Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak)
Helsinki
Unit
Siding with People and a Good Life
Helsinki Unit operates in the immediate vicinity of the city centre in Kallio,
in connection with Helsinki Deaconess Institute and HEO, a free
educational institute.
Helsinki Unit offers Degree Programmes in
Social Services, Nursing and Public Health Care. Additionally, it is
possible to graduate with two qualifying degrees: Nurse and Deaconess or
Bachelor of Social Services and Deacon / Church Youth Worker (Youth Leader)
At Helsinki Unit the education is aimed at youth, adults and immigrants.
At Helsinki Unit the education consists of basic degree awarding polytechnic
studies, vocational specialisation studies, master's degree polytechnic
studies, open polytechnic studies and continuing education for working
life.
Helsinki Unit provides the metropolitan area and Uusimaa with
experts in the fields of health care and social services, and in the
church sector.
Annually, some 1000 students study at Helsinki Unit;
the workforce comprises approximately 70 employees. |
Encounters in the Centre of the City, in the Midst of Life
The common values Diak subscribes to are Christian neighbourly love, social
justice and open interaction.
Helsinki Unit focuses on urban health
care and social services as well as church work in its education, research
and development.
Helsinki Unit emphasizes processing of values,
ethical choices, personal identity and meaning of life as well as
embracing a work approach increasing communal coherence and empowerment in
care work.
Helsinki Unit incorporates the perspectives of
experiences of otherness, cultural diversity and increasing
internationalism in its education and R & D. As the sole polytechnic unit
in Finland, Diak's Helsinki Unit provides immigrants general eligibility
for polytechnic studies by offering them preparatory studies. |
