As our Alum, you are an important Xamk Ambassador for us in Finland and in the world, and we want to be able to bring added value to you. On this page, you will find perks, tools, and channels to make use of Xamk’s alumni activities.
All graduates of Kymenlaakso-, Mikkeli- and South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences are Xamk alumni. Since 2020 all our alumni are automatically joined as members of our alumni registry. If you wish to join the registry yourself, your contact information changes along the way, or you want to keep us up to speed on your employment situation for the alumni activities, we kindly request you update your info in Xamk’s Alumniportal.
Find the most suitable form of alumni activities for you, become active in our network of over 30 000 alumni, and get inspired by cooperation!
As a Xamk alum, you can cooperate with us in the way that suits you best.
Tell us your wishes and needs for alumni activities that are valid for the time being through the portal.
Through the portal, you will also receive an alumni newsletter in your email, in which we post monthly topics that might interest you. You can cancel the newsletter at any time, subscribing to it is not a prerequisite for any other cooperation marked on the portal.
If you wish to learn more about Xamk’s business cooperation, please read the section University-Business Cooperation with Xamk on this page.
Xamk is a valued partner regionally, nationally, and internationally. You will always be one of us, and we hope to hear from you even after you graduate!
LinkedIn
Add the time of your graduation and Xamk – South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences in “Education” on your profile and follow us.
Instagram
Follow us on Instagram: Xamkfi, where we publish actively alumni-related content as well.
Don’t hold back with tagging us in your posts, on which you feel connected to your former University; we are happy to react in our alumni’s publications, which we have the honor to be included in.
Keeping your contact information up to date is important to help guarantee interaction between Xamk and you. In the alumni portal, you can update your contact information in Xamk's alumni register for successful cooperation in alumni activities.
Create an account / log in alumni portalXamk alumni are welcome to utilize our library services! You have access to all printed materials and most of the spaces of our campus libraries.
Enter the libraryDevelop your skills in the largest and most popular Open University of Applied Sciences in Finland!
Degree students who have graduated from Xamk after January 1, 2021: As Xamk alumni, you have a free continuing education study right for two years after graduation. Check out the details on Pulse's website.
Browse courses and enrollDo you need a fresh perspective for your company or organization?
Our experts will help you when you want to test, develop, or analyze.
Our form of cooperation is divided into four categories:
Student cooperation
Service activity
Research-, Development, and Innovation Activities (RDI)
Continuing Education
Since 2018 we have nominated the Alum of the Year.
The alumni who have received this honorable mention have actively cooperated with Xamk in different alumni activities. Anyone can nominate an alum throughout the year from the form below.
The Alum of the Year will be nominated in upcoming October. The honorary mention will be awarded to the Alum in Xamk's graduation ceremony in December.
The alumni of the year: 2022 Riikka Peni: Bachelor of Health Care, 2021 Inka Häkkinen: Bachelor of Health Care, 2020 Roosa-Maria Manninen: Bachelor of Business Administration, 2019 Tiina Heikari: Bachelor of Culture and Arts, 2018 Satu Temonen: Bachelor of Business Administration.
Nominate the alumni of the year!South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (Xamk) is a higher education institution with a focus on responsible well-being, technology, and creative industries.
Read moreAt Xamk, you get to develop the vitality of Kymenlaakso and Southern Savonia regions in Finland, together with working life and our other partners.
Open vacancies“Business Mentors Finland support small businesses success.”
Xamk cooperates with Business Mentors to build and develop entrepreneurship communities.
Business sponsors spar and mentor Xamk's students and alumni for free with business development.
In addition to the campus regions, as a Xamk alum you can also utilise the nationwide network of the Business Mentors.
Get to know the activities and apply for a business mentorKohoa Synergy Centre is a platform for cooperation, entrepreneurship and education, as well as a multiplier of the potential of its community members.
One of the goals of Xamk and Kohoa's cooperation is to create a communal hub for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial activities in Kouvola.
As an alum of Xamk, you can reserve work stations at Xamk's facilities in Kohoa through Xamk's Alumni Coordinator. The workstations are located in Xamk's common room. Workstations include a height-adjustable desk, a monitor, and a power outlet. In addition, alumni can use the Xamk premises to organize e.g. work-related meetings or events, when separately agreed. Please reserve via e-mail from Xamk's alumni coordinator Laura Häkkinen, firstname.lastname@xamk.fi
More information about Kohoa Synergy Centre (in Finnish)The nationally significant career monitoring survey collects up-to-date information about the post-graduation working careers of those, who have completed the bachelor’s- or master’s degree. The survey concentrates on the degrees’ suitability for working life. The survey is sent annually to all alumni of each University of Applied Sciences, who have graduated 5 years before.
It is your answer that is extremely important to us because every missing answer prevents us from forming an overall picture of how we have succeeded in our operations, and what we could develop.
So please tell us how the knowledge you gained in your studies has been beneficial in your working life. Your effort in filling out the survey helps us to develop.
Heikki Saastamoinen
CEO and President, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Xamk
More information about career monitoring survey and results you can get from Director of Administration and Finance, Tero Tallinen.
E-mail firstname.lastname@xamk.fi.
