The specialisation studies are suitable for people who work, or will be working, in the field of bioeconomy in companies, consultation or promotion tasks, or as vocational teachers, or who operate in the public sector to promote bioeconomy. The training is suited for entrepreneurs or individuals who aim to become entrepreneurs in the field of, for example, bio-based production and raw material procurement for bioproducts. The applicants must have a suitable university degree or other degree suitable for the field of bioeconomy.ncluding contact days. Teaching and learning are based on company-specific development tasks. In Eastern Finland, the bioeconomy specialisation studies will be organised jointly by the University of Eastern Finland, Karelia University of Applied Sciences, and Savonia University of Applied Sciences. The universities will divide responsibilities in the following way: 1) Expertise and leadership of change management in forest bioeconomy: University of Eastern Finland 2) Side streams of bioeconomy: Savonia University of Applied Sciences 3) Biorefining: University of Eastern Finland 4) Bioeconomy and energy: Karelia University of Applied Sciences The studies will be organised with special funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture. In addition, the University of Eastern Finland, Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Savonia University of Applied Sciences in cooperation, and companies and other organisations working in the field of bioeconomy will develop a new work-based learning and teaching model that will be piloted in the bioeconomy specialisation studies in 2018–2020. The development work will be funded by the European Social Fund. Bioeconomy is growing rapidly, and in order to develop it, we need experts and entrepreneurs who are capable of taking advantage of the opportunities to use, refine and export biomass to create new business.