The Faculty of Business, ICT andChemical Engineering

Our way of working

Dean Juha Kontio, D.Sc.

”CDIO is our way of implementingand developing innovationpedagogy in practice”

EDUCATION

Degree programmes and degrees

Bachelor of Engineering (240 ects, 4 years) • Information and Communications Technology • Chemical and Materials Engineering• Information and Communications Technology (whole pro-

gramme taught in English)

Bachelor of Business (210 ects, 3,5 years) • Business• Business Information Technology• International Business (whole programme taught in English)• Library and Information Services

Business, ICT and Chemical Engineering is one of the four faculties at Turku University of Applied Sciences. The multidisciplinary faculty educates Bachelors and Masters in various fields of Business and Engineering in two cities - Turku and Salo.

Master of Engineering (60 ects) • Technological Competence Management• Project Management• Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology• Health Informatics

Master of Business (90 ects) • Library and Information Services• Business Development• International Business Management• Project Management

Innovation pedagogy with CDIOOur pedagogical ideology emphasizes applying, producing and using information for creating new knowledge and innovations. We operate together with working life and industry to learn, develop and carry out research in different environments. We want our students to take an active role in their learning process. We refer to all of this as innovation pedagogy.

KOKO KOULUTUSTARJONTAMME OSOITTEESSA: www.turkuamk.fi/taykkari

Excellence In ActionToday’s work environment values an entrepreneurial attitude. Our students learn this entrepreneurial at-titude and skills in various learning environments such as: Support Centres, student-owned co-operatives and working life projects.

Our RDI operations are implemanted through our nine Rese-arch Groups:

• Biomaterials and Diagnostics• eHealth • Embedded Electronics• Entrepreneurship, Responsibility and Enabling Regulation• Futuristic UX Technologies• Global Gateway–International Operating Environments• Intangible value creation, Digitalisation and Innovation

Management• Material Efficiency and Renewable Energy• Telecommunications and Information Security

SERVICES

Our multidisciplinary and comprehensive services in Infor-mation and Communications Technology, Chemical Enginee-ring, Electronics, e-Business and Marketing as well as in Ent-repreneurship provide organisations and private persons with the opportunities to take advantage of the skills and modern technology offered by Turku University of Applied Sciences.

Student co-operatives design and implement tailor-made de-velopment projects to meet organisations’ needs, from short assignments to large-scale and longer undertakings. Examp-les of our ICT services include EMC testing and RF measure-ments. Some of our other R&D services include testing and research assignments, digital media services, IT support for SMEs, protein production and purification, food science labo-ratory, molecular diagnostics laboratory, chemistry laborato-ry and clean-room services. In addition, our services include consulting for game application development and consulting organisations on information security issues.

We constantly evaluate and develop our learning and teach-ing activities using the international CDIO approach. The CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) approach provi-des us with tools and guidelines to answer the requirements of working life. Applying innovation pedagogy together with CDIO means studying that is strongly working life-oriented.

For students, project work provides working life competen-cies and valuable contacts. For companies, the projects offer possibilities to make use of the applied research conducted by Turku University of Applied Sciences.

Internationalisation Internationalisation is an essential part of our studies. If a student wishes to complete an exchange period abroad, the-re are several partner universities all over the world to choo-se from. Many foreign students come to Finland for a shor-ter exchange period, but also to complete a whole degree. Exchange students typically study in our international semes-ters. Faculty of Business, ICT and Chemical Engineering of-fers a variety of courses in English in all the degree program-mes. We provide incoming exchange students with high quali-ty services to support them during the exchange period.

RESEARCH, DEVELOP, INNOVATE

Our R&D activities are multidisciplinary and international. Projects are carried out together with companies, organisa-tions and other universities and research institutes. The pro-ject activities create added value for our students by offering motivating learning environments. Co-operation with com-panies also helps to keep our laboratories modern and the know-how of both parties up-to-date.

Research, development and innovation (RDI) activities are an important part of our collaboration with businesses and communities. Our RDI projects enable students to familiarise themselves with their future professional field and engage in multidisciplinary collaboration with project partners.

”We embrace, produce and use information so that we can create new competence and innova-tions. Just contact us and we can begin!”

#ExcellenceInAction Turku University of Applied Sciences is an inspiring community of 10,000 members -- an innovative and multidisciplinary higher education institution, which creates international competitiveness and well-being for Southwest Finland. Our graduates are practice-oriented professionals with top competencies. #Innopeda is a learning method developed at TUAS. It is based on experimenting, sharing know-how, and combining different approaches. With Innopeda we successfully connect teaching, research and development activities, internationality, and co-operation with working life.

COMMITMENT AND GLOBAL POTENTIAL

Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) enjoys an ex-cellent location in Southwest Finland. In this area, educati-on, culture and technology are engaged in mutually benefi-cial cooperation with commerce and industry. It is our desire to provide you with up-to-date knowledge and skills as well as to prepare you for lifelong learning. Research and develop-ment is rapidly expanding and supports regional development in the whole of Southwest Finland. There are many ways we are able to cooperate depending on whether you are a stu-dent, researcher, teacher or a potential project partner.

FACULTIES

• Arts Academy• Business, ICT and Chemical Engineering• Health and Well-being• Technology, Environment and Business

More information:Business, ICT and Chemical EngineeringDean Juha Kontio, D.Sc. Turku University of Applied Sciencesjuha.kontio@turkuamk.fi or like@turkuamk.fi