Welcome to the Järvenpää Unit of Diak!
You
will find us in the Helsinki metropolitan area, about 40km north of the
city centre. The campus is in a beautiful setting on the shore of Tuusula
lake. Our Diak Unit shares this lively campus with other training and
development organisations. Here you can find a good balance between the
countryside and the city.
Introducing our programmes
Järvenpää
Diak degree programmes specialise in social services and youth work and
also in training people who will work for the church in these fields. The
Unit is engaged with many projects in the region, because we want to be
involved in action and research. Järvenpää Diak is proud of its wide
international links, developed both for our degree programme students and
through our projects. At our Unit it is also possible to follow courses of
advanced study and to study for a Master Degree.
If you choose to
study in our Bachelor Degree Programme in Social Services, there are three
main options:
- Option in Social Services and Education
- Option in
Diaconal Social Work
- Option in Christian Youth Work
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Study in English for a Bachelor Degree in Social Services
at Järvenpää Diak!
At Järvenpää you can study
for the Degree Bachelor of Social Services through an innovative programme
which is taught in the English language. The course is open to applicants
from Finland and all other countries.
The special focus of the
course is on community development work as well as on the most urgent
issues facing social service work today. The group of students in the
programme come from Asia, Africa and Latin America as well as Finland and
other European countries.
More details can be found on the main
Diak web site, pages in English. Click on the link English.diak.fi.
Application
Process
The Application Period for the new academic year is
open from 11 January 2010 and closes on 12 February at 4.15 pm Finnish
time (+2 hrs GMT). All applications must be submitted before the closing
time. Details of the application process can be found here.
Entrance
examination, only for those who received our invitation letter, will be
held in Finland (Järvenpää): 7. or 8.4.2010.
Inquiries only by e-mail,
address: DSS@diak.fi
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