You will acquire a skill set to operate in a variety of healthcare settings, from open counselling centres to intensive care units.
Based on caring and nursing science, the curriculum includes multidisciplinary elements from natural sciences (such as anatomy and physiology, medicine and pharmacology) as well as social and behavioural sciences.
The studies are conducted in close co-operation with working life through, for example, projects carried out both individually and in groups. Diak graduates are well employed in Finland.
Extension studies enable you to deepen your expertise development in the specialty area of nursing. You can combine both theoretical and practical aspects in areas such as child, adolescent and family nursing or polyclinical care.
The degree will qualify you as a Registered Nurse with EU competence. You can choose to work with children, youth, adults or elderly in Finland, the rest of the Nordic countries or further abroad.
Finnish language requirement
Applicants are required to have skills in Finnish. The minimum requirement is level B1 on the Common European framework for languages. The Finnish skills are assessed in the entrance exam.
Entrance examination
The admission the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Health Care, Nursing is based on an entrance examination organised by Diak (LINKKI).
When I started the studies, I wasn’t aware of all the possibilities that are available for a nursing graduate. The training, especially, made me realise that the work is very diverse.
– Martta, nursing student at Diak
