Spring Joint Application I

1. Choose your degree programmes of interest 

Check the education offering at Studyinfo and choose 1-6 higher education degree programmes to which you want to apply. Metropolia's degree programmes are listed below in section "Degree programmes".

You do not have to place your chosen degree programmes in order of preference, and you can be offered several study places. For example, if you are accepted to three out of four degree programmes on your application, you can choose which place you wish to confirm. Please note, that you cannot change your chosen degree programmes after the application period has ended.

2. Check the degree-programme specific eligibility and admission requirements at Studyinfo

The eligibility and admission criteria may vary depending on the degree programme and therefore, it is important to read carefully the admission criteria for each degree programme you have chosen. The degree-programme specific admission criteria are available at Studyinfo.

3. Check what documents you need to complete the online application at Studyinfo

You need the have the required documents with you when fill in the application. The list of the required documents can be found below in section "Required documents".

4. Check if any of your chosen degree programmes require a pre-assignment

Some of the degree programmes may require that a pre-assignment must be uploaded to the online application at Studyinfo by the end of the application period. Instructions concerning Metropolia's pre-assignments can be found below in section "Pre-assignments".

5. Submit your online application at Studyinfo before the application period ends

The joint application must be submitted by 19 January 2022 at 3 pm (local time in Finland).

Make sure that you receive the e-mail confirmation, which the joint application system sends you automatically within 24 hours from submitting the application. If you do not receive the e-mail confirmation, please the admission services of your chosen application options.

The e-mail confirmation contains a link to edit your application at Studyinfo. Please note that the application options can be changed during the application period only.

6. Check your e-mail frequently and keep your contact information up-to-date

You will be contacted via e-mail for example if:

• your application is found insufficient (you will be given 7 days to complete your application),
• you are invited to the entrance examination or
• you are offered a study place.

7. Get ready for the entrance examination

If the degree programme has an entrance examination, you will receive an invitation to it via e-mail approximately one week prior to the entrance examination. More information below in section "Entrance examinations".

If you need individual arrangements for the entrance examination due to an injury, illness, reading disability, or other special reason, please read the instructions for applying for individual arrangements for the entrance examination.

8. Check the My Studyinfo -service and/or e-mail frequently

Results of the joint application will published by 3 June 2022 at the latest. If you are offered a study place, you will also receive an e-mail notification. More information below in section "student selections".

8. Confirm the study place if one is offered to you

Confirmation of the study place requires the following measures by the deadline for accepting the study place:

1. Accept the study place at Studyinfo.
2. Register for the academic year as present or absent in connection with the acceptance of study place at Studyinfo. NB! If you register as absent you must also deliver a document proving that you have legal grounds for the absence.
3. Pay the tuition fee or deliver a document exempting from it if applicable (concerns non-EU/EEA citizens accepted to English-taught Bachelor's or Master's degree programmes). 
4. Sign the Student Agreement (pdf) if applicable (concerns non-EU/EEA citizens accepted to English-taught Bachelor's or Master's degree programmes)
5. Submit the health report if required (concerns only those who have informed e.g. a health issue on their application)
6. Upload the rest of the documents required to prove eligibility to your online application at Studyinfo, unless you have already done so. You can enter the application by using the My Studyinfo -service or the link you have received in the confirmation e-mail.

NB! Metropolia will introduce an Early Bird discount on tuition fees for students admitted to degree studies beginning in autumn 2022 and after: an Early Bird discount of € 1,500 on the tuition fee for the first academic term will be granted if the applicant accepts a study place and registers as present no later than 7 days after the announcement of the student selection by 3 pm (local time in Finland).

More detailed information below in section Confirming the study place.

10. Get ready for the studies

Prepare to study by checking the material for new students available on Metropolia's web site. At the web site you find the degree specific information such as starting date and time of the studies and other important information for the beginning of your studies. 

Studies starting in autumn 2022

All times refer to the local time in Finland.

