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The Laurea community is comprised of approximately 11,000 students, 670 staff members and 39,000 Laurea alumni.

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Laurea in figures

  • Six campuses: Hyvinkää, Leppävaara, Lohja, Otaniemi, Porvoo and Tikkurila
  • Fields of study: Business Management, Social Services and Health Care and Hospitality Management
  • 18 degree programmes, of which six are taught in English
  • One of the most appealing university of applied sciences: 4,2 primary applicants per starting place in 2024

 

  • 10 900 students in total (2024)
  • 942 students in programmes taught in English
  • 1942 graduates from Bachelor’s programmes (year 2023)
  • 440 graduates from Master’s programmes (year 2023)

 

  • Around 39 000 Laurea graduates (May 2025)
  • Employment rate for graduates one year after graduation 95,4 % (2023)
  • 670 employees

 

  • Annual turnover: EUR 64 million (2023)
  • External RDI funding (2023) EUR 8,3 million

Organisation

The University President Mr. Jouni Koski acts as chairman of the management team, and the members are the unit directors, the rectorate, representatives of personnel organisations, and a representative of the university student organisation Laureamko. The goal of the management team is to assist the President in leading and developing Laurea.

Laurea's biggest owners are cities of Espoo and Vantaa.   

Organisation chart can be found below:

  • Board of Directors 

    Ira Hietanen-Tanskanen, Chairman, Espoo, ira.m.hietanen@gmail.com

    Tom Östlund, Hyvinkää

    Perttu Koistinen, Vantaa

    Tiina Davidsainen, Vantaa

    Petri Graeffe, Järvenpää

    Tapani Eskola, Porvoo

    Johanna Juselius, Espoo

    Ville Saarikoski

    Sanna Ilves

    Presenter:‎

    President Jouni Koski
    ‎(09) 8868 7660
    jouni.koski@laurea.fi

    Secretary:

    Development Manager Sonja Ojanen
    sonja.ojanen@laurea.fi

     

    Minutes from Board meetings in Finnish can be found from the Finnish website

  • Management Team 

    Kimmo Hannonen, Vice-President, Support services

    Valdemar Kallunki, Director (Master level degrees unit)

    Salla Seppänen, Director, Social and health sector unit 

    Jouni Koski, President and CEO

    Tanja Johansson, Director, Business, data processing and service sector unit 

    Susanna Rosell, Financial Director

    Katri Ojasalo, Vice-President, Education

    Krista Pahkin, Business Director 

    Tiina Päivärinne, Director (Human Resources)

    Mari Vuolteenaho; Vice-President; Research, Development and Innovation

    Teemu Ylikoski, Director (Digitalisation, marketing and communication) 

    Sonja Ojanen, secretary

 

History of Laurea UAS

Laurea University of Applied Sciences (Laurea UAS, formerly Vantaa University of Applied Sciences and Espoo-Vantaa University of Applied Sciences) began operating in Vantaa in 1991 as one of the first universities of applied sciences to be granted an experimental licence in Finland.

In 1997 – 1998, this experimental licence was expanded to comprise nearly 20 educational institutions in the region of Uusimaa. At that time, the name of the institution was changed to Espoo-Vantaa University of Applied Sciences, reflecting the cities that were its main owners.

The Government of Finland put the institution’s operation on a permanent footing in 2000, and the name Laurea University of Applied Sciences was adopted in 2001.