
5
Spain
12
Poland
14
6
6
Japan
11
Spain
13
7
6
10
13
United States
Italy
8
6
9
13
Netherlands
Slovakia
9
9
8
12
Australia
Belgium
10
10
10
11
United Kingdom
7
Republic of Korea
11
8
Thailand
5
Austria
12
11
8
Canada
4
Lithuania
13
11
8
Sweden
4
Romania
13
14
Portugal
7
13
Tanzania
4
14
Hungary
7
16
China
3
14
Russia
7
16
Portugal
3
17
United Kingdom
6
18
Austria
2
18
Japan
3
18
Lithuania
2
18
Slovenia
3
18
Slovenia
2
20
Botswana
2
20
Ireland
2
20
Vietnam
2
Additionally one (1) student to Botswana, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Greece, Namibia, Poland, France, Slovakia,
Denmark and Russia
Additionally one (1) student from Mozambique, Zambia,
Switzerland and USA
Our co-operation interests in internationalisation
Strengthening existing well-functioning co-operation with good partners
Finding new good partners
Multidisciplinary co-operation agreements including not only mobility, but also
other forms of co-operation, i.e.
– Student/ trainee, teacher and staff exchange
– Joint teaching and curriculum development and joint/double degrees
– Intensive courses
– International research and development projects with SMEs
For incoming students
ECTS Information Packages
(www.oamk.fi/english/ects)
Student Union’s international teams (free
time activities)
Oulu University of Applied Sciences’ web site
in English (www.oamk.fi/english)
Welfare services (affordable opportunities
for practicing sports and discounts on other
welfare services)
Student dormitory and assistance in finding
alternative housing (exchange students)
Finnish language and culture courses
(3–9 ECTS credits)
Peer and teacher tutors
International co-ordinators in the schools &
International Services
Student Services
Student Union membership (about 15
euros / term, 25 euros / academic year):
discounts on transportation and other
services, inexpensive warm meals
International Services of Oulu UAS
– Contact Information:
http://www.oamk.fi/english/info/internationalisation/contact_information/
– International Services Office on Kotkantie Campus
– Bastian Fähnrich (incoming mobility to Kotkantie Campus)
– Katja Kurasto (outgoing mobility from Kotkantie Campus)
– Sami Niemelä (accommodation issues of incoming students,
Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator, student mobility on institutional
level)
– Marjo Pääskylä (staff mobility on institutional level, ECTS
Information Packages)
International Services of Oulu UAS
– International Services Office on Teuvo Pakkalan Katu Campus
– Piritta Nätynki (incoming and outgoing mobility)
– Jyrki Holappa (cooperation agreements)
– International Services Office on Professorintie Campus
– Tiina Ovaska (outgoing mobility, practical training on institutional
level)
– Marita Metsävainio (incoming mobility)
– International Services in the Administrative Unit (Kiviharjunlenkki 1b)
– Allan Perttunen (Head of International Activities)
Pair/group task
– What kind of assistance do you think you would need from the
International Services in your task as an international tutor?
– If you have already been in contact with the International Services you
can also give feedback on the received service and assitance 
Thank you!
– you have made a good choice in becoming an international
tutor and we appreciate the work you do for the international
students!