The South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk) is a top-tier university of Applied Sciences by the metrics of Finnish Department of Education. Xamk focuses on online education, wellbeing, technology, and creative industries. Xamk’s first degree program was on seafaring and was launched over 200 years ago, 1816. Xamk trains skilled professionals for the needs of the future and promote entrepreneurship, international activities, as well as solutions to develop business life. Xamk employs almost 1000 professionals. Xamk has over 11 000 students and offers over 40 Bachelor’s degree programmes and over 30 Master’s degree programmes. In addition, Xamk Pulse offers the largest selection of Open UAS courses in Finland. Xamk’s Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) activities are an essential aspect of regional and social influence. Focus areas are Digital Economy, Sustainable Wellbeing, Logistics and Seafaring and Forest, the Environment and Energy. In addition, Xamk’s 11 research units produce multidisciplinary expert knowledge as well as services such as product development, measurement, and analysis.
The European Commission's European Universities program includes 60 alliances and 500 universities by 2024. European Universities develop high-level education, research and innovation and increase mobility. Close and ambitious cooperation is carried out in higher education networks. They look for solutions to social challenges and serve as examples for other universities. The goal is to promote a knowledge-based economy, employment, and well-being in Europe. Xamk is part of the European Universities INGENIUM Alliance.
Edufication is developed by Xamk. Edufication is an international partner network, production house, educational service provider and ecommerce suitable for commercial cloud-based online edutech training. All Edufication productions and services are fully tailor-made.
Robocoast has the European Digital Innovation HUB (EDIH) status granted by the European Commission. Xamk is a member and Competence Center of Robocoast. Robocoast’s mission is to support digital transformation with key skills in cybersecurity, robotics, energy technology, artificial intelligence, data analytics, 5G, and the Internet of Things. Robocoast provides services to the export industry and other industries, as well as startups and high-tech companies. The products and services developed by the Robocoast members focus on the export industry and their subcontracting chains, advanced manufacturing, information and communication technology and the energy sector. Robocoast also offers multidisciplinary cooperation in areas such as agriculture and health technology.
