Students pay all other fees, including room and board, to host institution. Semester or full academic year options available. Located in Helsinki, Helia provides students with excellent access to the entire northern European area.
Polytechnics differ from universities in that they focus on specific areas of applied study.
Helia offers undergraduate programs focusing on all aspects of business, including marketing, management, economics, telecommunications, etc. And in addition, provides an emphasis on information systems within business. Helia's contacts with the Helsinki business environment provides an especially good resource for students. A pioneer among Finnish business polytechnics, Helia was founded in 1992 as part of a general restructuring of Finnish higher education. Although relatively young as a polytechnic, the institution was formed from three existing institutions of higher learning, including the Finnish Business College which is over 100 years in age.