4
Campuses
6111
Students
500
International students
13
English programmes
SAMK's vision, mission and profile
Vision: All SAMK students will be employed.
SAMK provides experts and developers for the region and promotes internationality and entrepreneurship in Satakunta.
The economic and industrial structure of the region requires SAMK to be able to offer extensive education and research opportunities in the fields of health care and social services , business administration, and technology.
SAMK profiles itself as an industrial higher education institution.
SAMK has the responsibility to produce customizable competence to meet the modern and versatile needs of working life in the region of Satakunta and the neighbouring areas, and in the chosen fields all over Finland.
SAMK's slogan sums up all this: Think Future.
See the strategy page for strategic goals and other details.

SAMK in figures (2021)
Locations (four campuses): Pori, Rauma, Huittinen, Kankaanpää
Key figures
- Staff 459
- Turnover 33.2 M €
- Publications 254
Trainings a total of 44
- In Finnish 30
- In English 14
Degrees 1117, of which Master Degrees 165
- Degree students 6414
Business accelerator
- 40 new contracts (703 in total)
- 4 new companies (351 in total)
Students of the Open University of Applied Sciences 4187
76 nationalities
More than 500 partner companies and communities
More than 200 international partner universities
Ongoing projects a total of 135
- New domestic projects 44
- New international projects 6
- External financing of projects 4,8 M € (in 2021)
- The total volume of ongoing projects is 17,3 M €