Jamk
We are your global partner whether you want to develop individuals in your organisation or an entire education system. Furthermore, Jamk is an excellent partner in academic staff and student mobility.
Jamk is reinventing higher education.
9 500
students from over 70 countries
Over 1 500 students graduate from Jamk every year. 80 % of graduates are employed within a year after the graduation.
300
partners in over 50 countries
Jamk is truly international with a wide international network. Every year Jamk attracts 350 international degree and 400 exchange students.
20
new companies each year
Jamk offers a good foundation for those who want to be entrepreneurs. Every year 20 new companies are founded at Jamk.
Jamk's Focus Areas
Jamk is a multidisciplinary university of applied sciences that awards degrees in the fields covered in its operating license. It also carries out RDI work in the corresponding fields and produces services to its clients. The themes that cut across Jamk’s strategy are the renewal and digitalisation of learning, the development of new business, sales expertise and entrepreneurship and the internationally acknowledged quality. These themes are implemented in all areas of Jamk’s activities and are developed by the entire UAS.
Additionally, specific focus areas and new rising fields have been selected based on the needs of the operating environment and Jamk’s as well as cooperation partners’ strong expertise. The expertise of Jamk and the cooperation partners gathered creates nationally competitive centres of excellence.
The focus areas are growing and known at the national and partly also at the international level. Each focus area has a significant education task, focused RDI activity and professional service activity. The focus areas are compatible with the growth pact of the City of Jyväskylä and the regional strategy for Central Finland.
Cyber Security
Today's world relies strongly on digital services and information. We are at the forefront of technological development, and the preparedness for modern cyber threats.
Physical Activity and Well-being
At Jamk University of Applied Sciences, we conduct research, analyse, and develop physical activity and movement-related phenomena and set the direction to ensure that everyone is sufficiently active.
Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation
We act as a forerunner in rehabilitation, developing the best rehabilitation solutions in collaboration with working and business life.
Organisation
Jamk is a multidisciplinary University of Applied Sciences with four fields of education (schools) and administration. The schools providing education are the School of Professional Teacher Education, the School of Health and Social Studies, the School of Business and the School of Technology. Institute of Bioeconomy, the Institute of Information Technology and the Institute of Renewable Industry operate within the Technology Unit. The Institute of Rehabilitation and the Institute of of Health work within the School of Health and Social Studies.
We operate in three campuses in Jyväskylä and in the Institute of Bioeconomy in Tarvaala, Saarijärvi. We have also few small premises and offices in Jyväskylä and in Helsinki.
Jamk Administration
Jamk University of Applied Sciences Ltd. is the owner of Jamk. Jamk operates in accordance with the Polytechnics Act and its own Administrative Regulations and Ordinances.
School of Professional Teacher Education
Jamk's School of Professional Teacher Education offers post-degree programmes for professionals from different fields of expertise, who aim for a career as a teacher or who wish to develop themselves as facilitators of learning.
School of Health and Social Studies
Our cooperation in the national and international networks relays our expertise far and wide. At the same time, it creates new information and competence for the operators in our region.
Fields of study
Business Administration
In the field of Business Administration we offer Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes both in English and in Finnish. We also offer continuing education and R&D services.
Culture
Music educators graduating from the Degree Programme in Music have extensive knowledge of the field of music, a high level of practical musicianship and the skills to apply their competence in different changing operating environments.
ICT
Information and communication technology offers work for skilled people. Jamk offers education leading to a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business as well as to a Master’s degree focused i.e on AI, Cybersecurity, and Software Development.
Natural Resources and Environment
In the field of Natural resources and Environment we offer our students versatile knowledge in domestic animal production, crop farming, forestry, environmental care, renewable energy, and new technologies of agribusiness.
Professional Teacher Education
At Jamk's School of Professional Teacher Education, you can study the pedagogical qualifications (required to work as a teacher in Finland). Our International Professional Teacher Education is available in English as hybrid studies.
Social Services and Health Care
In the field of Social Services and Health Care we offer seven bachelor's and six master's degree programmes. The degree programme in nursing is taught in both Finnish and English. We have two Master´s degree programmes in English.
