Welcome to the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Social Services!
Your studies will begin 19 August 2024. The first weeks of teaching will be online in Zoom, since some students are still arriving to Finland. The on campus teaching will begin in the end of September 2024 at Diak Helsinki campus (Kyläsaarenkuja 2, 00580 Helsinki).
If you are moving to Finland in the autumn 2024, you will find useful information about your new home country at our New in Finland website.
If you will not be able to arrive to Finland by 30 September because of residence permit challenges, you will have a personal study plan. The Study Guidance Counselor will guide you with your personal study plan. If your residence permit process is delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, the classes and courses that you will be able to attend will depend on the time frame of your arrival. Please note that a delayed residence permit process is not a legal ground for registering as non-attending for the first academic year. If your residence permit process is delayed, you still have to register as attending and the semesters will be counted towards the period of right to study. All students have to pay the tuition fee in 2024–2025. Paid tuition fees will not be refunded except where an admitted student is unable to obtain a residence permit for studies.
Guidelines for confirming your study place, registering as a student and practical arrangements can be found on the information page for all new students.
Starting your studies
The studies begin 19 August 2024. The first weeks teaching will be online in Zoom, since some students are still arriving to Finland. The on campus teaching will begin in the end of September 2024 at Diak Helsinki campus.
The ones that will not be able to arrive in Finland because of residence permit challenges by 31 September will have a personal study plan.
If your residence permit process is delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, the classes and courses that you will be able to attend will depend on the time frame of your arrival. Please note that a delayed residence permit process is not a legal ground for registering as non-attending for the first academic year. If your residence permit process is delayed, you still have to register as attending and the semesters will be counted towards the period of right to study. All students have to pay the tuition fee in 2024–2025. Paid tuition fees will not be refunded except where an admitted student is unable to obtain a residence permit for studies.
Schedule in the autumn 2024
Contact teaching weeks in the autumn 2024 :
- week 34–35 online studies
- weeks 37–38 online studies
- weeks 40, 42, 43, 45, 47 and 50 on campus
Weeks in between are reserved for independent studies.
Detailed schedules are available in June at Diak’s schedule tool. Your group code is HKI-S24dss.
Blended learning method
Studies are conducted as daytime studies. They include contact teaching, independent study and studying in small groups as well as online on Diakle learning platform.
Social Services programme is a blended learning programme, that includes contact and distance learning sessions and work placement periods. Diak blended learning consists of a contact learning week at the campus every 2 to 4 weeks. Each semester includes 4 to 7 contact learning weeks. The distance learning weeks consist of for instance scheduled online lectures, group work, seminars and exams. Work placements require full-time attendance.
The studies of the group will progress, primarily, in accordance with a schedule that is phased according to the group’s learning tasks.
The studies will require individual tasks and cooperative work as well as interaction face-to-face and online. They also include practical training periods.
The studies are designed to correspond to full-time studies.
Study Guidance
Diak offers various forms of study guidance for students. There are regular group meetings with the Study Guidance Counselor. Also individual support is available. Students may talk to a counsellor in confidence about their personal study plan or any issues concerning studies.
Curriculum
The curriculum for the Bachelor’s degree in Social Services is available on our website.