Vaasa Science Park operates in the centre of the region’s expertise

Vaasa Science Park is located at the seashore right next to the city centre of Vaasa. The Science Park promotes expertise in the Vaasa region which is a pioneer even on the international scale of competence, especially in the metal and energy industries. The cooperation between companies and universities offers an opportunity for rapid development and for the availability of high-level expertise.

The Vaasa region is one of Finland’s dominating business areas. The region is a uniform commuting area. The self-sufficiency in workplaces of Vaasa, the centre city of the region, is as high as 130%.

The Science Park is the meeting place of the campus area

Vaasa Science Park is the office of Merinova, located by the city centre in the Palosaari campus area. The office is in the Palosaari business centre (Palosaaren Yrityskeskus) in Wolffintie. It is surrounded by Vaasa’s seven university units with their thousands of students, and neighboured by several companies operating in different business areas. As a meeting place, the Science Park is ideally located by a broad spectrum of business operations and several universities.

The sunny campus area with its parks and the seashore create an inspiring environment for the Science Park. The multidisciplinary expertise of the area strongly supports the local innovation system and the world-class energy cluster.


Photo: Jaakko J. Salo