Arcada has been approved in the external audit of the quality system conducted by the National Centre for Education Evaluation (NCU) during the autumn. A closing seminar summarizing the audit will be held on February 29, 2024, at Arcada.

The international audit group commends Arcada for the good contact between students and staff, for the study programmes and the learning environments. They also conclude that Arcada has effective ways to capture changes in working life and society.

An approved audit is proof that Arcada's operations and quality system fulfil both the national criteria and the European criteria for quality management of higher education institutions. You can read the NCU press release here External link or our own news article on Arcada's website External link.

Students are welcome to participate in the closing seminar in the Small Auditorium on February 29, 2024, from 13:00 to 14:30. For the opportunity to participate online, please contact E-mail: communications@arcada.fi. The main language of the event will be English, but questions and comments in Swedish are also welcome.

The audit was conducted on 24-25 October 2023. A large amount of employees and students participated in the interviews with the audit team. A big and warm thank you to all of you for your significant contribution!