Bachelor's Degree Programmes:

• Bachelor of Business Administration in European Business Administration, full-time studies
• Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Logistics, full-time studies
• Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics, full-time studies
• Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology, full-time studies
• Bachelor of Health Care in Nursing, full-time studies (studies require Finnish language skills)
• Bachelor of Social Services in Social Services, full-time studies (studies require Finnish language skills)

Master's Degree Programmes:

• Master of Business Administration in Business Informatics
• Master of Business Administration in Health Business Management
• Master of Business Administration in Procurement
• Master of Culture and Arts in Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields (CRASH)
• Master of Engineering in Business Informatics
• Master of Engineering in Health Business Management
• Master of Engineering in Industrial Management
• Master of Engineering in Information Technology
• Master of Social Services and/or Health Care in Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields (CRASH)
• Master of Social Services and/or Health Care in Health Business Management
• Master of Social Services and/or Health Care in Health Care Diagnostics

Please note! Metropolia’s Master of Engineering double-degree programme in Construction and Real Estate Management has its own separate application period and admission procedure carried out by the partner university.

The above mentioned degree programmes have tuition fees. The fees will concern students who are not citizens of EU/EEA countries and who start 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. 

Most of the required documents must be uploaded to the online application at Studyinfo and if not, it has been mentioned below in connection with the document. A photo taken with a mobile phone or camera is acceptable.

The information below is preliminary and subject to change until the beginning of the application period.

Please note:

• If the document is not in Finnish, Swedish or English language, an official translation into one of these languages must be provided by the deadline given for the document in question (see above).

• If the qualification is available at the Finnish national education database called Koski, it is not necessary to verify it with certificates but it is enough to grant viewing rights to the educational information at Koski. This can be done by logging in to the My Studyinfo -service (use of the service requires authentication with a bank ID, mobile certificate or certificate card) and completing the following steps (the service is available in Finnish or Swedish only):

  1. Go to "My completed studies"
  2. select "jaa suoritustietojasi"
  3. select the degree(s) for which you want to give the viewing rights 
  4. check the validity of the link (the link must be valid for at least 6 months after sending the application)
  5. attach the link(s) to you application at Studyinfo.
      
• Documents delivered after the deadline will not be considered. Possible delays or problems in getting the required certificates in time do not take away applicant's responsibility to deliver all the required documents so that they are received by the deadline.
   
• The study place is conditional until the polytechnic/ UAS has checked all the required documents. Metropolia may withdraw the admission, if an applicant has given false information or does not deliver all the required documents by the deadline.

Most of the required documents must be uploaded to the online application at Studyinfo and if not, it has been mentioned below in connection with the document. A photo taken with a mobile phone or camera is acceptable.

The information below is preliminary and subject to change until the beginning of the application period.

Please note:

• If the document is not in Finnish, Swedish or English language, an official translation into one of these languages must be provided by the deadline given for the document in question (see above).

• If the qualification is available at the Finnish national education database called Koski, it is not necessary to verify it with certificates but it is enough to grant viewing rights to the educational information at Koski. This can be done by logging in to the My Studyinfo -service (use of the service requires authentication with a bank ID, mobile certificate or certificate card) and completing the following steps (the service is available in Finnish or Swedish only):

  1. Go to "My completed studies"
  2. select "jaa suoritustietojasi"
  3. select the degree(s) for which you want to give the viewing rights 
  4. check the validity of the link (the link must be valid for at least 6 months after sending the application)
  5. attach the link(s) to you application at Studyinfo.
      
• Documents delivered after the deadline will not be considered. Possible delays or problems in getting the required certificates in time do not take away applicant's responsibility to deliver all the required documents so that they are received by the deadline.
   
• The study place is conditional until the polytechnic/ UAS has checked all the required documents. Metropolia may withdraw the admission, if an applicant has given false information or does not deliver all the required documents by the deadline.

