text mari ratia | photo katja kontu
TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION SPREADS FINNISH EXPERTISE
AROUND THE WORLD THE NEED FOR EXPERT EDUCATION AND HIGH-QUALITY DEGREE PROGRAMMES IS GROWING RAPIDLY ALL OVER THE WORLD AND MANY COUNTRIES TURN TO TRANSNATIONAL EDUCATION AS A SOLUTION. IN RECENT YEARS, THE EXPORT OF EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TURKU HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. Since 2014, transnational education at the University of Turku has been managed through Finland University that was founded together with Universities of Tampere and Eastern Finland. Transnational education has seen a rapid increase – in 2014, the University sold four education packages, the number of which jumped to 31 last year. Transnational education can come many forms. It can be either a package sold to target countries, a programme in which students arrive to the University of Turku to learn, or combinations of both. The length can vary from a couple of days to years. — Our transnational education services are based on expertise and the latest research conducted at the University. The customers include international public organisations and governments of foreign countries. We offer our customers education packages that meet their needs. New openings are planned, as there is great global interest towards, for example, information security and information management, says Coordinator of Education Export Jukka Pulkkinen.
[ 18 ]