Strategic objectives of basic degree education

• The basic teaching provided by the University of Lapland will be based on high-quality, innovative and multidisciplinary research and artistic activity.
   
• The basic degrees offered will provide extensive knowledge and skills for working life and a readiness to develop professional practices.
   
• The planning and implementation of basic education will proceed in cooperation with students and will draw on the results of feedback systems and extensive teaching assessment projects.
   
• Basic education will be linked to research and development projects that involve cooperation between educational institutions, enterprises, and regional actors while giving due regard to the northern operating environment.
   
• Effective and systematic domestic and international recruiting will promote the formation of a multicultural and high-quality student and academic community.
   
• The University’s teachers will conduct research and be pedagogically competent experts in a variety of disciplines.

Strategic Objectives of Postgraduate Education

• The postgraduate education provided by the University of Lapland will be based on distinguished, innovative, and multidisciplinary research and artistic activity.
   
• The supervision of doctoral dissertations will be evaluated as part of the University’s quality assurance system.
   
• The postgraduate students of the University will be offered an extensive and systematic curriculum that focuses on research methods and the skills necessary for a career as a researcher.
   
• The faculties will have their own graduate schools, which will work closely with national and international universities and research institutions.
   
• Postgraduate studies will be linked to research and development projects.
   
• Effective and systematic domestic and international recruiting and foreign-language postgraduate education will serve as a basis for the formation of a multicultural and distinguished student and research community.
   
• Every fourth postgraduate student will come from abroad.
   
• Full-time postgraduate study (the third cycle) will have clear operating principles and a sound economic basis.

Strategic Objectives of Lifelong Learning

• High-quality adult education will be part of the educational mission of the University of Lapland, and will be closely connected to the institution’s research and artistic activity.
   
• The planning of adult education will be based on the anticipation and recognition of the skills needed in working life.
   
• Adult education will increase educational equality in sparsely populated northern regions.
   
• The implementation and practical arrangements of the education offered will correspond to the needs of adult students.