Community Educator (Bachelor’s Degree)
As a community educator, you strengthen participation and build community in diverse environments while developing activities by planning, implementing, and evaluating services, projects, and initiatives.
You can promote wellbeing and equality, support change processes, influence society, and work in networks with various stakeholders. As a community educator, you create learning experiences that support growth and agency while promoting equality.
Degree Programmes in English
Adventure and Outdoor Education (in English)
Utilize nature as a learning environment! You’ll graduate as a professional who guides groups safely and creates meaningful learning experiences through adventure and outdoor activities.
Daytime studies, Helsinki
Youth Work and Community Wellbeing (in English)
Create sustainable futures in communities! You’ll graduate as a professional who promotes wellbeing, participation, and positive change in youth and community work.
Daytime studies, Helsinki
Degree Programmes in Finnish
NGO and Youth Work (in Finnish)
Strengthen communities and support young people’s growth! You’ll graduate as an expert who promotes participation, wellbeing, and societal impact in NGO and youth sectors.
Blended studies, Helsinki | Jyväskylä | Kuopio | Tampere | Turku
Online studies, Helsinki
Workplace Community Development (in Finnish)
Build humane and evolving work communities! You’ll graduate as a development professional who strengthens workplace wellbeing, collaboration, and organizational capacity for change.
Online studies, Helsinki
How to apply to Humak?
There are several routes to becoming a Humak student. The most common one is via joint application or rolling admission for international applicants.
You can also begin studies flexibly on Open UAS as path studies and become a student via a separate application round.
The official application portal is StudyInfo, which is used among all Finnish educational institutions.
For more information about studying at a UAS in Finland, check UASinfo.fi website.
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