The excellent feedback and satisfaction of students with their studies, guidance, and support services is the result of long-term development work by the entire higher education community.

Students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lapland University of Applied Sciences in 2025 gave excellent feedback on their studies in a joint graduand feedback survey conducted by universities of applied sciences. When comparing the average scores for all questions, Lapland University of Applied Sciences still received the best feedback among 22 universities of applied sciences and even improved its results from previous years.  

Lapland UAS continues to rank first in feedback in the categories of study content, planning studies and counselling, teaching, feedback and assessment, connections with working life, and general satisfaction. Feedback on support services was also ranked to the first place. In the question groups concerning studies and practical training, we received the second-best feedback in the comparison of all universities of applied sciences. The feedback received by Lapland UAS is among the top six in all question groups of the graduand feedback survey. 

When comparing feedback from graduates of the largest degree programmes nationwide, business studies graduates and information and communications technology engineers from Lapland University of Applied Sciences were the most satisfied with their studies. Graduates in nursing and construction engineering gave the second-best feedback on their studies nationwide. 

“The feedback we receive from our students is the best reward for our university community for a job well done,” says Rector Riitta Rissanen. “We have been actively and systematically working on development so that we can best support our students’ skills, employability, and well-being”, she continues. 

The Graduand Feedback Survey for the graduation phase of universities of applied sciences (aka AVOP survey) is a national feedback survey that contains 101 questions in thirteen different areas. The survey is an important tool for improving the quality of UAS activities, and the feedback results are included in the national funding model. 

Four students are taking a group photo. They are looking directly at the camera, smiling.