Laurea University of Applied Sciences – Laurea is a distinguished and well-awarded multi-faculty university educating future professionals for security management, business management, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), service innovation and design, and nursing. Laurea is operating in the Helsinki metropolitan area in seven regional campuses with some 8.000 students and 500 employees.

Laurea is the leading civilian security education provider in Finland. The degree and master programmes in security management and information systems produces comprehensive competencies improving security, safety, innovative security, international security management, solutions and new services. Laurea has also taken part or is taking part in other projects related to the field of security and social responsibility. Therefore, Laurea has competent resources, all the know-how and experience to participate security, safety and social responsibility related development projects worldwide.

Laurea’s Research, Development and Innovations (RDI) mark high-value impacts – from academic research to practitioner’s know-how, and from tech-savviness to traditional security and safety studies. It offers viable business opportunities, design of new services and enhancement of existing ones, and especially emphasis on the end-user experience.