Högskolan på Åland

Åland University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) offers degree programs in Swedish in Business Administration, Navigation, Hospitality Management, Engineering (Marine, Electrical and IT) and Health and Caring Sciences for a total of 500-600 students. In co-operation with Arcada, we offer an English language master’s degree program in Energy Automation Sustainable Engineering (EASE). In Swedish our name is Högskolan på Åland.

The programs offered at AUAS provide theoretical and practical knowledge required to carry out advanced tasks in working life, both independently and in teamwork settings. Being situated in the Åland Islands, we naturally take a great interest in marine-related issues and have a close contact with local private and public actors.

We have a vivid open university for lifelong learning which enables us to compose individual study programs. Our expanding RDI-team works actively with research and development projects. In all of these, we focus innovatively on contributing in various ways to a sustainable development. Our current projects aim at development in the Baltic Sea Region, in the Nordic countries and in Finland/Åland. Our financiers are European, Nordic, Finnish and local investors.

Lying in the midst of the Baltic Sea, between Finland and Sweden, we constitute a bridge between the Nordic countries, and facilitate co-operation in the region. Being a rather small unit, we easily co-operate across disciplines. We also actively engage in co-operation with the local community and business life. Since 2024 we are part of EUNICoast, the European Alliance of islands, ports and coastal territories.