Overview

The Nursing programme from Häme University consists of core competencies, work placements, thesis and deepening your expertise through profiling competence. The languages of the degree programme are English and Finnish, and the degree meets the criteria of the EU directives for a General Nurse. You will receive personal guidance from the tutor teachers and study guides throughout the stages of your studies.

Core competencies

You will study closely around real-life phenomena from health care, and the content of the studies include getting to know the Finnish health and social care culture. You will study themes like medical nursing, acute and perioperative nursing, mental health, gerontology, family health and management in nursing.

Work placements

We will provide work placements for you through HAMK’s partner organisations. Practical training represents one-third of the nursing studies, and it is implemented in several phases in the degree in various health care environments. This allows you to acquire a deep understanding and a wide view of the different possibilities that a career in nursing can offer. When agreed upon, practical training can be conducted during the summer term.

What will you learn? - You will gain professional skills and knowledge to help people with their health and develop community’s wellbeing. You will learn the Finnish language to help manage in different nursing situations in Finnish working life.

What will you become?- After the studies, you will have the professional skills and knowledge to work as a registered nurse in health care services in Finland using the Finnish language. As a certified professional, you may also be employed abroad

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Nursing Support Mechanisms

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care

Surgery Patient Care

Health Promotion and Health Technology

Child and Adolescent Nursing

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 42 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-21 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

60

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PTE Academic

55

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IELTS

6

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Credits

210 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Hämeenlinna, Finland

Disciplines

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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

TOEFL^® IBT

60

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55

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6

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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 studies required for graduating from the Finnish upper secondary school or a Matriculation Examination;

an International Baccalaureate (IB) degree and/or graduated from IB high school with IB exam 6 results in different subjects (IB Diploma Results/IB Certificate);

a European Baccalaureate (EB) Diploma;

a Reifeprüfung (RP) or Deutsches Internationales Abitur (DIA) degree;

a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification covering 120 credits or 180 competence points or a corresponding earlier Finnish vocational degree covering at least 80 credits;

a Finnish post-secondary or higher vocational level diploma;

a Finnish vocational upper secondary qualification or a further or specialist vocational qualification as a competence-based qualification, or a comparable previous qualification;

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Tuition Fees

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9700 EUR / year

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EU/EEA Nationals

Free

Living costs

Hämeenlinna

Finland

700 - 1100 EUR / month

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