Organisation and management
Turku University of Applied Sciences is divided into five faculties and a corporate services department. Operations are managed by the Rector and President, assisted by the executive board. Turku University of Applied Sciences is maintained by Turku University of Applied Sciences Ltd.
On this page you will find more detailed information about our organisational structure, management and shareholders.
The executive board
The executive board, appointed by the Rector and President, assists the Rector in the management of Turku UAS. The executive board also coordinates and develops common policies within Turku UAS. The executive board member are the Rector and President (chairperson), Vice Rector, Director of Services, Director of Finance and Administration and Deans.
Regulations of Turku UAS
The regulations of Turku UAS in addition to obligations under valid laws, statutes, Articles of Association, Shareholder Agreements, operating licences, and group operating instructions of the City of Turku guide the administration and operations of Turku University of Applied Sciences Ltd.
Organisational structure
Our organisation is divided into faculties and corporate services. The organisation chart below shows the faculty deans and directors of corporates services as well as the units and their heads with in the different faculties.
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- You can search for the staff of different units on the contact information page.
Learn more about the faculties
The shareholders of Turku UAS
The shareholders of Turku University of Applied Sciences Ltd are the City of Turku (91%), the City of Salo (6%) and the University of Turku (3%).
The Board of Turku UAS
The Board of Turku University of Applied Sciences Ltd. Is appointed at the General Meeting. In addition, the composition of the Board is regulated by the Act on Universities of Applied Sciences.
The duties of the Board are regulated by the Limited Liability Companies Act, the Act on Universities of Applied Sciences and the Regulations of Turku UAS. The Board is responsible for the appropriate organisation and administration of the company’s operations.
Members of the Board
The Chair of the Board is Eeva-Johanna Eloranta and the Vice-Chair of the Board is Anders Blom. The presenting official on the Board is Rector and President Vesa Taatila and the secretary of the Board is Director of Services Sami Savolainen.
Eeva-Johanna Eloranta, Chair
Member of Parliament, Parliament of Finland 2011–
- Master of Philosophy, Master of Political Science, University of Turku
- Member of the Education and Culture Committee of the Parliament of Finland, 2011– (Vice Chair, 2019–2023), Member of the Committee for the Future, 2023
- Chair of the Finnish Delegation to the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, 2025–
- Member of the Turku City Council, 2009–
- Member of the Board of the Finnish National Agency for Education, 2015– Chair, (2019–2023) Vice Chair, 2023–
- Member of the Parliamentary Monitoring Group on the Future of Basic Education, 2023–
- Member of the Parliamentary Monitoring Group for the Vision for Higher Education and Research 2040, 2025–
- Member of the Archipelago Sea Monitoring Group, 2025–
Anders Blom, Vice-Chair
Entrepreneur; PhD in Social Sciences
- Information will be updated.
Timo Aro, Member
Strategy Director, City of Turku
- Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Turku
- Leading Expert/MDI, Development Manager/City of Pori, Development Manager/ Net Effect Oy
- Member of the Board of The Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA) 2022-
- Chair of the Board of Migration Institute of Finland 2025-
- City of Pori, Member of the City Board and City Council 2021-2025
Satu Haapalainen, Member
Sh, PhD, Lecturer in Health and Welfare Sector/Turku UAS, Emergency Nursing, Nursing, Midwifery and Diagnostic Services
- Master of Health Sciences, University of Turku, 2009
- Naantali City Council-, Deputy Councillor 2021-
- City of Naantali, Deputy Member of the Education Committee 2021-
- MLL Southwest Finland Family Services Ltd., Chairman of the Board 2022-
- Member of the Board (Secretary) of the Naantali Coalition Party Municipal Organisation 2022-
- City of Naantali, Member of the Social and Health Committee and Individual Section 2021-2022
- MLL Southwest Finland District, Vice Chair of the District Board 2016-2023
- MLL Raisio local association, Chairman 2010-2018
Olga Hellman
Chair of the Board of TUO, the Student Union of Turku University of Applied Sciences
- Information will be updated.
Mika Mannervesi, Member
Director of Vitality, City of Salo
- Graduate Engineer, Helsinki University of Technology
- Managing Director, Salo IoT Park Oy 2017
- Salon District Heating Ltd. (oto) 2020-21
- Salon Vesi (oto) 2022-
- Lounavoima Oy 2017-24, Kaarea Oy 2019-24, Länsirata Oy 2020-
Maija Peltola, Member
Vice Rector at the University of Turku
- Professor, Data analytics
- PhD, 2003
- Finnish Education Employers (FEE), YV-committee, 2025-2026
- Chair of the Board of The Finnish Union of University Researchers and Teachers, 2019-2022
- Member of the Board of the University of Turku, 2014-2019
Marja Salenius-Ranki, Member
Human Resources Director, Elomatic
M.Sc. (Econ.), University of Vaasa
Sofia Virta
Member of Parliament, Parliament of Finland, Chair of the Greens
- Information will be updated.