253 students graduated from SAMK in June

Vaaleanpunaisia ruusuja korissa nurmikolla. Pink roses in a basket on the lawn.

Altogether 253 students graduated from SAMK in June. 32 of them graduated with a Master´s degree.

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

Bachelor´s degrees

Bachelor of Business Administration
Bouhon Félicie
De Decker Hendrik
Hietanen Sara
Le Huong
Markkula Riina
Rezette Séverine Bachelor of Health Care
Domie Philip
Kokkonen Ella
Perämäki Sofia

Master´s degrees

Master of Health Care
Heino Mikko
Nylund Anni Master of Engineering
Vehviläinen Hanna-Kaisa

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.

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