collageMetropolia University of Applied Sciences is the largest applied science university in Finland and offers a wide set of study programs both at the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels. The university was founded in 2007 and is located in Helsinki.
Metropolia is truly an international institution with extensive alumni connections, innovative learning environments, and a pioneering approach to working life.
Here, students can choose to study in fields such as Technology, Business, Health Care, Social Services, or Culture. Information Technology and Business studies are typically the most popular programs among students. The university also provides great scholarship opportunities for all students.
The university is systematically developing phenomenon-based innovation hubs that enable Metropolia to integrate its competence into national and international innovation ecosystems. These hubs generate solutions, services and experiments for businesses and residents in the areas of our campuses. There are now currently four innovation hubs in operation: Smarter Mobility, Clean and Sustainable Solutions, Customer-oriented Welfare and Health Care Services ( OR Future Welfare and Health Care Services), and Data-driven Construction. The Smarter Mobility innovation hub received the majority of external research and development funding and plenty of media visibility and international interest. External research and development funding grew to EUR 4.9 million, exceeding our target.
Metropolia also successfully grew its business income to EUR 5.2 million. However, this still fell short of our growth target due to the extremely competitive further education market. Foreign trade is expected to grow once the sales work of EduExcellence, the joint education export company of Metropolia, Haaga-Helia and Laurea, reaches its full potential.
The university’s staff has played a key role in creating new initiatives and fostering growth. They experience their work with students as meaningful. According to a wellbeing at work survey, job satisfaction at Metropolia is at a good level, and supervisors received high marks from the staff.
Metropolia is concentrating its operations at four campuses in Arabia and Myllypuro in Helsinki, Leppävaara in Espoo and Myyrmäki in Vantaa during 2017–2019. The new campuses will offer plenty of benefits to the residents of these areas as well as businesses operating there. The university is now also actively revising our operating culture, which aims at shared views and commitment to joint ways of working on the new and renewed campuses.
Entry requirements
To succeed in studies in the degree programme, the student must have an excellent command of the English language. The applicant’s language proficiency is assessed in the entrance examination.
1) the SAT test and an aptitude interview OR
2) the entrance exam (including interview).
Metropolia university of applied sciences ranking
| Ranking | 1480 10 |
|---|---|
| World ranking | 1480 |
| UniPage World University Ranking | 1480 |
| Country | Finland |
| World ranking | 1480 |
Metropolia university of applied sciences acceptance rate
Enrollment16,400TypeNon-profitFundingPublic-private
partnershipHighest DegreeMasterWebsitemetropolia.fiLanguagesFinnish;EnglishAcceptance rate16%*
* The Metropolia University of Applied Sciences is among the institutions that don’t provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because a university has programs where an applicant only needs to meet admission requirements to enroll and doesn’t necessarily competes with others.
We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely-ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.
| Admissions Requirements | Yes, based on entrance examinations and students’ past academic record and grades |
|---|---|
| Academic Calendar | Semesters |
| Enrollment | 16,400 |
| Full time employee | 650 |
| Student:staff ratio | 25:1 |
Metropolia university of applied sciences tuition fees
The tuition fees concern students who are not citizens of EU/EEA countries and who have started their studies in English-taught Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes in August 2017 or after that. However, students can be exempted from the tuition fee e.g. on the basis of their residence permits.
In order to be exempted from the tuition fee at Metropolia, an applicant must deliver a copy of one of the following documents:
- Passport or identity card to indicate the citizenship of EU/EEA/Switzerland *)
- EU Blue Card
- Continuous residence permit card in Finland (Type A permit)
- EU Family Member’s Residence Card in Finland
- Permanent residence permit card in Finland (Type P permit)
- EU residence permit for third-country citizens with long term residence permit card in Finland (Type P-EU)
*) Citizens of Finland are not required to provide proof of their citizenship as it will be verified from the population register.
