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Timo Mattila, Vice President for Education, is pleased with the students’ good employment rate.

Excellent employment rates among SAMK graduates

According to the latest career monitoring survey, as many as 94% of SAMK graduates were employed or working as entrepreneurs. A further 3% were on study leave or family leave.

SAMK-campus Pori building.

SAMK and Åbo Akademi University sign a significant agreement on doctoral education

Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) has entered into a significant collaboration agreement with Åbo Akademi University for the provision of doctoral education.

Teachers from SAMK and NMU familiarize themselves with the MeWet home, which integrates welfare and health technology.

SAMK and NMU collaborate to develop a Master's level study module in rehabilitation technology

The TecRe project aims to promote Master’s level rehabilitation technology education by developing and implementing a comprehensive study module collaboratively designed by Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) and Bogomolets National Medical University (NMU), Ukraine.

45 students graduated from SAMK in January

Altogether 45 students graduated from SAMK in January. Four of them graduated with a Master’s degree. SAMK congratulates all the graduates.

348 students graduated from SAMK in December

Altogether 348 students graduated from SAMK in December. 49 of them graduated with a Bachelors’s degree in English and 9 of them with a Master’s degree in English.

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SAMK graduates a record number of students in 2024

Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) graduated a record number of students in 2023 – and last year, the record was broken again.

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