Overview

Choosing the Professional Horticulture programme from Häme University you will gather a wide knowledge about horticulture both from technical and biological point of view. Studies include also subjects from business, such as cost calculations, entrepreneurial working, marketing, and developing businesses and commerce in the field. You will also learn how to innovate new products and services.

From the biological perspective, different cultivars will become familiar to you as well as different cultivation systems suitable for your purpose. You will study how to time your crop, direct its quality and quantity and how to handle the crop correctly. You will learn different actions to store your crop and how this might affect the end result.

Lepaa campus has its own greenhouse, which produces tomatoes for commercial purposes every year. There are also several research studies conducted in the greenhouse. The greenhouse is utilized during the studies, and it give a great practical approach to horticulture. The campus has also various parks and gardens, that are also used for this purpose.

Responsibility is one of the main elements of Finnish production, and it is, together with sustainable development, underlined in this degree programme as well.

What will you learn ?

You will learn good biological and technical skills for commercial plant production and to work with entrepreneurial thinking. You will also learn how to develop business’ responsibility and sustainable development aspects by utilising digitalisation, innovations and international networks.

What will you become?

After graduation you can find employment as an expert in commerce, counselling, education and administration. Typical employers are companies, cities and associations. The branch is very international which offers great opportunities for career development.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Garden Plants and Their Habitats

Horticulture on Open Fields and High Tunnels
Planning and Development of Horticultural Production
Skills of Seasonal Horticultural Work
Sustainable Horticulture
Horticultural Crops' Steering Systems

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-08-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-03-31 00:00:00

More details

Joint Application: 8-22.01.2025
Direct Application: 15.11.2024 - 31.03.2025
Direct applications may close sooner if the study places are filled. We therefore suggest students to apply as early as possible.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

60

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Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Natural Resource Management Horticulture and Crop Science

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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60

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Student insurance

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

You can apply to a Bachelor’s degree programme at a university of applied sciences when you have completed:

the Finnish general upper secondary school syllabus and/or the Matriculation Examination
International Baccalaureate, German Reifeprüfung or European Baccalaureate Diploma
a Finnish upper secondary vocational qualification (120 credit units) or an equivalent previous vocational qualification with a minimum scope of 80 credit units
a Finnish post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma
further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification or an equivalent previous qualification
foreign education that provides eligibility to apply for higher education in the country in question.
Bachelor's or Master's Degree

Tuition Fee

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International

9700 EUR/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9700 EUR per year during 48 months.
National

Free

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 0 EUR per year during 48 months.

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Scholarships Information

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