Savonia University of Applied Sciences

The second largest field is business, which educates its students for a minimum of three years and 210 ECTS credits.

The new provisional institution was combined from very old (by Finnish standards) local establishments: Soon they were followed by Kuopio School of Public Health (Kuopion terveydenhuolto-oppilaitos, est.

January 2004 Pohjois-Savo Polytechnic was renamed to Savonia University of Applied Sciences (Savonia-ammattikorkeakoulu).

Among the Bachelor of Engineering degrees offered is the Fire Officer Training Program, which is in cooperation with the Emergency Services College.

To meet the applying qualifications, you are required to accumulate three years worth of work experience after your bachelor's degree.

This dual structure has been recently seen as a somewhat useless allocation of resources and could be removed in ongoing organisational restructuring.

The first goal is to examine the potential of formalising and expanding current forms of co-operation into a consortium.

Technopolis Kuopio is the place of study for Savonia's IT-students.
By council decision dated 21. June 2007, Savonia will move its operations in Kuopio to Savilahti to accompany University of Kuopio campus and Technopolis Kuopio .