The document exempting from the tuition fee must be valid on 1 August in order for it to be considered for studies starting in autumn term and on 1 January in order for them to be considered for studies starting in spring term.
The document giving the exemption from the tuition fee must be uploaded to the online application at Studyinfo.fi. A photo taken with a mobile phone or camera is acceptable.
How does Brexit influence tuition fee liability?
If you are a UK citizen and have entered Finland before 1 January 2021 and have proof from the Finnish Immigration Service Migri that you have registered, or applied to register, your EU right to residence in Finland in accordance with the withdrawal agreement, tuition fees will not concern you. Submit the proof from the Finnish Immigration Service with your application for admission. Please refer to the Finnish Immigration Service Migri’s, Brexit information for further details.
The EU-UK withdrawal agreement does not apply to British citizens who enter Finland on or after 1 January 2021. They are liable for tuition fees like other non-EU citizens.
Continuing UK degree students are exempt from tuition fees even after the 1st of January 2021 as long as they change their EU registration in Finland to EU right-to-residence in accordance with the withdrawal agreement (with Migri). This change of status must be applied between the 1st of October 2020 and the 30th of September 2021.
Proof of the EU right to residence (i.e. a relevant residence permit card), or proof that the student has applied for it (from Migri) is sufficient for exemption.
New UK degree students who have arrived in Finland prior to 31st of December 2020 must register their right to residence (in accordance with the withdrawal agreement) between the 1st of October 2020 and the 31st of December 2020 to be exempt from tuition fees. Registration or application before the end of 2020 exempts the student from tuition fees even if they start their studies (in degree programmes taught in English) after the 1st of January 2021. Proof of registration (i.e a relevant residence permit card) or pending application (from Migri) is required.
Metropolia’s tuition fees
Metropolia UAS has decided that the level of annual tuition fees vary from 10 000-13 000 euros for Bachelor level studies and 11 000-12 000 euros for Master level studies per academic year.
Bachelor level studies | Annual tuition fee |
| Electronics, Bachelor of Engineering | 12 000 € |
| European Business Administration, Bachelor of Business Administration | 10 000 € |
| Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering | 10 000 € |
| International Business and Logistics, Bachelor of Business Administration | 10 000 € |
| Nursing, Bachelor of Health Care | 11 000 € |
| Physiotherapy, Bachelor of Health Care | 13 000 € |
| Social Services, Bachelor of Social Services | 11 000 € |
Master level studies | Annual tuition fee |
| Business Informatics, Master of Business Administration | 11 000 € |
| Business Informatics, Master of Engineering | 11 000 € |
| Construction and Real Estate Management, Master of Engineering | 1 500 €* |
| Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields, Master of Culture and Arts | 12 000 € |
| Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields, Master of Social Services and/or Health Care | 12 000 € |
| Health Business Management, Master of Business Administration | 12 000 € |
| Health Business Management, Master of Engineering | 12 000 € |
| Health Business Management, Master of Social Services and/or Health Care | 12 000 € |
| Industrial Management, Master of Engineering | 11 000 € |
| Information Technology, Master of Engineering | 11 000 € |
| Osteopathy, Master of Social Services and/or Health Care | 12 000 € |
| Procurement, Master of Business Administration | 11 000 € |
*) This programme is a joint programme with HTW Berlin, the admission procedure is administrated by HTW Berlin.
Metropolia university of applied sciences scholarship
Students enrolled to Metropolia UAS that are nationals of non-EU and non-EEA countries and studying in English-taught Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes, are due to be pay the annual tuition fee to be decided yearly by the Metropolia UAS. They are required to pay the tuition fee for the academic term in one instalment by the deadline announced by Metropolia UAS. Metropolia provides scholarships only for students who are required to pay the tuition fee.
