We make dreams come true. Finland succeeds when the Satakunta region succeeds. Satakunta succeeds when SAMK succeeds. We succeed together.
Our job is to make dreams come true, no matter how big or small. Our work-oriented education enables each of our students to graduate and find employment. Future growth stories are built around our core competences and faculties, around human welfare and modern industry. Our doors are open to the world, and we are part of the European higher education community. SAMK is a thriving higher education community of skilled people with its roots in Satakunta and its eyes on the future.
We educate, develop and internationalize, and we promote entrepreneurship. The economic and industrial structure of the Satakunta region requires us to provide extensive and multidisciplinary education and research opportunities.
Our profile: People and renewing industry. Finland depend on the industry of Satakunta and the West Coast. The role of people in a renewing industry is important. Skilled workers and new technologies help to achieve common goals.
Our vision is: Every SAMK student graduates and finds employment.
Explore our strategic goals and values in more detail here.
Staff 537
Turnover 45,9 M €
Publications 226
Degree programmes a total of 38
In Finnish 29
In English 9
Degrees 1321, of which Master Degrees 237
Degree students 7,668
Business accelerator
37 new contracts (843 in total)
4 new companies (402 in total)
Students of the Open University of Applied Sciences 4422
About 100 nationalities
International students on campuses 1146
Almost 700 partner companies and communities
More than 200 international partner universities
Ongoing projects a total of 103
New domestic projects 31
New international projects 8
External financing of projects 5,7 M€
The total volume of ongoing projects is 23,05 M€
According to feedback from our students (AVOP 2024), our particular strengths lie in study planning and guidance, student support services, and internationalisation.
Based on the average results of the AVOP surveys from 2010 to 2021, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) provides the highest quality education among Finnish universities of applied sciences. SAMK has ranked first four times, most recently in 2021.
AVOP, the nationwide graduation phase student feedback survey for universities of applied sciences, is conducted annually. In the survey, students evaluate and give feedback on the education they have received. The results are used both to develop the institution’s operations and nationally to steer and fund education. The survey is completed by all graduating degree students at universities of applied sciences.
Our vision is that every one of our students will be employed.
According to the latest career monitoring survey, as many as 94% of SAMK graduates were employed or working as entrepreneurs. A further 3% were on study leave or family leave.
Universities of applied sciences conduct a career monitoring survey for students who have graduated from a university of applied sciences with a bachelor’s or master’s degree five years earlier. The last career monitoring survey was conducted in 2024, targeting those who graduated from SAMK in 2019. The purpose of the survey is to assess the graduates’ career paths, employment situation and satisfaction with the degree they completed.
Cross-institutional studying allows students to take courses offered by other higher education institutions. We are involved in several cross-institutional study networks. The networks and agreements for cross-institutional studies vary and cover a wide range of studies. Many networks focus only on a specific field of study.
