Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences


Image:Haaga-Helia Pasila.jpg|thumb|right|212px|Haaga-Helia's main building in Pasila, Helsinki.
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences is one of Finland's largest University of [applied sciences (Finland)|universities of applied sciences]. The institution is fully supervised and accredited by the Finnish government through the Ministry of Education and Culture. The university's primary facilities are in Pasila, Helsinki. It has other premises in Haaga, Malmi, and in Porvoo and Vierumäki.
Haaga-Helia offers Bachelor's and Master's courses in business, information technology, sport and leisure education, hospitality, tourism and event management, journalism, and vocational teacher education. It has about 11,000 students, of whom 1,000 are international students, and about 730 employees, of whom over 400 are full-time teachers. In business, Haaga-Helia is one of the largest educators in the Nordic countries.
Haaga-Helia's Student Union, which takes care of student advocacy and social and study-related interests, is called Helga.
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Fields of education and degree programmes

Haaga-Helia offers 29 degree programmes, of which 16 lead towards a bachelor's degree and 13 towards a master's degree. 15-degree programmes are conducted fully in English.

Bachelor's degree programmes in English

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Bachelor of Business Administration:
  • Degree Programme in Aviation Business, Porvoo campus
  • Degree Programme in Business Information Technology, Pasila campus
  • Degree Programme in Digital Business Innovations, Porvoo campus
  • Degree Programme in International Business, Pasila campus
Bachelor of Hospitality Management:
  • Degree Programme in Sustainable Tourism and Event Management, Porvoo campus
  • Degree Programme in Hospitality and Tourism Experience Management, Haaga campus
  • Degree Programme in Strategic Hospitality Management, online
Bachelor of Sports:
  • Degree Programme in Sports Coaching and Management, Vierumäki campus

Master's degree programmes in English

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Master of Business Administration:
  • Degree Programme in AI for Business Transformation, European Joint Master's Degree
  • Double Degree Programme in Business Technologies and Management, Pasila campus and MCI The Entrepreneurial School, Innsbruck, Austria
  • Degree Programme in Business Technologies, Pasila campus
  • Degree Programme in Leading Business Transformation, Pasila campus
  • Degree Programme in Strategising in Organisations, Virtual studies
  • Degree Programme in Sustainable Aviation Business, Virtual studies
Master of Hospitality Management:

School of Professional Teacher Education

  • Professional Teacher Education Programme, Pasila campus

Organisation

Haaga-Helia's President and CEO is Susanna Niinistö-Sivuranta, Vice Presidents are Minna Hiillos and Salla Huttunen.

Campuses

Haaga-Helia operates on five campuses: Pasila, Malmi, Haaga, Porvoo and Vierumäki.

Board

The Board governs and oversees Haaga-Helia's operations. The chairperson of the board is President, grocery trade, Ari Akseli. Other members of the board: Development Manager Kai Laikio, CEO Timo Lappi, Principal Lecturer Minna-Maari Harmaala, Manager Mirja Heiskari, Director Markku Lahtinen, Finance Director Pirjo van Nues, Student Laura Töykkälä, Unit Head Tiina Äijö, CEO of Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Susanna Niinistö-Sivuranta, Director of Finance Virpi Peltoniemi.

History

Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences was established at the beginning of 2007, when Helsinki Business Polytechnic and Haaga Institute Polytechnic merged and created a new university of applied sciences. At the time, there were approximately 6000 students in Helia and approximately 4000 in Haaga Institute. Haaga-Helia was the first university of applied sciences in Finland to launch an English-taught Bachelor's degree programme in 1993.