Eligibility Requirements

There are three requirements that applicants must fulfil in order to be eligible to apply:

1. Degree/qualification requirement:
   
   Applicants must have a post-secondary higher vocational/college degree (e.g. Higher National Diploma) or a higher education degree (e.g. Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree). Only final certificates will be accepted.
   
   
2. Basic knowledge requirement:
   
   Applicants must have adequate basic knowledge (studies and/or work experience) in the relevant field and level (Bachelor of Engineering, Media Engineering or Media Technology or appropriate specialisation in IT).

Application

The application period will begin on 1 March 2010 and end on 9 April 2010 at 4.15 p.m. Finnish time (+2 hrs GMT).

Applicants must prove their eligibility to apply by attaching the following certificate copies to the application:

• Copies of the educational certificates (final degree certificates and study transcripts etc.) proving that the applicant has the required level degree and adequate basic knowledge in technology field.
  
  
• Copies of the official work certificates if necessary for proving that the applicant has the required basic knowledge in the relevant field and level.
  
  
• Copies of official translations (must contain translator’s signature and stamp) if the original certificates are not in English, Finnish or Swedish language.

Applications including all the required attachments must be sent by post or delivered in person or through a representative to the Admissions Office so that they will arrive by 9 April 2010 at 4.15 p.m. Finnish time. Late applications will not be accepted. It is not possible to send applications via fax or email.

Applications and/or certificate copies will not be returned to the applicants.

Entrance Examination

Applicants who have proved their eligibility in the required way will be invited to the entrance examination.

Applicants who fail to prove their eligibility in the required way (e.g. have note delivered all the required certificate copies to the Admissions Office by the deadline) will not be invited to the entrance examination and their applications will be automatically rejected.

The Media Engineering entrance examination will be held on 10 June 2010 in Finland (same exam with the Master’s Degree applicants). Please check the pre-reading material. It is not possible to take the entrance examination abroad.

For more information regarding the entrance examination please contact the Degree Programme (tuula.helle@metropolia.fi or +358 20 783 6339).

Student Selection

Applicants must pass all parts of the entrance examination in order to get admitted. Other entrance examinations will not be accepted.

Student selections will be made based on the entrance examination results. The results of the student selection will be published approximately at the end of June 2010.

Please note!

It is not possible to complete any degree in Specialisation Studies. In addition, the specialisation Studies are not full-time studies and therefore, the Embassies or Consulates do not usually issue a visa for a person who wishes to undertake Specialisation Studies. The study fee is 168€ per year.