International Projects
International research and development project cooperation promotes education and staff proficiency. Projects often also include student and teacher mobility and thesis work. International R&D project cooperation of Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences has intensified year by year thanks to the long-term international cooperation networks.
Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences is involved yearly in about 25 international education development projects and other research and development projects as a partner or as a coordinator. The majority of the projects are European, which are principally financed by education programmes of the European Community. Notable cooperation projects are also carried out with Asian, African and American partners. Funding has been received also e.g. from Tekes, the National Technology Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Regional Council.
Development of Education
Title: International Marketing Management Game (Markstrat)
Coordinator: University form the Netherlands
Period: 2010-2011
Partners: Dukenet Network
Objectives: Two weeks intensive course for the business students. Core content of the course is strategic management in marketing. Simulation, international team-working and intercultural communication is used as learning method.
Financing: Former ERASMUS financing, continuing by self-financing
Contact: sirkku.rantalainen@seamk.fi, ritva.leppanen@seamk.fi
Title: University Cooperation with Business and Services
Coordinator: Satakunta UAS
Period: 2010-2011
Partners: Partners come from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Estonia.
Objectives: To increase Nordic co-operation in Higher education in business studies and Health Care and Social Work studies.
Financing: Nordplus Higher Education Programme
Contact: ritva.leppanen@seamk.fi, helli.kitinoja@seamk.fi
Title: Collaboration in Nursing between Finland, Sweden, Norway and Estonia
Coordinator: Seinäjoki UAS
Period: 2010-2011
Partners: HEIs from Sweden, Norway and Estonia, partners also from the working life.
Objectives: To develope nursing education in higher education.
Financing: Nordplus Higher Education Programme
Contact: marjut.nummela@seamk.fi
Title: Joint Physiotherapy Education in Bachelor Thesis module
Coordinator: Lahti UAS
Period: 2010-2011
Partners: 15 partners from the Scandinavian countries and Baltic States.
Objectives: NorNePtE (Nordic Network of Physiotherapy Education) was grounded in 2006, aim is to develope physiotherapy education and clinical practice.
Financing: Nordplus Higher Education Programme
Contact: merja.finne@seamk.fi
Title: West Finland HEInet FIRST- Finnish-Russia Student Exchange Programme
Coordinator: Seinäjoki UAS
Period: 2010-2012
Partners: In the West Finland HEInet there are seven Universities and UASs from Western Finland and 16 Universities from Russia.
Objectives: Student and teacher mobility and intensive course in St. Petersburg once in a year.
Financing: FIRST Programme (CIMO), financing 80.600 €
Contact: marjo.arola@seamk.fi, helli.kitinoja@seamk.fi, essi.korkiakoski@seamk.fi
Title: SoTe FIRST Network – Finnish-Russia Student Exchange Programme in Health Care and Social Work
Coordinator: HAMK
Period: 2010-2012
Partners: Nine Finnish UASs and their faculties of Health Care and Social Work and Universities from Russia.
Objectives: Student and teacher mobility and intensive course in St. Petersburg once in a year.
Financing: FIRST Programme (CIMO)
Contact: helena.jarvi@seamk.fi
Title: Health Africa NSS Project
Coordinator: Seinäjoki UAS (Administrative Coordinator), Central Ostrobothnia UAS (Academic
Coordinator)
Period: 2009-2013
Partners: Nine Finnish UASs and International Health Science University from Uganda and Maseno University from Kenya.
Objectives: Student and teacher mobility, intensive course in South once in a year (special theme every year), network meetings.
Financing: North-South-South Programme (CIMO). Financing 154.000 €.
Contact: helli.kitinoja@seamk.fi, essi.korkiakoski@seamk.fi, merja.seppala@cou.fi
Title: Family Health and Wellbeing NSS Project
Coordinator: HAMK
Period: 2011-2013
Partners: Seinäjoki UAS, HAMK, Lahti and Laurea UASs from Finland, partner Universities
from Vietnam and Nepal.
Objectives: Student and teacher mobility, intensive course in South once in a year, network meetings. Aims is to develop family health and wellbeing.
Financing: North-South-South Programme (CIMO). Financing 106.000 €.
Contact: asta.heikkila@seamk.fi, helli.kitinoja@seamk.fi
Title: Enhancing Life-long learning for the electrical and information engineering community
Coordinator: Partner University in France.
Period: 2009-2011
Partners: Thematical Network in Europe.
Objectives: Intensive course once in a year for the engineering students in some European country.
Financing: ERASMUS Programme
Contact: petteri.makela@seamk.fi; tapio.pihlajaniemi@seamk.fi
Title: The Intensive Programe on Embedded and Ambient Intellingence – IPEAI
Project num: DE-2008-ERA/MOBIP-ZuV-29918-1-13
Coordinator: University of Kiel,Germany.
Period: 2009-2011
Partners: Seinäjoki UAS (Finland), University Aveiro (Portugal) and other partner universities
from Europe.
Objectives: Intensive course once in a year for the computer science students in some European country.
Financing: Erasmus Programme for the IPs.
