The Korpilahti unit

The Korpilahti Unit  offers the degree programme in Cultural Management. The Korpilahti Unit is situated by Lake Päijänne at Korpilahti, a small town in central Finland. Korpilahti is 30 kilometres from Jyväskylä, the regional centre of central Finland. The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto lived and worked in Jyväskylä and many of his buildings can still be found in the town centre.

Cultural Management  Degree Programme

The units offering the degree programme in Cultural Management all emphasise a different aspect of the arts. The Korpilahti Unit of Humanities Polytechnic specializes in music and dance.

Facilities

The accommodation capacity of the Korpilahti Unit is about 180 beds, in residential halls and seperate student flats. There are both single and twin rooms available at the unit.

Leisure activities

The unit has a sauna and barbecue facilities by the lakeside. In addition to swimming, rowing, sailing and fishing the students have a gym, swimming pool and solarium at their use. The Korpilahti Unit is surrounded by a forest, which gives the students the possibility to go hiking or skiing.

Humak / The Korpilahti Unit
Tähtiniementie 26
FIN-41800 Korpilahti
tel: +358 - 20 7621 217
fax: +358 - 20 7621 231

Coordinator

Mrs Kaisa Hannikainen-Vainio
e-mail: kaisa.hannikainen-vainio@humak.edu