Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

• Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland’s largest university of applied sciences, educates the professionals of tomorrow in the fields of culture, business, health care and social services, and technology.
• In the Metropolia community people and worlds meet to create insight, expertise and well-being for both the world of work and life in general.
• You can count on Metropolia as a reliable partner and an innovator in higher education. Through cooperation we discover new ideas and solutions to build a better future.

Metropolia in brief

• 16,000 students
• 2,000 Bachelor’s and 150 Master’s graduates in 2010
• Staff 1,200
• 68 degree programmes - 15 of them in English
• 900 foreign degree students, nearly 90 nationalities
• Budget in 2012 EUR 120 million
• Operating premises in 20 locations
• Owned by: Helsinki 42%, Espoo 27 %, Vantaa 26%, Kirkkonummi 4%, Kauniainen 1%
• R&D&I total volume in 2011 was about EUR 11.2 million

Vision for 2014

Metropolia will be Finland's most valued university of applied sciences and the most dynamic learning environment.

Objectives

• Finland’s best graduation rate to target time
• Flexible processes to enhance renewal ability
• Best teaching in Finland
• Best working place in higher education
• Sought-after partner
• Experts with new ideas in the Greater Helsinki region
• Financial independence

Values