JAMK University of Applied Sciences

JAMK University of Applied Sciences is one of Finland’s most popular universities of applied sciences, and 2013 has been a year of success for us. We work actively for the development of Central Finland, and co-operation with local companies and other actors is part of our everyday work.

We are increasingly investing in entrepreneurship: The JAMK Generator team supports enthusiastic entrepreneurs from the innovation phase up to establishing a company. New companies are now being established at a rate of 20 per year. Students who started this autumn have taken the five-credit Entrepreneurship and Innovation course. Some of the knowledge we share comes all the way from Silicon Valley!

Good quality of learning from the viewpoint of both students and working life is vital for the success of a university. We measure it continuously, and the results have been excellent. This year’s milestones in quality of learning were the international audit of JAMK’s quality system and the EPAS accreditation of our International Business programme. These recognitions show that JAMK’s quality of training is excellent, even on an international scale.

JAMK is also a strong international actor. We have almost 300 university partners around the world. Internationalisation shows in Finland, too, with about 1,000 foreign students and specialists present on our campuses every day.

Favourable winds are blowing in education exports. International teacher education has been carried out in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Egypt and Nepal. JAMK’s nurse training has aroused international interest. Co-operation in China will begin in early 2014.

JAMK University of Applied Sciences is an international higher education institution with expertise in 8 different fields of study. We are your global partner whether you want to develop individuals in your organisation or an entire education system. Furthermore, JAMK is an excellent partner in academic staff and student mobility.

JAMK is a developer of business and promoter of export activity within bioeconomy. It creates new material economy and circular economy saving natural resources. Several areas of expertise are connected to bioeconomy (e.g. forestry, agriculture, industrial manage­ment, energy production, business economics and tourism).

Activities focus especially on the food chain, on the forest industry and its byproducts and on energy production. JAMK is a producer of new resource-smart solutions for the new city district of Kangas and a promoter of the business activities created by the biofactory investment in Äänekoski. JAMK strengthens the bioeconomy campus in Saarijärvi and the position of the Bioeconomy Institute as a regional centre of excellence together with businesses, the Vocational Education Institute of Northern Central Finland and the City of Saarijärvi.

There is a strong centre of excellence in physical rehabilitation at JAMK and in the Jyväskylä region. Its activity supports the development of customer-centred, multidisciplinary rehabilitation and the growth of business through renewing education and producing new innovative solutions and digital services.

JAMK is a significant national actor in education, RDI activity and services related to cybersecurity. JAMK’s central areas of expertise include cyber-preparedness, cyberinfrastructure and cybersecurity solutions. The expertise in cybersecurity is widely utilised in businesses and the public sector. The expertise is applied to meet the needs of fields such as public services, health care, manufacturing, critical infrastructure and service business. The theme of the growth pact of the Jyväskylä region is applied cybersecurity, which the region intends to use in order to continue its growth as a centre of excellence specialising in cybersecurity and its applications. The activity of JAMK contributes to the activity of this centre.

Automation, robotics and machine vision are rapidly developing areas. Robots operating safely in shared working areas with humans represents the newest development in the field. They can lighten the workload within e.g. assembly lines, health care services and in homes. Complementing its traditional expertise in automation and machine vision, JAMK also increases education and RDI activity within robotics. The aim is to improve the region’s competitiveness in service activities and manufacturing with applications in robotics.

JAMK develops digital learning environments and new learning methods for its own use and for the organisations in working life. JAMK is an internationally audited and accredited university of applied sciences esteemed by the working life. In addition to applying new learning methods in its degree programmes, JAMK also applies them within domestic education on demand and within education export abroad. The education improves competitiveness on the level of both individuals and organisations. The core of the focus area is JAMK’s teacher education and business expertise. However, the activity involves all educational fields and the expertise in education planning. Within education export, JAMK cooperates closely with other domestic education exporters.