Business

Welcome to Xamk!

Xamk is a higher education institution offering studies in English in many different study fields. We have campuses in the towns of Kotka, Kouvola, Mikkeli and Savonlinna, located in the beautiful region of South-Eastern Finland. Students from partner institutions of Xamk are welcome to apply for the combination of exchange studies in Business and Tourism.

If you wish to have more information about the content of the programme or courses available, please ask more!

Ulla Vuorinen, ulla.vuorinen(at)xamk.fi

Type of exchange

Exchange studies

Campus

Mikkeli

Application period

For the autumn term and whole academic year

1.4. – 5.5.

For the spring term

15.9. – 1.11.

Content of studies

If you are interested in marketing, personnel and general management or international business in a company operating across international frontiers, studies in business suit you well.

These studies are a combination of business and tourism related courses. They help you to develop a wide range of skills and knowledge relevant to modern business with a flexibility to pursue your own interest.

Most courses usually include lectures, group work and presentations. International orientation is facilitated through multicultural groups with students coming from around the world. Language of instruction is English.

Modes of mobility

Exchange studies

The focus of studies is in business and tourism related courses. You can apply for the autumn term, spring term or the whole academic year. It is possible to complete 30 ECTS credits or more / semester. Language of instruction is English.

Course list for exchange students 2024-2025

Autumn 2024

Course: Digital marketing and sales
Code: LT00DP38
ECTS: 5

Course: Strategic management
Code: IB00EC60
ECTS: 5

Course: International business in wellbeing
Code: WM00EJ78-3003
ECTS: 5

Course: Digital skills in hospitality service production
Code: MR00DU67-3004
ECTS: 5

Course: Responsible hospitality business development
Code: MR00DU70-3004
ECTS: 5

Course: Service design 1: Customer service design and quality of service (online)
Code: AV00ER67-3002
ECTS: 3

Course: Service design 2: Customer service process planning (online)
Code: AV00ER68-3002
ECTS: 2

Course: Cross-cultural professional communications in tourism and hospitality (online)
Code: AV00EM40-3004
ECTS: 3

Course: Finnish 1
Code: KY00DS49-3034
ECTS: 5

Course: Finnish for beginners (online, studied independently)
Code: VV00EF96-3010
ECTS: 5

You can check the syllabuses at the Study Guide as follows:

Courses in Tourism are available at Study Guide.

In addition, Using wellbeing skills to promote studying ability (online), 2 ECTS Credits is available in autumn term 2024. The code of the course is VV00EJ27-3019. The syllabus is available at Study Guide.

Please note that the content of both Finnish courses is the same. You can choose either one!

You can check the timetable at Lukkarikone which allows you to view and plan the schedule.

Xamk reserves the right to make changes in the detail of the curriculum. The changes might deal with the teachers, titles, contents, duration, depth, and timing of the courses. The purpose of the changes would be to guarantee the most suitable and flexible study schedule for the Students.

Spring 2025

Courses are updated later!

Online Learning Agreement (OLA) for Erasmus+ applicants

As an applicant you need to prepare the Online Learning Agreement according to your home institution’s guidelines. If your home institution is not using OLA, please upload the fully signed Erasmus+ Learning agreement as PDF to your SoleMOVE application.

In addition to OLA you need to fill in your course wishes to the Proposed Study Plan section in your SoleMOVE application.