Influence Your Studies

Participation is an Advantage

The quality system provides the students with an opportunity to participate in and influence on the development of their education and the operations of the whole university of applied sciences. Important for the quality management are different forms of feedback.

Course feedback: By giving course feedback in the middle or at the end of a course you can get a response from your teacher and have a say on how the course will be implemented in the future. If necessary, the head will discuss the development of the course with the teacher.
Student feedback: Every year, feedback is collected from Bachelor's Degree students on their studies in the context of the JAMKO Grumble Week.
AVOP feedback: At the time of graduation the students respond to the AVOP survey conducted by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The information is gathered on on teaching and learning, internationalization, working life connections, practical training, thesis and student satisfaction. The feedback will be used to develop the studies and it also is one of the factors affecting the funding the university of applied sciences receives. Respond to the survey before you graduate.
Career monitoring survey: Approximately five years after your graduation, Jamk will mail you a questionnaire asking you to give your views about the skills you have acquired as part of your studies and charting your employment situation. Your responses will provide students with information about employment prospects in the sector and Jamk with feedback on the impact of the training. This will help us in the development of the degree programmes.

In addition to using feedback forms, you can also give direct feedback. If you notice that there are teaching-related development needs, you should first discuss the matter with your teacher. If the discussion with the teacher does not produce results, you can contact the head in charge of the degree programme or the quality officer of your own school.

AVOP feedback

Students’ Rights and Duties

As members of the university community the students have certain rights and duties based on legislation and the Degree Regulations.

The students have a right

to be informed of the goals, content, requirements, opportunities to retake courses, assessment criteria and the scheduled ending of their courses
to apply for accreditation and recognition of prior learning
to have their course grades entered into the registration system within one month from the end of the course
to raise their accepted grades once for well-grounded reasons
to receive study guidance to complete their studies within the standard study period
to give feedback on the courses, degree programmes and the quality of teaching.

The students have a duty

to act in accordance with the Jamk ethical principles
to take responsibility for the progress of his/her studies and participate in the study guidance
to enrol as present or absent
to draft and update their Personal Learning Plan
to personally enrol for the courses
to complete a course within two semesters from starting it
to give course and student feedback.

Quality at Jamk

Quality management at Jamk University of Applied Sciences is based on the principle of continuous improvement. In practice, it means that things are done a bit better each time. Every member of the Jamk community is responsible for quality management and students play a central role in the process.

Student's Quality Channel (Elmo) Read more about quality on the Jamk web page

Contact Information

For more information on quality management, please contact the Quality Officers of the schools, Quality Manager of Jamk, and the JAMKO's educational policy responsible: