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Bella
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Arcada Helsinki

Post by Bella » Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:30 am

Hi.
Does anyone knows if Arcada in Helsinki is a private school or not?
Thanks
Bella



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sammy
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Re: Arcada Helsinki

Post by sammy » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:20 am

Hi,

the administration of the Finnish Universities of Applied Science (=polytechnics in Ministry of Education-speak) is arranged in a slightly different manner from that of the 'traditional' academic universities. The administration system of the UAS may vary slightly from one institution to another -
The universities of applied sciences are maintained by a local authority, a municipal consortium, an organisation or a foundation
- it says here.

Arcada is run by the Arcada Foundation, which is -if I'm not wrong- a "privately-owned foundation" (?)

http://www.arcada.fi/en/about-arcada/ad ... management

Info on the UAS system, and the list of recognised institutions, can also be found on the Min of Ed pages:
http://www.minedu.fi/OPM/Koulutus/ammat ... s/?lang=en

Note that the Ministry won't use the name "UAS / University of Applied Science", but "Polytechnic". But these terms do refer to the same institutions. Why this is so... is another story :wink:

Eliss
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Re: Arcada Helsinki

Post by Eliss » Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:40 am

I don't think it's private.. But I know, that it is swedish..

Bella
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Re: Arcada Helsinki

Post by Bella » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:53 pm

Thanks for the answers.
Bella

sammy
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Re: Arcada Helsinki

Post by sammy » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:59 am

Eliss wrote:I don't think it's private.. But I know, that it is swedish..
Just for the record - Arcada is definitely not Swedish but Finnish. However the language of instruction is Swedish.

The difference may seem obvious, but I have met people who seriously thought Hanken was an offshore campus of some Swedish university :wink:


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