VIA values

As the new-born ‘child’ of five different parenting institutions with different values and practises, VIA University College needs core values to act as guidelines for our future being. The Board and staff representing all aspects of VIA University College have engaged in great debate and agreed on the following values to be guidelines:

• Originality – VIA will develop study programmes and solutions that are not matched or outdone by other institutions.
• Openness – VIA is open in everything that we do and will enter into dialogues with all our stakeholders.
• Diversity – VIA wants to create a professional and varied learning environment in which students can meet and work irrespective of subject and nationality. VIA must be able to accommodate everybody.

Originality is one of the three values as we at VIA University College believe that an original approach to the development of study programmes and original solutions within the educational field will be essential for our ability to continue attracting future students and collaborators.

VIA University College believes that openness is a prerequisite for entering a positive and constructive dialogue with all our stakeholders, regardless of whether they are staff, management, students, business partners or other educational institutions.

Being not only a provider of qualified staff for a wide range of companies and positions, but also an educator of students of different ages, nationalities and both genders, it is essential that VIA University College puts a premium on being diverse in all matters we attend to.