Diaconia University of Applied Sciences

1. University offers high quality, innovative degree programmes of education and training in diaconia, nursing, sign language interpretation, community interpreting, social services and youth work.
2. Diak’s information and library services offers up-to-date information on various subjects. Our collections mainly include materials on the following fields: diaconal work, education, health and social care, multiculturalism, sign language and interpreting.
3. Diak is actively involved in international research and development projects and in curriculum development cooperation at European level.
4. The career monitoring collects up-to-date information on the employment of university graduates, the career opportunities provided by education and the equivalence of studies to working life.
5. Diak is Finland’s largest provider of university og applied sciences (UAS) level education in social work. In the health and social care sector, it is the only national UAS offering education and services for workplace organisations across Finland.