Metropolia as an employer

Metropolia’s value base form the cornerstone of everything we do

  • towards a sustainable future
  • with an orientation on solution
  • with competence renewal
  • with a human touch

Research shows that our employees appreciate that our work makes a difference. Metropolians' passion is to see development in every person and to achieve results that have societal value and impact.

We are proud of Metropolia's reliability and reputation as an employer. Metropolia is an attractive employer.

Metropolia has experts from recent graduates to experienced veterans of working life. There are more than 1000 full-time employees. In addition, we employ hundreds of experts as part-time teachers or lecturers during the year.

We also want to actively cooperate with our environment by networking, finding new partners and cooperating with our stakeholders. We have extensive and diverse partner networks both in Finland and abroad.

Competence and smoothness of work

The well-being of our personnel is one of our strategic goals. We are committed to the continuous development of well-being at work and measure it regularly.

Metropolia has good opportunities to develop at work. Working with us can be fun and the development of new solutions and ways of working is encouraged.

We want to encourage work-life balance. Work can be done flexibly within flexible working hours and with a hybrid working model.

Equality and non-discrimination work at Metropolia

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences is committed to promoting equality and non-discrimination and preventing discrimination in all its activities. Metropolia's equality and non-discrimination work has a long tradition - the first equality plan was published in 2009 and the equality programme in 2010. Equality and non-discrimination are realized and lived in everyday choices and actions, and their realization is the responsibility not only of all our units, but also of every metropolis resident.

Read more about Metropolia's equality and non-discrimination work

Physical accessibility

Metropolia operates on four campuses. The campus receptios provide more detailed information on access routes, parking spaces and indoor transport. If a student or Metropolia employee needs additional arrangements for mobility or other activities at one of the locations, they can contact customer service.