International Contact Persons at Diak

Every Diak Unit has an international co-ordinator or a contact teacher. You will find their contact information below. In addition, there is an International Office, situated in Helsinki. All the e-mail addresses are in the format firstname.lastname@diak.fi. Please, replace (at) with @-sign.

If you have questions regarding the admission process to Degree Programme in Social Services, please contact the Admission office, e-mail admissions (at) diak.fi, tel. +358 20 690 431, office hours are 8:00-16:00. Admission office prefers contacts via e-mail.

Please, do not contact the international coordinators as they have no knowledge about the admission process.

Fact Sheet with contact information

International Coordinator in Social Work, Erasmus and placements in Europe
Katja Päällysaho
Järvenpääntie 640
04400 Järvenpää
tel. +358 40 501 9384
e-mail katja.paallysaho (at) diak.fi
International Coordinator in Nursing, Erasmus and placements in Europe
Raili Suojoki
Diak Etelä, Helsinki
Alppikatu 2
00530 Helsinki
tel. +358 400 979 924
e-mail raili.suojoki (at) diak.fi

International Coordinator, Asia
Anne Meretmaa
Diak Etelä, Helsinki
Sturenkatu 2
00510 Helsinki
tel. +358 40 517 4418
e-mail anne.meretmaa (at) diak.fi

International Coordinator
Kyösti Voima
Diak Etelä, Helsinki
Alppikatu 2
00530 Helsinki
tel. +358 40 509 2535
e-mail kyosti.voima (at) diak.fi

International Contact Teacher, Kauniainen
Hanna Niemi
Diak Etelä, Kauniainen
Helsingintie 10, 02700 Kauniainen
tel. +358 50 308 1601
e-mail hanna.niemi (at) diak.fi

International Contact Teacher, Oulu
Leila Nisula
Diak Pohjoinen, Oulu
Uusikatu 46, 90100 Oulu
tel.+358 40 509 2706
e-mail leila.nisula (at) diak.fi

International Coordinator for Diak East
Mari Putkonen-Hutchins
Diak Itä, Pieksämäki
Huvilakatu 31, 76130 Pieksämäki
tel. +358 40 708 7666
e-mail mari.putkonen (at) diak.fi

International Contact Teacher, Pori
Sinikka Vuorinen
Metsämiehenkatu 2, 28500 Pori
tel. +358 40 869 6037
e-mail sinikka.vuorinen (at) diak.fi

International coordinator for communication and sign language interpretation, Diak West, Turku
Susanna Pyörre
Lustokatu 7, 20380 Turku
tel. +358 40 7318 324
e-mail susanna.pyorre (at) diak.fi

International Office in Helsinki

Head of International Relations
Riikka Hälikkä
Sturenkatu 2
00510 Helsinki
tel. +358 40 869 6019
riikka.halikka (at) diak.fi


International Relations Manager
Riikka Halonen
Sturenkatu 2
00510 Helsinki
tel. +358 400 979 926
e-mail riikka.halonen (at) diak.fi