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City of Lahti
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Population: 100 000 residents
8th largest city in Finland
Part of the Helsinki metropolitan area
Central location with easy connections to major cities
• Helsinki 1 hour and St. Petersburg 2.5 hours by train
Lahti is known for its environmental
expertise and for being an internationally
renowned design center.
Lahti
5. The mission of Lahti University of Applied Sciences
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 2013-2016
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In the future LUAS will be an internationally recognized and
networked, multidisciplinary and regionally influential higher education
institution
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LUAS’s main task is to train experts and real professionals for different
sectors of working world with a proactive and productive approach, and
to help in regenerating the region's competence base with RDI
activities.
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According to the current FUAS strategy (2012-2015), the FUAS institutions will provide
all services in UAS-level education, research and regional development required in the
wider metropolitan area, using learning environments which foster internationalisation.
6. Our focus areas are design, environment
and the development of welfare services
Mission
• The mission of Lahti University of Applied
Sciences is to educate experts and real
professionals for different sectors with a
proactive and productive approach, and help
to regenerate the region's competence base.
Profiles
• Our profiles are integrated
pedagogy, practise-based innovation, and
student entrepreneurship.
Focus areas
• Design, environment, and the development of
welfare services according to the Lahti region
strategy for competitiveness and economy.
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Focus areas
The focus areas identified for Lahti University of Applied Sciences are:
design, environment, and the development of welfare services.
The responsibilities for the strategic focus areas of the FUAS alliance are allocated
between its members as follows: LUAS has the lead responsibility for the development
of the Environment and Energy Efficiency focus area, HAMK is responsible for
Technological Competence and Entrepreneurship, and Laurea is responsible for
Societal Security and Integrity. The Social Welfare focus area is developed jointly by
the three members.
Profiles
The profiles of LUAS are focused on integrated pedagogy, practice-based
innovation and student entrepreneurship.
The educational profile of FUAS describes it as an international pioneer in workplaceoriented pedagogical solutions integrated into RDI, and a motor for applied
research, pragmatic innovation and RDI integrated into student-oriented education in
the wider metropolitan area.
9. Focus areas
DESIGN
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New products, spaces, services, experiences and systems are developed through
design thinking, in cooperation with users and businesses.
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At LUAS, design thinking is human-focused, interactive, experimental, iterative and
optimistic.
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Design and visual communication are seen as art and humanities based approach to
designing, developing and researching better future for us all.
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Our design and visual communication are founded on positive, critical and regenerative
thinking.
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A good example of a cross-disciplinary competence area is service design, which
introduces design thinking into service development in different fields.
10. Focus areas
ENVIRONMENT
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Lahti region aims to become the leading cleantech cluster for environmental
research, education and business.
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By 2017, Lahti University of Applied Sciences will be a nationally and
internationally recognised educator, developer and research organisation in
environmental technology and cleantech competence.
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LUAS together with its partners generate a new way of thinking and new
solutions and applications for global challenges.
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LUAS operates in accordance with the principles of sustainable
development, and the principles of social, ecological and economic sustainability
are incorporated into all its operations.
11. Focus areas
DEVELOPING WELFARE SERVICES
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In the Europe 2020 Strategy, innovation partnerships are identified as key methods
for solving societal challenges.
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LUAS is focused on the welfare of the aged and families, the prevention of exclusion,
the service and management system reform, the production of e-welfare services,
and the promotion of service entrepreneurship.
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Lahti region is a mega-province in sports, and exercise as a health-promoting activity
is highlighted in the region's strategy for competitiveness and the economy.
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A joint objective is to turn the Lahti region into a centre of excellence for research,
competence, education and business in health-promoting exercise.
12. Profiles
INTEGRATED PEDAGOGY
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Integrated pedagogy refers to the way different types of knowledge are combined to
develop expertise by linking theoretical knowledge to experiences and action to thinking.
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Key aspects of learning and competence are professional expertise, the development of
expertise, guidance, and competence evaluation.
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Learning is collaborative; students, staff members and workplace partners all learn
together.
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Teachers are enablers of students' learning and growth, they construct pedagogically
appropriate learning environments with a workplace-oriented approach.
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RDI activity is a key arena for learning, learning environments are both national and
international.
13. Profiles
OPEN PRACTISE-BASED INNOVATION
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Practise-based innovation is based on clear and
strong practical orientation and real-life problemsolving
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Space for learning, new ideas and intuition
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Active participation by students and teachers in
different types of development assignments and
projects, combining practice and theory
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Includes learning through innovating, peer
learning, networking and multidisciplinary
cooperation
14. Profiles
STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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Students are encouraged to develop
entrepreneurial working attitude in all
disciplines.
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Learning is entrepreneurial, multicultural and
multidisciplinary.
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Students learn to develop their competencies
into products.
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Graduates from LUAS are able to work with
partners to develop competencies which are
commercially and socially beneficial.
16. Trust We promote trust and strengthen our workplace community through open
dialogue. We are committed to our joint operating models and support each
other. We conduct ourselves in accordance with laws, decrees and our jointly
agreed code of conduct.
Openness We actively seek information and engage in responsible
communication. We act based on facts and with discretion. We give and receive
constructive feedback.
Customer orientation Customers are the foundation of our operations. We
actively engage in networking. We are dynamic and able to adapt. We focus on
the essential.
Respect for others We listen with an open mind, value each other's
knowledge and skills, and accept different ways of doing things in
our quest for common goals.
Renewal We are active, foresightful and innovative. Learning
is the prerequisite for creating new knowledge and renewal.
