The university has its origins in the School of Economics, founded in 1968. Its academic units cover management, accounting and finance, marketing and communication, and technology and innovation management. Study programmes include business economics, engineering, production economics, cyber management, administrative sciences and communication sciences. Research focuses on the energy transition, the renewal of business and understanding societal change, and the university is part of the largest energy technology cluster in the Nordic countries.
EQUIS accreditation covers all four academic units, the master's programme holds EFMD accreditation and business education holds AACSB accreditation. The university has a BSIS certificate for regional, societal and scientific impact, and its quality management system passed an external audit by the Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (Karvi) in 2024. A web shop sells university merchandise, and a history book, Yhteinen tahto, was published for its 50th anniversary. The car park and entrance are wheelchair accessible.
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