Contact: petteri.makela@seamk.fi; tapio.pihlajaniemi@seamk.fi
Title: ISTAR-DOT: building a new business game embracing all entrepreneurship competences
Project num: BE 0409.667.028
Coordinator: Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen (Belgium)
Period: 2009-2011
Partners: Seinäjoki UAS (Finland) BA School of Business and Finance (Latvia), Hogeschool Utrecht (Netherlands), Frederik University Cyprus (Cyprus), ESCS - Escola Superior de Comunicação Social (Portugal), PirkanmaaUAS(Finland), Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen (Belgium), Katholieke Hogeschool Mechelen(Belgium), Szolnok University College (Hungary)
Objectives: The main deliverable is to develop, implement and integrate (in the curricula of all partners) a new business game for Business and ICT –students of partner universities.
Financing: Erasmus Programme for the IPs.
Contact : tapio.pihlajaniemi@seamk.fi, ritva.leppanen@seamk.fi
Title: CCCI - Creating care compentence for immigrant
Project num: 16943/D9ER
Coordinator: Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Period: 2009-2011
Partners: Seinäjoki UAS (Finland), TurkuUAS (Finland), Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen (Belgium), Hogeschool Zeeland (Netherlands)
Financing: Erasmus Programme for the IPs
Contact: helinä.mesiäislehto-soukka@seamk.fi
Title: INVEST- Innovation, New Ventures and Entrepreneurship in Social Work Teaching
Project num: LLP-ERA-IP-2009-LT-0266
Coordinator: Vilnius University, Lithuania
Period: 2010-2011
Partners: Seinäjoki UAS (Finland), Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen (Belgium), Pärnu College of Tartu University (Estonia), Evangelische Hohschule für Soziale Arbeit Dresden (Germany) ,Hochschule für Angenwandte Wissenschaften (Germany), Fachhochschule Coburg (Germany), Universita degli studi di Trento (Italy)
Objectives: The aim of the project is to design and implement new module of entrepreneurship competence in social work field on European level by applying advanced interdisciplinary teaching and communication methods.
Financing: Erasmus Programme for the IPs
Contact: marja-liisa.saariaho@seamk.fi
Title: Functional Foods: Science, Engineering and Myths
Project num: 2009-1-TR1-ERA10-08062
Coordinator: Gaziomanpasa University, Turkey
Period: 2009-2011
Partners: SeinäjokiUAS (Finland), Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen (Belgium)and Instituto Politechniko de Coimbra (Portugal)
Financing: Erasmus Programme for the IPs.
Contact: tapio.pihlajaniemi@seamk.fi
Title: InForm
Coordinator: Sanicademia (Austria)
Period: 1.10.2008-30.11.2011.
Partners: Seinäjoki UAS and other Health Care organisations in Bulgaria, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Norway, Slovenia, Finland and Hungary.
Objectives: Prevention of the overweight of children and adolescents.
Financing: European Commission Programme
Contact: annu.peltoniemi@seamk.fi
Title: Entrepreneurship training and incubator management
Coordinator: European partner university
Period: 2010-2012
Partners: European partner universities
Objectives: To develop knowledge and skills in entrepreneurship and business.
Financing: Leonardo da Vinci / Lifelong Learning Programme, financing 124.000 €
Contact: kirsti.sorama@seamk.fi
Title: European Language Portfolio on student's journey through studies into Professional Life ELPiPL
Coordinator: Haaga-Helia UAS
Project num: 143494-2008-LLP-FI-KA2-KA2MP
Period : 2009-2010
Partners: Seinäjoki UAS, Ylöjärvi high school (FI); Hanze Hogeschool Groningen (NL); Högskolan Dalarna (SE); Kauno Kolegija (LT); Wyzsza Szkola Ekonomii i Administracji z siedziba w Bytomiu / Silesian College of Economics and Administration in Bytom (PL)
Financing: Erasmus Programme
Contact: heli.simon@seamk.fi
Research, development and innovation
Title: Health in the Village Development Project
Coordinator: Health Africa Development Cooperation Organisation HADCO
Period: 2006-2011
Partners: Nine UASs and their faculties of Health Care and Social Work from Finland, Public Health Nurses` College and Ministry of Education and Culture from Uganda, also other institutions from Uganda participate in the implementation of the project.
Objectives: To develope public health nurse education, primary and community health care and occupational health care as well as health and wellbeing in the villages. Co-operation and development work in Uganda started in 1995 by the Finnish UASs. Financing from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been available in 2001-2011.
Financing: The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, financing around 350.000 €.
Contact: helina.mesiaislehto-soukka@seamk.fi, helli.kitinoja@seamk.fi
Title: Regions of Culture (CURB) Project
Project num: 2008-2253/001-001
Coordinator: Region of Cornwall in Great Britain
Period: 2008-2011
Partners: Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia from Finland, Seinäjoki UAS as a sub-partner, partners also from Poland.
Objectives: To develope a model for the nomination of the European Regions of Culture.
