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Quan Cung, 30, Bachelor of Social Services student (English-taught degree programme) – I moved to Finland in 2012 and started studying in Rovaniemi. After a while, I decided to change my career path and I moved to Helsinki. While living in … Read more

The Board of Directors of Diaconia University of Applied Sciences has unanimously decided at its meeting on 26 October 2021 to renew the Diak campus structure in accordance with a presentation by CEO, Rector Elina Juntunen.

There has been a strong increase in mental health problems among students during the pandemic.

The 3IN Alliance offers exchanges for students. Find out what Annika’s exchange experience was like in Diak, Finland.

Application period for international exchange has opened.

Diak’s CEO and Rector Elina Juntunen’s greeting for students in the beginning of a new academic year:

Because the corona situation remains alarming in Finland, Diak’s task force on corona situation has decided that campuses remain closed until 11 April 2021. The task force decided earlier that the campuses are closed between 8 and 28 March. According to the update, the campuses will be opened 12 April 2021. 

Did you face a problem at internship or was your smart phone stolen at campus? Report incidents to Diak’s administration through observation reporting application Incy!

The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture has granted higher education institutions and student unions a funding of six million euros in total for strengthening student welfare, guidance and support. Out of this sum, Diak and its partners have received 808 500 euros in total for improving student welfare services.

Diak’s corona task force has aligned that distance teaching and learning continues in Diak until the end of spring term (30 June 2021). The task force estimates that the covid-19 situation will not improve significantly during the next few months because the vaccinations of the population have started slowly, and the new coronavirus variant has emerged.