Welcome to the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Social Services!
Your studies will begin in August 2025.
If you are moving to Finland in the autumn 2025, you will find useful information about your new home country at our New in Finland website.
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 in August 2025.
Details will be updated here at the latest in June 2025.
Schedule in the autumn 2024
Contact teaching weeks in the autumn 2025:
The on campus teaching weeks will be published in March.
Detailed schedules will be available in June at Diak’s schedule tool. Your group code is HKI-S25dss.
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.