Laurea’s key partnership is a paid partnership that engages the partner in extensive and systematic cooperation with Laurea’s various degree programmes. It can involve cooperation with students, research, development and innovation activities as well as business activities. The key partnership concept encompasses project and recruitment cooperation and a visibility package.

The aim is to expand and deepen Laurea’s partnership network to support the development of our competence areas and further enhance their effectiveness. At the same time, the aim is to activate the network more systematically, for example, with regard to RDI activities.

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Nokia is a B2B technology innovation leader, pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, Nokia creates value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs. Cooperation between Laurea and Nokia 
has included course cooperation and expert visits related to for example cyber security and business design.

 "Cooperation has been smooth and appropriate. We have been pleased with the commitment of the partnership team."

 

Design Thinking Lead, Miikka Kemppinen, Nokia 

Coor is one of the leading real estate service providers in the Nordic countries. The key partnership with Laurea enables cooperation in, for example, student projects and the development of the real estate services sector. Coor has, among other things, sparred its Business Park services and developed its My Workplace application together with Laurea students.

"As a company, it is also important for us to understand the ideas and values of future employees, for which this key partnership gives us a unique opportunity.”

 

Development Manager, Laura Pösö-Sievänen, Coor

Efecte is an internationally growing SaaS company that helps service organisations to digitalise and automate their work. Efecte also wants to be developing the Finnish software industry and the SaaS (Software as a Service) business. In addition to joint projects, Efecte wants to familiarise Laurea students with career opportunities in the software sector.

"We want to involve students in innovation of how we can make sales, service development and software development even better. We want to be the best in the world in what we do and for that we need the best ideas in the world.”

 

Managing Director Niilo Fredrikson, Efecte