The following documents must be available for the application by the time the application is submitted or no later than 7 days after the application is sent by 3 pm (all times refer to the local time in Finland):
- Documents for proving the eligibility (vary depending on the degree programme, please check the Degree Programme Specific Admission Criteria)
- Official certificates of the academic qualifications/performances required for eligibility (transcripts, degree certificates, diplomas etc.) or, if an applicant is a refugee or in a refugee-like situation and unable to submit documentary evidence of his/her qualification, the asylum decision or residence permit issued on the basis of a need for protection of refugees or applicants in a refugee-like situation.
- Curricula and course descriptions of the academic qualifications/performances required for eligibility (applies to top-up degree programmes in Physioteraphy and Biomedical Laboratory Sciences only)
- Official work certificates concerning the required work experience (applies to Master's degree programmes only) containing the following information:
- exact start and end dates of employment
- the employer’s contact information
- work duties
- working hours in case of part-time work
- Certificates of entrepreneurship if the entrepreneurship is to be taken into account as part of the required work experience (applies to Master's degree programmes only). Entrepreneurship is accepted as work experience if there is an extract from the company register, as well as a certificate proving that the applicant is or has been YEL or MYEL insured (YEL = Entrepreneurial pension insurance, MYEL = occupational pension insurance for farmers, foresters, fishermen and reindeer herders and their family members). Foreign entrepreneurship is proven by corresponding official documents.
- Pre-assignments when/if applying to one of the following degree programmes:
- Master's degree programme in Industrial Management
- Master's degree programme in Information Technology
- Master's degree programme in Procurement
- Documents exempting from the tuition fee (applies to those who are not EU/EEA citizens only)
- A valid passport or Finnish identity card.
- SAT-scores (only applies to those who have indicated on their applications that they want to be considered in the SAT-score -based student selection)
- Official translations of all documents that are not written in Finnish, Swedish or English. The translation must be provided in connection with the original document and made by an official translator bearing the name, signature and stamp of the translator.
The application should not be submitted before the eligibility and student selection criteria are met and the documents required to prove it are available.
The required documents should be uploaded as an appendix to the application at Studyinfo excluding:
- the SAT-scores, which must be available for Metropolia at the College Board online service with Metropolia's SAT code 6953
- the asylum decisions or residence permits issued on the basis of a need for protection, which must be submitted via a separate Verification of Educational Background form.
- the information that appears in Metropolia's study register, in which case there is no need for the qualification/academic performance to be verified by the applicant
- the information that appears in the Finnish national database of education data Koski, in which case it is enough for you to give viewing rights to your educational information at the national database. The right to view educational data is granted as follows (the service is only available in Finnish/Swedish):
- log in to the My Studyinfo -service by selecting "My completed studies"
- select "jaa suoritustietojasi"
- select the information for which you want to give the viewing rights,
- check the validity of the link (the link must be valid for at least 6 months after sending the application), and
- attach the link(s) to you application at Studyinfo.fi.
A document uploaded to the online application can be a scanned file or a good quality image taken for example by a mobile phone camera. If eligibility cannot be assessed due to missing attachments, a request to complete the application will be sent to the applicant by using the e-mail address provided in the application form. Once the application has been submitted, an applicant can return to his or her application by using:
- the link provided in the application confirmation email, or
- the My Studyinfo -service, the use of which requires that the applicant has a Finnish social security number and Finnish online banking credentials, mobile certificate or an electronic ID-card.
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 of delivering all the required documents by the deadline. If the required documents are not provided by the given deadline, the application will be rejected. If the application is rejected, the applicant cannot re-apply before the start of the next application period.
The study place is conditional until Metropolia has checked/verified the documents and information provided in connection with the application. Metropolia may withdraw the admission, if an applicant has given false information or does not deliver all the required documents by the deadline.