3AMK is a strategic alliance formed by three Helsinki Metropolitan area Universities of Applied Sciences: Haaga-Helia, Laurea and Metropolia. 3AMK’s purpose is to promote the joint provision of education, research, development and innovation activities, the internationalization of education, and the realization of the strategic goals of the member universities of applied sciences.
During the 2025-2028 contract period, the strategic goal of the alliance is to support the integration and employment of international students in the metropolitan area.
3AMK co-operation is conducted extensively with different activities while keeping the students and staff of 3AMK and work life in mind. The co-operation is particularly visible in 3AMK studies and joint RDI projects. The co-operation also appears in the form of shared events and library services, among other things.
Principles of operations
We have our eyes on the future’s working life. The future’s working life requires a new kind of competence. In order to keep Finland’s title as the country of most competent workforce, universities’ study offerings need to be developed versatilely.
Our operations are also guided by our goal to support the employment and integration of international students into Finnish society. We try to take our goal into account in all of our activities.
Our operations’ roots are deep in trial and error -method – we want to bravely throw ourselves and learn from experiences. Only by trying, we will know what works and what does not.
3AMK as numbers
3AMK is a strategic alliance formed by three Helsinki Metropolitan area Universities of Applied Sciences: Haaga-Helia, Laurea and Metropolia. 3AMK’s purpose is to offer new kind of knowledge for changing working life and offer high-quality education to the international market. 3AMK collaboration is done widely with different operations.
3AMK collaboration has been divided into five main themes and each theme has its own team.
- Learning excellence
- Entrepreneurship and innovations
- Research and development
- Export of education – EduExcellence
- Research and development campus of vocational pedagogy
Artificial intelligence is a cross-sectioning theme of the collaboration areas that helps us utilize artificial intelligence in a new way.
In all operations, we have our eyes on the future’s working life. Future’s working life requires new kind of competence. In order to keep Finland’s title as the country of most competent workforce, universities’ study offerings need to be developed versatilely.
Our operations’ roots are deep in trial and error -method – we want to bravely throw ourselves and learn from experiences. Only with trying, we will know what works and what does not.