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The City of Oulu is the capi­tal of nort­hern Fin­land. The Oulu Region has about 250,000 inha­bi­tants and is the fas­test growing region in Fin­land.

Oulu com­bi­nes Nort­hern hos­pi­ta­li­ty, natu­re and cul­tu­re with modern tech­no­lo­gy. Oulu values educa­tion, research and inno­va­tion and we are ext­re­me­ly plea­sed to welco­me eve­ry­one to cont­ri­bu­te to the­se dyna­mics.

Oul­lu offers a hig­her gra­de of living, stu­dying, wor­king, and ent­repre­neurs­hip. The cul­tu­ral cli­ma­te chan­ge brings forth a fresh sen­se of com­mu­ni­ty with the special Oulu atti­tu­de and our way of doing things toget­her.

In 2030, Oulu will be a nort­hern, sus­tai­nably growing, inter­na­tio­nal hub with a popu­la­tion of 230,000 resi­dents. We bring toget­her a human and hap­py atmosp­he­re, cut­ting-edge tech­no­lo­gy and ent­repre­neurs­hip with an ori­gi­nal, crea­ti­ve, and smart cul­tu­ral envi­ron­ment. Oulu has plen­ty of capable talent, a high-level selec­tion of educa­tion, and a youth­ful popu­la­tion. Oulu is built with sop­his­tica­tion.

Toget­her we crea­te inter­na­tio­nal success sto­ries and bold­ly uti­li­se the full poten­tial of digi­ta­li­sa­tion.

www.ouka.fi

The Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu is an inter­na­tio­nal science uni­ver­si­ty that crea­tes new know­led­ge, well­being and inno­va­tions for the futu­re through research and educa­tion. The Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, foun­ded in 1958, is one of the lar­gest and most mul­ti­discipli­na­ry uni­ver­si­ties in Fin­land.

www.oulu.fi

Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty of Applied Sciences (Oamk) is a mul­ti­discipli­na­ry and inter­na­tio­nal hig­her educa­tion com­mu­ni­ty of 9,000 stu­dents and approxi­ma­te­ly 460 emplo­yees. Our clo­se coo­pe­ra­tion with com­pa­nies and com­mu­ni­ties crea­tes the basis for our stu­dents’ high-level and up-to-date com­pe­tence. The cor­ners­to­nes of our ope­ra­tions are trans­pa­rency, sus­tai­na­bi­li­ty, and effec­ti­ve­ness. The focus areas of our research, deve­lop­ment, and inno­va­tion acti­vi­ties are low-car­bon ini­tia­ti­ves, digi­tal solu­tions, and busi­ness deve­lop­ment.

www.oamk.fi

Educa­tio­nal Con­sor­tium OSAO (VET) is a lea­ding educa­tio­nal com­mu­ni­ty of voca­tio­nal experts in Fin­land, pro­vi­ding work life skills and con­ti­nuo­us lear­ning. We offer educa­tion in all the dif­fe­rent sec­tors of voca­tio­nal educa­tion for all age groups.

www.osao.fi

North Ostro­both­nia well­being ser­vices coun­ty Poh­de orga­ni­ses and pro­duces public social, health and rescue ser­vices for the resi­dents of North Ostro­both­nia. Poh­de (Oulu Uni­ver­si­ty Hos­pi­tal) pro­duces specia­li­sed health care for the enti­re Nort­hern Fin­land coo­pe­ra­tion area.

www.pohde.fi

The Natu­ral Resources Ins­ti­tu­te Fin­land (Luke) is a research orga­ni­sa­tion ope­ra­ting under the Mini­stry of Agricul­tu­re and Fore­stry of Fin­land. Luke’s task is to pro­mo­te com­pe­ti­ti­ve busi­ness based on the sus­tai­nable use of renewable natu­ral resources as well as well­being and the vita­li­ty of the count­ry­si­de.

www.luke.fi

The works­pace expert Tech­no­po­lis offers compre­hen­si­ve solu­tions for com­pa­nies’ needs in the best loca­tions in Oulu.

https://technopolisglobal.com

VTT Tech­nical Research Cent­re of Fin­land is one of Europe’s lea­ding research ins­ti­tu­tions. It advances the uti­li­sa­tion and com­mercia­li­sa­tion of research and tech­no­lo­gy in com­merce and socie­ty. Through scien­ti­fic and tech­no­lo­gical means, VTT turns lar­ge glo­bal chal­len­ges into sus­tai­nable growth for busi­nes­ses and socie­ty.

www.vtt.fi