The Ilta Sanomat article was translated from Finnish to English
EDUEXCELLENCE, THE EDUCATION EXPORT COMPANY OF THE THREE POLYTECHNICS IN THE HELSINKI METROPOLITAN AREA, has signed a trade agreement with the Kenyan state and the consulting company Skill Dove for commissioned degree training at Laurea and Metropolia polytechnics and the Jyväskylä consortium Gradia, Eduexcellence says in a press release.
The agreement covers the bachelor’s degrees in nursing, physiotherapy and information technology at Laurea and Metropolia, and the degree in nursing at Gradia. Students completing the degree come to Finland from Kenya.
According to Eduexcellence, the agreement now signed is the largest trade in subscription degrees in Finnish history. The first phase of the agreement covers a total of 450 graduate students and is worth ten million euros.
– This degree examination co-operation is a completely commercial activity without Finnish financial investment, Eduexcellence’s CEO Jan-Markus Holm says in a press release.
Eduexcellence, founded in 2017, is an export company for Finnish educational expertise. It is owned by Haaga-Helia, Laurea and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in the Helsinki metropolitan area.
