”International cooperation brings new perspectives to work”

Accounting lecturer Pekka Heikkilä has a long career at Haaga-Helia behind him.

Pekka Heikkilä
10.05.2021
Career at Haaga-Helia

Accounting lecturer Pekka Heikkilä has a long career at Haaga-Helia behind him. He entered Haaga Instituutti in 1993. Later, Haaga Instituutti University of Applied Sciences and Helia University of Business and Applied Sciences merged, and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences was established in 2007.

Heikkilä praises Haaga-Helia's students as well as colleagues:

— Great students and colleagues make the work meaningful. We are at the forefront of industry development.

According to Heikkilä, the learning culture is international in both Finnish and international degree programmes.

- The work culture is encouraging and opportunities for self-development are almost limitless. International cooperation and teacher exchanges with international partner institutions bring new perspectives to teaching.