Saimaa University of Applied Sciences has strong international contacts with almost 100 partner Universities all over the world. Saimaa UAS has also several Double Degree agreements with its partner universities.

Saimaa University of Applied Sciences is focused in cooperation in Russia, Western Europe, the Nordic countries, and new EU Member States and also China and Malaysia in Asia. There is lively teacher, student and trainee exchange between Saimaa UAS and its partner universities and also other kind of cooperation and development projects are carried out together with partner universities.