12 Nursing Degree Programs in Finland

Arcada's Nursing TopUp bachelor's degree programme is aimed at you who already have a previous Nursing degree completed outside of Finland, work experience in the field, as well as Finnish and English language skills.

Bachelor of Health Care, Public Health Nurse As a Public Health Nurse, you can promote the health, functional capacity, and well-being of people and families of different ages in a wide range of areas. You can identify clients and their families who are part of risk groups. You support and help them and guide them to the necessary help resources.

Meet people from around the world, learn about different cultures and at the same time study to be a competent nurse! You will learn to plan, implement and develop health-promoting, preventative, healing and rehabilitative work in health care. You can work in basic health care, social welfare or specialized health care, private companies, organizations, international positions in the field or as an entrepreneur. This school offers programmes in nursing, business, game business, tourism, ICT, and logistics.

Gain your expertise and qualification in nursing at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences. As a Registered Nurse, you are an expert in delivering the highest standards of quality care in primary health care and specialised medical care. You are highly competent in caring for diverse groups of clients and patients of different cultural backgrounds in a multidisciplinary team. You are equipped with leadership and management skills in fast-paced work environments and have broad evidence-based and organizational skills needed in nursing.

The degree programme in Nursing will prepare you for a valued profession, in which you will be working with clients of different age groups promoting their health and wellbeing and treating their diseases.

After having completed the nursing studies you will be a competent and skilled nursing expert. You will have extensive knowledge of nursing; you will master the required concepts, methods and skills to enable critical assessment and decision-making in changing and unpredictable nursing situations. After graduation, you will be an expert in nursing patients and have an ability to apply your knowledge and skills when solving complex and unpredictable nursing problems.

The Master’s Degree Programme in Advanced Practice Nursing programme in Clinical Caring Science offers advanced clinical competencies for practice nurses. After completing this programme you will be able to practice in wider areas of responsibility, work independently in advanced clinical roles, provide direct healthcare services to individuals, families and communities, influence clinical healthcare outcomes, as well as contribute to the development of evidence-based healthcare services.

We educate healthcare professionals with general and special knowledge in healthcare and nursing. The studies enable graduates to work in Finland and other international environments in hospitals and health centres as well as in the private sector. We provide the students with a broad core knowledge base as well as the advanced knowledge necessary to fulfil current and future needs in health care.

Centria University of Applied Sciences educates qualified nurses who care for patients, support them and maintain rehabilitation for people of various ages. Our objective is to train nurses who can work both in Finland and in international positions around the world. During your nursing studies, you will learn interpersonal and interactional skills, guidance skills, decision-making skills, as well as diverse caretaking skills. Your main task as a registered nurse is to ensure clients' health and safety, which means you need to be responsible, cautious, and accurate. Nurse work is usually done in multi-professional teams. The ability and skills to work independently are required in nurse work as well.

In the Degree Programme in Nursing, you will study in English in a multicultural student group. Metropolia has more than 20 years of experience in educating nurses in English language. The education will open up excellent job opportunities both in Finland and abroad. After completing the degree, you will possess a nurse's qualification in accordance with EU directives. You may work in a hospital, home nursing, various rehabilitation and nursing homes or medical centre. In addition, the nurse's degree will enable you to work as an expert or consultant, with non-profit organisations or in international duties.

Nursing gives you an opportunity to study both nursing and Finnish language!

Metropolia's Nursing Top Up degree programme trains nursing experts. The students will receive a theoretical basis, learn professional clinical  skills and establish an ethical foundation that is necessary for nurses. Nursing degree graduates will be able to work with customers of different ages, promoting their health and wellbeing and treating their illnesses. The students will also learn to participate in and coordinate various multidisciplinary working groups and networks and to develop their own work practices.