R & D

Why Is It Important to Invest in Research and Development at the Universities of Applied Sciences?

The continuous development of the society and the maintenance of Finland's competitive ability require that all the potential functional parties, also the universities of applied sciences, are mobilised to research and development work.

Universities of applied sciences operate in the research and innovation chain near the corporate field and other economic life, which guarantees them especially good opportunities to operate as the activators of regional development.

Investing in research and development is the essential part of developing into an institution of higher education; specialist education, which is based on research, requires its own knowledge production for its starting point which is adapted to its purpose.