Arcada University of Applied Sciences is a university of applied sciences in Helsinki, Finland. Arcada was established in 1996 as a merger of the Swedish Institute of Health Care Education (Sjukis), the Swedish Institute of Commercial Education (Lilla Hanken), the Institute of Technology (Verket) and the Folkhälsan Institute of Social Education. It is owned and maintained by the Arcada Foundation. It offers classes mostly in Swedish, but also in English.