The Metropolia scholarship is awarded based on a national Finnish language level test (National Certificates of Language Proficiency, YKI). The YKI system consists of basic, intermediate and advanced levels. Each level entitles you to a scholarship of 3000 euros. This means that you can receive the scholarship max. three times during your studies. The scholarship can be granted once per academic year. For students who have started their studies in the academic years 2019-2021 and 2020-2021, the scholarship is 3000 euros .A language skills level test must be completed during your studies at Metropolia.
The grant scheme applies to both Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes.
For students in Master’s Degree Programme, it is possible to achieve at least one scholarship. Note that reaching the intermediate level and the second scholarship during two academic years, a lot of independent work and active language usage in everyday life is needed, in addition to Finnish studies.
Invoicing for tuition fees
Those, who are required to pay a tuition fee, will be sent an invoice via email. In order to confirm his or her study place, an applicant must accept it and pay the tuition fee for the academic term in one instalment. Registration for the academic year as present or absent is possible only after the tuition fee has been paid.
Invoices have a reference number, which must be stated in the payment when paying the invoice. In addition to the tuition fee, possible fees charged by banks for the payment transaction must be paid by the student.
The study place will not be confirmed until the payment has been credited to Metropolia’s account. Once you have paid the tuition fees, please send a copy of your payment receipt to: kirjanpito.maksuliikenne@metropolia.fi
Confirming the study place
The admission of a student is conditional until the student has:
- paid the tuition fee
- confirmed his/her study place at Studyinfo.fi
- enrolled for the first academic year as present or absent (possible only after the student has received an e-mail from the Admission Services confirm the receipt of the tuition fee)
- signed the Student Agreement
Furthermore, the admission is conditional until Metropolia checked the applicant’s original school as well as other relevant certificates. Metropolia will withdraw the admission if the student does not pay the tuition fee by the due date, provide the required school and other relevant documents by the given deadline or if he/she has given inadequate or false information.
Metropolia university of applied sciences ielts requirement
Our Pathway to Finland offers guaranteed access to Metropolia’s bachelor programs and you can get accepted within 2 days.
You can apply to our Business or Engineering and Technology program.
The admission requirements are:
- High school diploma / Higher Secondary Education
- Transcript of records (if possible)
- Proof of English proficiency (IELTS 5.5, TOEFL iBT 46-59, Duolingo 85-90, or equivalent)
- Copy of passport ID page
The students are admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR’S DEGREES
New admission criteria for the next intake will be announced later. The following criteria are related to the previous intake.
Make sure you have all the following documents ready when you fill out the application form.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Applicants who have completed a qualification outside Finland must submit one the following documents to Edunation:
- Copy of the final/official higher secondary school certificate or vocational qualification which gives eligibility for higher education studies in your own country
- Bachelor or Master’s degree
- International Baccalaureate (IB)
- Copy of Transcript of Records.
Note: Original certificates must be shown when arriving in Finland. All documents need to be translated to either Finnish, Swedish or English, if the original document is in none of those languages. The translations need to be signed and stamped by an authorized translator.
PROOF OF NATIONALITY
- Passport ID page OR official ID card indicating nationality
Note: You will need a valid passport when you apply for a visa or residence permit.
ONLINE ENTRANCE EXAM AND ONLINE INTERVIEW
The following programs will have an online entrance exam:
- Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Logistics
- Bachelor of Business Administration in European Business Administration
- Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics
- Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology
The following programs will have an online interview:
- Bachelor of Health Care in Nursing
- Bachelor of Physiotherapy
- Bachelor of Health Care in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences
SAT
Applicants can apply with SAT test score to bachelor’s degree programs. The official SAT score report must be delivered directly from the College Board to Metropolia with code 6953.
| DEGREE PROGRAM | MINIMUM SAT SCORE |
|---|---|
| Bachelor of Business Administration in European Business AdministrationBachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Logistics | Evidence-based reading and writing 500 points and math 500 points |
| Bachelor of Engineering in ElectronicsBachelor of Engineering in Information Technology | Evidence-based reading and writing 400 points and math 400 points |
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