Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Expertise and insight for the future

• 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

• 16,700 students
• 2,290 Bachelor’s and 210 Master’s graduates in 2012
• Staff 1,250
• 68 degree programmes - 15 of them in English
• Most popular UAS in Finland in terms of applicants, second-most
  popular in terms of attractiveness: 6.3 first-choice applicants per
  study place
• 900 foreign degree students, nearly 90 nationalities
• Budget in 2013 EUR 121 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 2016

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

Profile

• Facilitator of networking between higher education institution experts and the labour market in the metropolitan area
• Activator of social dialogue

Objectives

• High-quality, creative and international learning environment
• Lively metropolitan area
• Prospering higher education community capable of reform
• Financial efficiency

Values