Lahti University of Applied Sciences (Finnish: Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu) is an institution of higher professional education, formerly known as Lahti Polytechnic in Lahti, Finland. Lahti University of Applied Sciences (LUAS) is a large, multidisciplinary higher education institution. The Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes at LUAS have been designed to respond to the demands and development needs of business and industry. Active collaboration with business, industry and other organisation are an integral part of studies. LUAS is located in Southern Finland, 100 km from the capital Helsinki. It is a regional centre of expertise with over 5,000 students and approximately 250 full-time teaching staff. Annually LUAS also employs about 70 part-time teachers from other academic institutions, business and industry. Organisation Lahti University of Applied Sciences is owned by the municipalities of the Lahti region through the Lahti Region Educational Consortium.