Nursing

Practical training

In Savonlinna, nurse students from Xamk’s partner institutions mainly do practical training. The placements available vary during the year but can include, for instance, placements in home care or maternity and child health clinics as well as training in medical/surgical nursing or in an emergency department. Please, state out the areas of your interest in your application and we will do our best to find the most suitable placements for you.

Exchange studies

Nurse exchange students on the Savonlinna Campus are offered a few theoretical courses in English but most foreign students in Savonlinna mainly do only practical training.

Double degree studies

The double degree programme in nursing is part of a full-time nursing programme. The double degree programme offers students the opportunity to enhance their expertise in different tasks of social and healthcare environments. Students can also strengthen their entrepreneurship skills and international competence. The studies are practical and work-oriented. Modern learning methods support students’ communication and co-operative team-work skills.

Only the students of the partner institutions with whom we have a valid double degree agreement can participate in the double degree studies. If you are interested in the double degree programme but you come from a university which is not listed among our double degree partner institutions, please, contact the responsible coordinator.

Nursing
Degree: Bachelor of Health Care
Extent of the degree: 210 ECTS credits

List of double degree partner institutions:

• Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania (Mikkeli and Savonlinna campuses)
• Rangsit University, Thailand (Savonlinna campus).