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Arcada University of Applied Sciences

Logo: arcada.fi4

Institute of higher education in Helsinki, Finland

Arcada University of Applied Sciences (Swedish: Yrkeshögskolan Arcada; Finnish: Ammattikorkeakoulu Arcada) is a Swedish-language university of applied sciences (a polytechnic) in Helsinki, Finland. It is owned and maintained by the Arcada Foundation.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1996Founded1
  • HeadquartersHelsinki, Finland1
  • Websitewww.arcada.fi
  • Legal formosakeyhtiö1
  • LEI743700QBNAJ72V93C1843
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressJan-Magnus Janssons plats 1, FI-00560 Helsinki, Finland3
  • Registered withFinnish Patent and Registration Office, 2553871-23

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Photo: Leena Tarjamo, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Arcada University of Applied Sciences (Swedish: Yrkeshögskolan Arcada; Finnish: Ammattikorkeakoulu Arcada) is a Swedish-language university of applied sciences (a polytechnic) in Helsinki, Finland. It is owned and maintained by the Arcada Foundation.2

Corporate structure

Arcada University of Applied Sciences is part of a group headed by Stiftelsen Arcada sr. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Stiftelsen Arcada sr Helsinki, Finland
    • Arcada University of Applied Sciences 100% · Helsinki, Finland

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Arcada was established in 1996 as a merger of the Swedish Institute of Health Care Education (Sjukis), the Swedish Institute of Commercial Education (Lilla Hanken), the Institute of Technology (Verket) and the Folkhälsan Institute of Social Education.

The Arcada Foundation holds various funds which contribute to the funding of Arcada university and other initiatives, including the deriving from a 1924 donation by Arvid Fabian Lindstedt (A.F. Lindstedts & Svenska handelsinstitutets fond för handelsutbildning).

From Wikipedia’s article on Arcada University of Applied Sciences, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Jul 4, 2013Parent Directly consolidated by Stiftelsen Arcada sr3
  2. 1996Founded Founded1

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