Financing: European Union Culture 2007 Programme
Contact: jussi.kareinen@seamk.fi, carita.laitala@etela-pohjanmaa.fi
Title: Development of Care Programme / Educational Tool for Improvement of Independence in Activities of Daily Living in over 65 with Mild Care Assistance
Coordinator: Prof. Shimanouchi, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan.
Period: 2008-2011
Partners: Seinäjoki UAS, University from Japan and from south-Korea
Objectives: To make a survey about the effectiveness of the self-education programme for the elderly people living independently at home. Target group in Finland is the home care customers over 65-year-old in the City of Seinäjoki.
Financing: Japanese Ministry of Education
Contact: helli.kitinoja@seamk.fi, aila.vallejo-medina@seamk.fi, jaakko.kontturi@seinajoki.fi
Title: ICT for Health – Strengthening social capacities for the utilisation of eHealth technologies in the framework of ageing population
Coordinator: Fachhochschule Flensburg (DE)
Period: 2010-2013
Partners: More than 20 partners from the Baltic Sea Region States, Universities, Regional Councils and Administrators, Hospitals and other Institutions. From Finland the partners are Seinäjoki UAS, South Ostrobothnia Hospital District and South Ostrobothnia Regional Council.
Objectives: To develope the knowledge and utilization of eHealth among health care professionals and citizens who have long-term illnesses in co-operation between the Baltic Sea Regions.
Financing: Total budget is 3.65 million euro. Financing comes from the European Union Interreg
IV B Programme.
Contact: helli.kitinoja@seamk.fi, asta.heikkila@seamk.fi, sami.perala@eptek.fi,
jaakko.hallila@etela-pohjanmaa.fi
Title: Egoprise (E-Government solutions as instruments to qualify the public sector for the spesific needs of small and medium sized enterPRISEs (SMEs) in the rural BSR
Coordinator: e-Government Association Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (DE)
Period: 2010-2013
Partners: In total 22 partners from the Baltic Sea Region States. Partners from Finland are Seinäjoki UAS, South Ostrobothnia Chamber of Commerce, Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia and Center for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment.
Objectives: To develope E-Governance especially for the needs of SMEs and rural areas, in this
way it would be possible to increase the attractiveness of rural areas in the Baltic Sea Region.
Financing: Total budget of the project is 2,55 million euro. Financing comes from the European
Union Interreg IV B Programme.
Contact: anu.nurmela@seamk.fi
Title: Preventive Home Care Visits
Coordinator: Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), Japan
Period: 2010-2011
Partners: TMDU, Seinäjoki UAS, City of Seinäjoki, City of Kauhava
Objectives: To study the effectiveness of preventive home care visits and develope a model for the
preventive home care visits.
Contact: asta.heikkila@seamk.fi, aila.vallejo.medina@seamk.fi, helli.kitinoja@seamk.fi
Title: BIOMASFOR bioenrgy project in the County of Trento
Coordinator: Italy
Period: 2009-2011
Partners: Italy, Austria, Germany and Seinäjoki UAS from Finland
Financing: CARITRO
Contact: antti.pasila@seamk.fi, risto.lauhanen@seamk.fi
Title: Decipher: Development and Export of Cultural Initiatives for the Promotion & Harmonisation of Employer-led Resources
Coordinator: Regional Language Networks Yorks and Humber (UK)
Period: 2009-2011
Partners: East of England Development agency (UK), Regional Language Networks Yorks and Humber (UK), Agence de Développement Industrielle de Trégor (FR), Université Catholique de l'Ouest Bretagne Nord (FR), Universidad de Zaragoza (ES); Seinäjoki UAS (FI), Mainstreaming Organisation (I)
Financing: Leonardo da Vinci / Lifelong Learning Programme, 399.975 €
Contact: heli.simon@seamk.fi
Title: Cumbre Mundial del Tango 2011
Coordinator: City of Seinäjoki, Seinäjoki UAS, Seinäjoki Tango Festival
Period: 2009-2011
Partners: Cumbres Mundiales del Tango organization in Spain
Financing: Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland, Cultural Fund of South Ostrobothnia
Contact: julio.vallejo@seamk.fi, helli.kitinoja@seamk.fi
Title: Snowball to Better Business – ERASMUS for Young Entrepreneurs
Coordinator: Seinäjoki Joint Municipal Authority for Education
Period: 2011-2012
Partners: Regional Organization of Entrepreneurs in Southostrobothnia, Chamber of Commerce in Southostrobothnia, Foodwest Oy, Business Service Center of Seinäjoki Region, European Network
Objectives: To facilitate a successful start-up and development of 40 new SMEs including those having experienced generation change in the following sectors: a) wellbeing, b) food and agriculture; c) tourism; and d) sustainable energy by receiving training and coaching on real business scenarios in EU member states especially Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Ireland and to support capacity building of NEs from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovania, Slovakia and Hungary by engaging 10 experienced HEs in Southostrobothnia. To provide employment opportunities for the younger generation by starting-up new companies or employing graduates from vocational and higher educational institutions in SMEs.
Financing: Erasmus Programme, 143.908 €
Contact: anne-maria.makela@seamk.fi