141 students graduated from SAMK in May

Altogether 141 students graduated from SAMK in May. 16 of them graduated with a Master´s degree.

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Below are the graduates from English degree programmes. All the graduate information has been published on SAMK news in Finnish. All the graduates have not wanted their name published.

Bachelor´s degrees

Bachelor of Engineering
Siitari Eero
Zhou Jingyu
Tuomi Elviira Bachelor of Health Care
Bhandari Ayushma
Khanal Swostika

Master´s degrees

Master of Business Administration
Kemppinen Marko
Sjögren Sonja
Sävel Jaana Master of Maritime Engineering
Nuuri Aminullah

You can also get to know the theses. Each thesis includes at least the abstract in English. Some of the theses from degree programmes in Finnish are written in English.

The graduation ceremony is organized at SAMK once a year. The next graduation ceremony will be held on Wednesday 8 June 2022 at 13.00.

SAMK congratulates all the graduates.

SAMK theses Read more about the graduation ceremony

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