Information on the effects of the war in Ukraine on SeAMK's operations

The global situation may worry our students and staff. Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences supports all its students and wants to ensure a peace of study for all of them. SeAMK does not tolerate any kind of harassment, hate speech or discrimination. See the Equality and Non-discrimination Plan for the SeAMK community.

Attention is paid to the wellbeing and support of students. More information is available on the Student Wellbeing page(Opens in a new window on SeAMK’s intranet. SeAMK communicates directly with the students, so students are instructed to follow the SeAMK intranet, students Teams and their own email.

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences is suspending co-operation with Russian universities in accordance with the guidelines of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture (9 March 2022)(Opens in a new window.

SeAMK expresses its support for Ukraine together with the Rectors’ Conference of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences ARENE (news is in Finnish)(Opens in a new window and other universities of applied sciences, and condemns Russia’s hostilities in Ukraine in accordance with both the state of Finland and the European Union.

There are currently no SeAMK students in exchange in Ukraine or Russia. The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs(Opens in a new window urges to avoid all travel to Ukraine and all Finns in Ukraine are urged to leave the country immediately. The Foreign Ministry instructs are also to avoid all travel to Russia (27 February 2022).