The following Metropolia's degree programmes are using pre-assignments:

Links to the pre-assignments will be published by the beginning of the application period:

• Master's degree programme in Creativity and Arts in Social and Health Fields (CRASH)
• Master's degree programme in Industrial Management
• Master's degree programme in Information Technology
• Master's degree programme in Procurement

The pre-assignment must be uploaded as an attachment to the online application at Studyinfo by the end of the application period.

Degree programme specific entrance examination dates and instructions will be published at Studyinfo by the beginning of the application period at the latest.

Results of the joint application will published by 3 June 2022 at the latest. By this day all applicants will be sent an e-mail notifying the admission result. If you have Finnish online banking credentials, a Finnish electronic ID-card or mobile certificate you can check your results at My Studyinfo -service.

You may receive a different result for different degree programmes: accepted, on reserve list, failed or cancelled. You can be accepted to several degree programmes and you can choose which place you wish to accept. However please note that you can accept only one study place leading to a higher education degree in Finland in education that begins in the same academic term (spring or autumn term).

If you are accepted, you must confirm the study place by the given deadline, otherwise the stud place will be cancelled. More information on confirming the study place can be found at Studyinfo. 

NB! Metropolia will introduce an Early Bird discount on tuition fees for students admitted to degree studies beginning in autumn 2022 and after: an Early Bird discount of € 1,500 on the tuition fee for the first academic term will be granted if the applicant accepts a study place and registers as present no later than 7 days after the announcement of the student selection by 3 pm (local time in Finland).

The reserve list status will be valid until 2 August 2022 at 3 pm (local time in Finland), after which no applicants placed on reserve list can be granted admission.

Please note that the study place is conditional until the higher education institution in question has checked the relevant certificates. Metropolia may withdraw the admission, if an applicant has given false information or does not deliver all the required documents by the deadline.

A person who has applied to become a student of Metropolia may present a written appeal to the Legal Protection Board of Metropolia within fourteen (14) days as of the publication date of the admissions results. For more information please contact the Admission Services (contact details of the Admission Services) and read the appeal instructions.

NB! Metropolia will introduce an Early Bird discount on tuition fees for students admitted to degree studies beginning in autumn 2022 and after: an Early Bird discount of € 1,500 on the tuition fee for the first academic term will be granted if the applicant accepts a study place and registers as present no later than 7 days after the announcement of the student selection by 3 pm (local time in Finland).

Confirmation of the study place requires the following measures by the deadline for accepting the study place:

1. Accept your chosen study place
   You will be sent an automatic email when you have a study place to be accepted at Studyinfo. You must accept the place of study by the given deadline or you will lose it. Acceptance of a study place can be made via the link in the email notification. Applicants admitted by 3 June 2022 must accept their study places no later than 15 July 2022 at 3 pm (local time in Finland) and applicants admitted after 3 June 2022 must confirm their study places no later than 7 days after the announcement of the student selection by 3 pm (local time in Finland). You can be accepted to several different higher education degree programmes in Finland but you can only accept one place of study from an education leading to a Finnish higher education degree that starts in the same academic term. More detailed information concerning the one study place per term -provision can be found at Studyinfo. Please note that the acceptance of study place is binding and cannot be changed later. Binding acceptance of study place prevents the admission of other study places leading to a Finnish higher education degree during the academic term in question (see the one study place per term provision at Studyinfo.fi). Binding acceptance also means that the applicant will no longer be a first-timer in the future as described at Studyinfo.fi (Section 28 b of the University of Applied Sciences Act 932/2014).
    
2. Register for the academic year as present or absent
   Registration for the academic year is obligatory for all degree students at Metropolia. Registration for the first academic year takes place at Studyinfo in connection with the acceptance of a study place by the deadline for accepting the study place. NB! If you register as absent you are required to deliver a document proving that you have legal grounds for the absence. If a student who has accepted a study place does not register for the first academic year by the deadline, he or she will be automatically registered as present for the first academic year.
    
3. Pay the tuition fee if applicable
   The tuition fee concern all students who are not citizens of EU/EEA countries and who start their studies in English-taught Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes. A separate invoice will not be sent, but instructions on how to pay the tuition fee will be sent via e-mail from Metropolia's Admission Services, together with instructions related to confirming the study place. The tuition fee should be paid by the deadline for accepting the study place.
    
