The two English language master's programmes in business studies, Finance and Strategic Business Development (SBD) have again successfully passed the accreditation of international EFMD master's programmes. EFMD Accredited is a stamp of quality for business and management degree programmes that emphasize internationality. It is a testimony that the education in the master's programmes is at an international top level.
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This spring, 444 graduates will receive their master´s degree certificates from the University of Vaasa. The university will celebrate recent graduates on Friday 18th of June in the publiikki graduation event that will be held remotely due to the prevailing situation.
Doctor of Science in Technology Raine Hermans has been appointed as Dean of the School of Technology and Innovation at the University of Vaasa. Hermans will take up his new role on 1 July.

Professor Sami Vähämaa from the School of Accounting and Finance of the University of Vaasa has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Southern Finance Association. Vähämaa is the only director from non-U.S. university.
The Evald and Hilda Nissi Foundation donates 500,000 euros to the University of Vaasa.

The University of Vaasa has renewed its policy on open science. The policy is based on the new strategy of the university, which states that the university is committed to the principles of open science.

Professor Marko Kohtamäki and Associate professor Heidi Hirsto have been granted funding from the Academy of Finland for their research projects.

What are the growth stories of Finnish leaders like? Krista Anttila asked directors about their paths to leadership and compared these growth stories with the leadership stories in Väinö Linna's novels. According to Anttila's doctoral study, the directors' stories repeat elements that are rooted in our cultural heritage and can also be seen in Linna's novels.

The University of Vaasa is a partner in the international LEAP-RE consortium that is a long-term partnership between the European Union and the African Union for research and innovation in the energy sector. The university is responsible for delivering the Energy Village concept within the program, which includes the establishment of 16 energy self-sufficient energy villages in Ethiopia, Botswana, Uganda and Kenya in Africa.

Recent FAIR -project study report by researchers Antti Mäenpää, Helka Kalliomäki and Vili Ampuja from the University of Vaasa describes that electric aviation is a new potential opportunity for the Kvarken region.