Researchers at the University of Vaasa, Audencia Business School and Aalto University School of Business received the best paper award in the Social Issues in Management Division at the Academy of Management Conference in Boston, USA.
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The University of Vaasa offers free language courses and career guidance for foreigners living in Finland. The aim is to support international talents outside the university to find their place in the Finnish society and work life.
The Language Center Linginno at the University of Vaasa, in collaboration with the Finnish National Agency for Education, is organizing a Finnish Language and Culture summer course from July 7th to July 28th. 24 students from ten different countries, including the United States, Germany, and Romania, have arrived to Vaasa.
The Vaasa region attracts many immigrants each year who come to study or work. Many of them bring their spouses or families along. However, adapting to a new country and hometown is not always the easiest task. To address this challenge, the University of Vaasa has developed a solution: the Vaasa Spouse Programme.
Suddenly, your refrigerator breaks down, your pet's vet bill turns out to be larger than expected, or your car notifies you in the middle of a trip that the tire is losing air. You need to act quickly. Often, you are faced with a purchase of several hundred euros that cannot be postponed. Do you already have a rainy-day fund?
The University of Vaasa is part of the EUNICE European University of Customised Education that will expand and develop its activities until 2027 with the support of funding of up to €14.4 million from the European Commission. EUNICE is one of the alliances in the European Universities initiative that is a key pillar of the European Education Area.
This spring, the University of Vaasa received a record number of applications to its international degree programmes. Now, the university is collaborating with student organisations, the City of Vaasa, local institutions of higher education, and other stakeholders to ensure that international students feel welcome upon their arrival.
The University of Vaasa is committed to promoting the integration of international students into the Finnish job market and society. The university encourages local small and medium-sized enterprises in particular to hire international talents. Employers can now get a €3,600 subsidy from the university when they hire an international student for a three-month full-time internship.
This June, 201 students are receiving their master’s degree upon graduation from the University of Vaasa. The university is organising the degree ceremony ‘Publiikki’ to celebrate the students who have completed their master’s degree during the spring term on Wednesday 21 June.
A recent study by Professor Arto Ojala from the University of Vaasa and his colleagues from the University of Eastern Finland, published in the renowned Global Strategy Journal (ABS4), highlights the characteristics of digital products and services, or digital artefacts, and their impact on the internationalisation of new entrepreneur-led digital-based ventures.