International Carousel Week: Sustainability in Engineering and Business (SEB)

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Sustainability in Engineering and Business (SEB), 3 ECTS

Engineers are trained to solve problems. With the increased awareness of the impact that current energy systems, business and economic activities have on our environment, engineers have a big challenge in the 21st century to transform modern society into a sustainable society. Sustainability in engineering and business is the integration of social, environmental, and economic considerations into engineering and business processes that take into account the complete product and process life cycle and its supply chains and energy system design methods.

The SEB course aims at developing the sustainability mind-set of engineering and business students as emerging leaders in engineering organizations and sustainable businesses. To lead change in these organizations the SEB course will encourage a move from the reductionist attitude to the adoption of a system approach to solving problems that incorporates sustainable development views.

Dates

• Physical intensive week:  31 March – 4 April 2025
• Virtual lectures: 24-27 March 2025
• Location: Savonia Microkatu campus, Kuopio

What you will learn

• The Carousel Week course aims at developing the sustainability mind-set of engineering and business students as emerging leaders in engineering organizations and sustainable businesses
• By working in an intercultural group, you will strengthen your collaboration skills needed in today’s global business environment.

Teaching methods

• Virtual/online
• Project-based learning

Practical information

Social activities

The international week’s programme features several social activities in a relaxed atmosphere including an evening with dinner and sauna experience with the fellow ICW students. It is easy to make new friends!

Accommodation

Accommodation is available e.g. at Hostel Hermanni

You are also free to choose accommodation e.g. via:
https://www.booking.com/
https://www.airbnb.com/

Savonia Microkatu campus can be reached by local buses:
https://www.savonia.fi/en/savonia-uas/campuses/visit-us/

Finances

Joining the intensive course Sustainable Engineering and Business is free of charge for the elected students of Savonia’s partner universities. However, you must take care of your own living expenses. Basic student lunch at the campus restaurant is 2,95€, including a variety of salads, a main course, bread, and a glass of milk/juice/home-made beer (water not limited).

Ask your home university about the possibility to get an Erasmus+ grant to cover your travel and accommodation expenses.

How to arrive to Kuopio

The intensive week is arranged at Savonia UAS Microkatu campus (Microkatu 1) in Kuopio. The distance between Helsinki and Kuopio is 400 km.

You can travel to Kuopio by plane, bus or train. Bus ticket (one way) costs approx. 15 -30 €. Please check the timetables at: http://www.matkahuolto.fi/en

• Busses are leaving from Helsinki airport and from city center bus station (Kamppi).
• Train ticket (one way) costs approx. 25-45 €. Please check the timetables at: http://www.vr.fi/en/. Trains are leaving from the Helsinki city center or Helsinki airport.
• Finnair flies to Kuopio several times a day from Helsinki. Ticket prices vary normally (one way) from 100 to 200 €. More info at: http://www.finnair.fi

From Kuopio airport you can either take a taxi (e.g. https://taksi1.fi/) or a local bus to Kuopio city center. The bus between the city center and airport operates on weekdays (Mon-Fri) only.