Professionals working in multicultural and international expert roles in public administration, NGOs or businesses. Applicants should already hold a Bachelor’s degree (applications to Diak) or Master’s degree (applications to the University of Turku).

In addition, you should have suitable work experience which can include a broad range of educational background and experience working in roles in international and multicultural settings in the public, private or third sector.

The credit load is 40 ECTS. One ECTS corresponds to approximately 27 hours of study.

The programme cost is €2,000 (0% VAT) which can be paid in one or two instalments.

• Professional capabilities needed in multicultural settings
• Planning and coordination of services that promote integration and employability
• Multilingual and multicultural communications
• Management and development of multicultural workplace communities

The programme consists of common core modules (30 ECTS) and a supervised development assignment relating to the student’s own field (10 ECTS).

Modules:

• Global mobility trends and immigrant integration (5 ECTS)
• Multilingualism and intercultural communications (5 ECTS)
• Human rights and legislation (5 ECTS)
• Promotion of integration and employability (5 ECTS)
• Culturally aware workplace practices (5 ECTS)
• Management of international and multicultural workplace communities (5 ECTS)

The programme is delivered in multimodal form and includes contact teaching sessions, online learning, peer group assignments, independent distance assignments, and a development assignment implemented in the workplace. The programme can be completed alongside your work.

The learning assignments will be integrated with work and personal development.

The programme is delivered jointly by Diak and the University of Turku primarily at the Helsinki campus; remote participation is also possible. In addition, a peer learning group can be organised at Diak’s campus in Oulu.

The programme starts on 22 January 2021 and ends on 2 June 2022.

Contact session schedule:

• Launch day 22 January 2021
• Module 1: Global mobility trends and immigrant integration (5 ECTS), Wed–Thu 24–25 February 2021
• Module 2: Multilingualism and intercultural communications (5 ECTS), Wed–Thu 24–25 March 2021
• Module 3: Human rights and legislation (5 ECTS), Wed–Thu 5–6 May 2021
• Module 4: Promotion of integration and employability (5 ECTS), Wed–Thu 7–8 September 2021
• Module 5: Culturally aware workplace practices (5 ECTS), Wed–Thu 3–4 November 2021
• Module 6: Management of international and multicultural workplace communities (5 ECTS), Wed–Thu 2–3 March 2022
• Final day 2 June 2022

The contact teaching sessions will be organised at Diak’s campus in Helsinki excluding module 3, which will be organised at the Åbo Akademi Institute for Human Rights in Turku.

The next application period is announced later.

Diak’s admission criteria:

1. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
2. a) work experience involving intercultural skills in any field, OR
   b) experience of multicultural work or multicultural workplace community
3. A motivation letter describing the reasons for applying to the programme and a preliminary plan for the development assignment.

Admission process

Candidates who meet the above criteria are assessed and scored based on the submitted documents as follows (max. 10 p.):

1. Work experience

• Up to 2 years in duties involving multicultural work, 0 p.
• 2–5 years in duties involving multicultural work, 1 p.
• Over 5 years in duties involving multicultural work, 2 p.

2. A motivation letter describing the reasons for applying to the programme and a preliminary plan for the development assignment

The motivation letter is assessed and scored as follows:

• Coherence of the motivation and relevance to the programme’s intended learning outcomes (0–4 p.)
• Relevance of the development assignment (0–2 p.) and its viability (0–2 p.)

If two or more applicants achieve the same score, precedence will be given to the score of 2. (Motivation letter describing the reasons for applying to the programme and a preliminary plan for the development assignment) . If the applicants still have the same score after the adjustment, their ranking will be decided by the drawing of lots.