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Annual report
The year 2023 was a time of development and brand renewal at HAMK.
Introduction
In August, we launched the new the Bettermakers brand, which was developed together with students, staff and stakeholders. The feedback was very positive!
We want to build our activities forward in human-sized steps so that each of us can contribute to the goals and results through our own actions. We were pleased to give all our& staff a small performance bonus at the end of the year for a job well done.
We are part of the RUN European University. The first three years of RUN came to a successful conclusion. We had a joint General Assembly with our RUN partners in November 2023 in Portugal.
In many respects, the RUN partnership achieved the objectives set for the work. In particular, the short programmes for students (SAPs), staff and student mobility and the Research Hubs made positive progress.
We were able to conclude that our European University will continue and develop in the coming years. The new funding period 2024-2028 will require even closer cooperation to achieve a competitive European University with common permanent structures.
Key figures
![Yksi henkilö seisoo ja muut istuvat kuuntelemassa](https://www.hamk.fi/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/NikoJekkonen_Hameenlinna_2022_isot27web-800x533.jpg)
About the expertise
In developing the education, we set out to build on the Design-Based Education (DBE) pedagogy. At the same time, we prepared the teaching staff for the introduction of the new pedagogical thinking. The first pilots started in 2024, with coaching, sparring and support.
On internationalism
We continued to develop our recruitment and services for international tuition-fee students. We focused specific efforts on housing for international students, mentoring services, language cafés and friendship programme, support for student employment and the introduction of the Goin Connect tool.
![Ihmisiä istumassa kiviportailla.](https://www.hamk.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Niko-Jekkonen-Hameenlinna-2021-2web-800x533.jpg)
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On research
HAMK’s research activities developed strongly in 2023, with a particular focus on the development of three new multidisciplinary research ecosystems, business cooperation and international funding. In 2023, our research activities amounted to around EUR 15 million.
Highlights of the year
![Tommi Hasu](https://www.hamk.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Tommi-Hasu-768x576.jpg)
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![Kumppanina Maailman parastajat -logo, taustalla järvimaisema iltahämärässä.](https://www.hamk.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/kumppaniuutinen-768x384.png)
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![Sinisävyinen kuva järvimaisemasta, jossa etualalla vettä ja takana metsän horisontti. Keskellä kuvaa valkoinen HAMKin logosymboli.](https://www.hamk.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HAMK_Logo_Jarvikuvaweb-768x512.jpg)
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![Martin Hebertinger, Merja Helin](https://www.hamk.fi/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Martin-Hebertinger-and-Merja-Helin-768x614.jpg)
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![Lauri Jaamala](https://www.hamk.fi/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/lauri-jaamala-2-copy-768x383.jpg)
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