4. Sign the Student Agreement if applicable
   If you are not a citizen of an EU/EEA country and you are starting your studies in one of Metropolia's English-taught Bachelor's or Master's degree programmes, you must sign the Student Agreement (pdf) and deliver it to Metropolia’s Student and Admission Services by the deadline for accepting the study place. The Agreement concerns Metropolia University of Applied Sciences tuition fees and scholarships and specifies the rights and obligations of all parties, and the terms under which the student may receive a scholarship for his/her studies at the Programme. For more information please contact Metropolia's Student and Admission Services.
    
5. Submit the health report if applicable
   Those applying to study within Health Care and Social Services must have sufficient health and functional capacity to be capable of completing practical assignments and work placement periods as part of the studies. If the applicant has informed a health issue or equivalent in his/her application, the student selection is conditional until applicants health and functional capacity has been evaluated. For this purpose, applicant will be asked to submit a specific health report if he/she has informed a health issue or equivalent in his/her application. Furthermore, those admitted to the degree programme in Biomedical Laboratory Science must have adequate vision to work on a microscope and normal colour vision. Those admitted to the programme are required to submit a certificate provided by an ophthalmologist, optician or optometrist at the beginning of their studies. The student selection is conditional until applicants' vision has been checked. Read more about the health requirements on Metropolia's web site.
    
6. Deliver the documents required for confirming the admission if applicable
   Deliver copies of the certificates giving eligibility for the degree programme in question by the deadline for accepting the study place, unless you already have attached them previously to the application. It is not necessary to deliver copies of the qualifications, which have already been downloaded to the application in question. Certificates are uploaded as an attachment to the joint application at Studyinfo. You can enter the application via the same link you used for accepting the study place at Studyinfo or by using the My Studyinfo -service (use of the service requires authentication with a bank ID, mobile certificate or certificate card). If the qualification is available at the Finnish national education database called Koski, it is not necessary to verify it with certificates but it is enough to grant viewing rights to the educational information at Koski. This can be done by logging in to the My Studyinfo -service and completing the following steps (the service is available in Finnish or Swedish only):
   1. Go to "My completed studies"
   2. select "jaa suoritustietojasi"
   3. select the degree(s) for which you want to give the viewing rights 
   4. check the validity of the link (the link must be valid for at least 6 months after sending the application)
   5. attach the link(s) to you application at Studyinfo.

Admission is conditional until Metropolia’s Student and Admission Services have checked all the relevant certificates.

All information on when, where and how to start the studies is available in page Information for New Student. Instructions will not be sent directly to new students.

Study certificates, student discount documents, user ID and password etc. can be given to you on the first day of your studies (orientation days) at the earliest. Until then you can use your acceptance letter in order to verify your study place e.g. when applying for student housing, visa or residence permit.

By downloading the Tuudo mobile app, you can use various Metropolia web services easily on your smart phone. By using Tuudo's student ID you can also get student discounts e.g. in public transportation (VR, HSL and Matkahuolto). Tuudo is free for all Metropolia students.

From January 2021 onwards, those university of applied sciences students, who are entitled to use the services of the Finnish Student Health Service (YTHS), have been required to pay a healthcare fee to Kela (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland). No bill will be sent on the healthcare fee, and thus you have to pay the fee on your own initiative. The due dates are determined based on the date on which you have registered as attending. Further instructions on how to pay the healthcare fee can be found on Kela's web site. 

Please note, finding suitable accommodation in Helsinki area can be challenging. Therefore, apply accommodation right away after receiving the acceptance letter. You can either apply accommodation from HOAS or from the private market.

It is imperative that you attend the orientation days at the beginning of the studies. Starting your studies late can seriously affect the progress of your studies. If you are not able to do so, please contact the degree programme. Contact details will be published on Metropolia's web page information for New Student.