PROFESSIONAL SPECIALISATION STUDIES

The professional specialisation studies are wide-ranging training programmes leading to a postgraduate Polytechnic degree or supplementing some other degree system. They are provided for students who already hold a Polytechnic degree and are designed to promote professional development. The scope of the studies is, in accordance with Decree 497/2004, expressed as ECTS credits. The specialisation studies at Kuopio Academy of Design amount to 30 credits and are mainly multi-mode. The contact teaching is given on Fridays and/or at weekends.

The professional specialisation studies have addressed such topics as

  • design innovations
  • design and graphic design IT
  • crafts
  • visual design
  • interior design
  • creative production and entrepreneurship