Photos

We offer photos for the disposal of the media. Photos organized by theme are available on the kuvat.fi website. Photographer and SAMK should be mentioned. Please note that photos may only be used for SAMK connections.

Brand Book

Brand book provides guidelines and tools for communication and marketing at SAMK in accordance with the brand. Check out the graphic guidance (pdf) and the brand book.

SAMK company logo

Company logo is always horizontal, and the definitions of the official colour are
• CMYK: C100, M0, Y10, K0
• RGB: R0 G165 B205
• Web Color Code: #00a5cd

It is not allowed to use the company logo as solely turquoise. Also, the logo needs to be clearly distinguishable from the background, and it needs to have enough space surrounding it.

You can download logos from kuvat.fi website. If you can’t find a logo that suits your needs, please contact: viestinta.samk@samk.fi

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At Vatajankoski, employee well-being is considered important and is something the company wants to invest in. Pictured are Pekka Passi, CEO of Vatajankoski, and Susanna Kunvik, Project Manager of the RAVI study.

Workplace nutritional guidance benefits both employees and employers

A nutrition study carried out in companies across the Satakunta region shows that there is room for improvement in the diets of working-age adults. The eating habits of a total of 167 employees were assessed using food diaries in the RAVI study, which was conducted throughout Satakunta between 2023 and 2026.

Researching Senior Lecturer Toni Aaltonen holds his prize, which he won in the competition.

SAMK researcher shines in international LIBS competition – second place among top experts

Researching Senior Lecturer Toni Aaltonen from SAMK participated at the end of January in the EMSLIBS conference (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) held in Senlis, France. In connection with the conference, a globally high-level LIBS Data Challenge competition was organized, where Aaltonen achieved a second place.

Last year, a total of 1,509 students graduated from SAMK. The archive photo shows engineering students at the Pori campus.

Growth continues – A record number of students graduated from SAMK again in 2025

In 2025, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) once again reached a record high in the number of graduates. The number of graduates has increased for several consecutive years.

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Inna Saarinen

Planning Officer for Communications and Marketing
+358 44 710 3052 inna.saarinen@samk.fi
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I work on external communications at SAMK. My responsibilities include news and article production, newsletters and blogs, media relations and SAMKs website.

Jari Multisilta

Managing Director, President
+358 44 710 3410 jari.multisilta@samk.fi
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Jari Multisilta, PhD, joined SAMK as President and CEO in autumn 2018. Prior to his current position, he was Director of the Pori University Consortium (since November 2014) and Professor at Tampere University of Technology (since 2001). He has also been Director of the Cicero Learning network for learning research at the University of Helsinki from 2011 to 2014. Prof. Multisilta has been a visiting researcher at Stanford University for a total of one and a half years and at the Nokia Research Center for two years. His research focuses on learning technologies and digitalization in Higher Education.