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Thee Centria employees walking and laughing together in the Centria library in Kokkola.

Centria as a workplace

With us, you have the opportunity to shape your role and develop your skills in a direction that suits you. We offer a flexible career path where work and personal life harmoniously go hand in hand.

Employee well-being is at the heart of what we do

Our campuses in Kokkola, Ylivieska, and Pietarsaari are home to over 4,000 students who are among the most satisfied in the country, according to research. We also have a team of approximately 350 top professionals whose expertise has propelled our research, development, and innovation activities to the national forefront. Our most valuable asset is our skilled, well-being-oriented, and motivated personnel.

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Open positions

With us, you have the opportunity to shape your work to reflect your strengths and grow in the direction you aspire to.

Two Centrians chatting in campus cafe.

Our values

Our values shape the kind of employer we want to be, how we meet each other in the workplace and what we work towards.

Centria employees sitting in a classroom together. At the front there is a female employee smiling.

Personnel benefits

We have E-passi, of course, but check out our other comprehensive employee benefits.

Centrians doing fun team tasks at Personnel Days in August 2024.

Centrians’ job titles

What kind of roles do our personnel in teaching; research, development and innovation activities (RDI); and higher education services work in?

Centrians chatting in the campus cafe.

Staff mobility

We offer our personnel opportunities to participate in international cooperation and develop their international skills in teacher and personnel exchanges.

Teacher talking to other Centrians in a classroom.