Facilities and services

Arcta – Arctic Design Centre 

ARCTA – Arctic Art & Design Labs is a design centre and network that brings together designers, students, researchers, companies and clients.

MAGICS

The MAGICS national infrastructure is a joint effort of six universities that examines and develops technologies that improve remote interaction, accessibility of education, cultural participation and their use in artistic endeavours.

Labs, studios, ateliers and workshops

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Atelier

In their fine arts studies, students explore drawing and painting through hands-on practice in the studio.

BioARTech Laboratory

The laboratory focuses on generating new knowledge in the field of bioart. It brings together bioart, fashion and textile art, artistic and arts-based research, as well as material exploration.

Colour and light

This laboratory is designed for studies focusing on colour and light. The space is primarily used for exercises involving light and projection.

Fab Lab

The Fab Lab offers a modern setting for rapid model manufacturing as part of research and product design. The laboratory serves as a development environment for new product ideas and prototypes.

Printmaking Studio

The Printmaking Studio offers excellent opportunities for studying both traditional and experimental methods of printmaking.

Metal Workshop 

The metal workshop has the resources for cutting, bending, grinding and welding. It includes basic industrial machines and hand tools for metal work and jointing techniques.

Mobile Lab

The Mobile Lab makes it possible to set up a research and learning environment outside the university for different types of needs and projects. In addition to equipment for creating environmental and community art, the laboratory includes a wide range of tools for audio-visual recording and documenting. 

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Model Classroom for Visual Arts Education

The model classroom for visual arts education simulates a typical visual arts classroom in schools. Its adaptable environment supports the development of classroom pedagogy in visual arts education as well as broad, interdisciplinary collaboration. The space includes storage areas and a wet-workroom.

MUTElab

MUTElab is a research and development environment of the Fashion and Textile Design degree programme. In MUTElab, you can test, develop and examine ideas related to fashion, textile design and material research.

Model Laboratory 

The Model Laboratory offers a modern setting for rapid model production as part of product development. When you are producing a model, you will use different kinds of rapid computer-assisted methods.

Sculpting Studio

In the sculpture studio, students work with clay, plaster and other sculptural materials.

SINCO

The SINCO laboratory (Service Innovation Corner) is an environment created for simulating services, which allows users to revise new service concepts and service business models. In the laboratory, you get to enhance your skills, the services you offer and the quality of your services. This happens in close cooperation with local, national and international businesses and the public sector.

Visulab

In the research laboratory of visuality, you can use analogic and digital visualisation equipment in studio and field environments. The laboratory setting enables professional-level image processing and a top-quality research and printing environment for working with digital images.

Video and Audio Studio

The premises and equipment of the Video and Audio studio enable the production of different kinds of movie, media and audio artworks as well as research projects both in the studio and elsewhere in the Lapland region.

Wood lab

The Wood lab offers the opportunity to put ideas into practice and produce prototypes for furniture, works of art and other experimental projects.

XR Lab

The XR Lab is a development environment focused on extended reality (XR), where it is possible to develop and test virtual concepts and experiences. In the laboratory, you can use different virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies with which you can create and test product and service concepts.

Last updated: 12.9.2025