Ready to take on a rewarding role in global healthcare? Become a registered nurse with strong clinical skills and heart!
The Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing degree programme at Diak prepares you to become a compassionate, highly skilled registered nurse capable of delivering high-quality patient care in multidisciplinary healthcare environments. You will acquire a skill set to operate in a variety of healthcare settings, from open counselling centres to intensive care units.
Comprehensive Theoretical Basis and Extensive Clinical Practice
The studies focus on clinical nursing, health promotion, disease prevention, pharmacology, and patient safety.
- 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.
- A central part of the programme is practical training, which accounts for a significant share of the studies. Clinical training takes place in diverse healthcare settings across Finland, equipping you with the practical skills needed to operate in a wide variety of environments, from open counselling centres to specialized units and intensive care.
- 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.
EU-Recognized Qualification and Global Career Opportunities
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 Studies
While the language of instruction is English, the programme includes mandatory Finnish language studies to support your practical training in Finnish healthcare environments and to enhance your future employment opportunities in Finland.
Apply with the SAT test through Diak’s Rolling Admission route
Admission in Diak’s Rolling Admission is based on a SAT test and an online interview. Eligible applicants are accepted in the order of submitting their complete application.
You do not need prior Finnish skills to be admitted through the Rolling Admission. Please read more about the eligibility criteria and admission process on the Rolling Admission page.
Apply in the Joint Application and take Diak’s own entrance exam
Admission in the Joint application to higher education is based on an entrance examination organised by Diak. Please read more on the Entrance examinations website.
In the Joint application part of the admission quota has been reserved for applicants, who already have written 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.
If you do not have prior Finnish skills or you are at a beginner level, you can still be admitted with the same entrance exam. More information on the Entrance examinations website.
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
