Cross-Institutional Studies

Enrollment for Metropolia's courses is made via your home institution’s study information system within the enrollment period. By enrolling, you confirm that your personal and study information will be shared with Metropolia. For information on data protection and the processing of personal data, refer to Metropolia's privacy notes.

Note, that you must enroll separately for each course you plan to take. You can find the registration period, course details, teaching methods, and any prerequisites in the course-specific description.

A separate quota is reserved for cross-institutional students on each course. Make sure to enroll as early as possible to secure your place.

Enrollment acceptance and study right

Your accepted or rejected enrollments are visible in your PSP (under Notices on the Inspection tab, in the PSP structure, and on the Enrollments tab). When you are accepted to Metropolia for the first time, you will receive an email at your home institutions’ email address with instructions on how to start your studies. Save this message for future reference, as it contains information about your Metropolia student details.

Upon your first acceptance to a Metropolia course implementation, you will also be granted a temporary study right. The study right is typically granted for one academic year at a time. You may only take courses at Metropolia for which your enrollment has been accepted. If your study right at your home institution ends before your studies at Metropolia are completed, your right to study at Metropolia also ends.

Cancellations

You can cancel your enrollment in a Metropolia course implementation through your PSP at your home institution before the enrollment period ends. After the enrollment period, notify Metropolia of your cancellation by email at opiskelijapalvelut [at] metropolia.fi (studentservices[at]metropolia[dot]fi). In your email, include your name and the course you wish to cancel. If the course has already started, please contact the course teacher directly.

Cancellations for Open UAS courses should be sent by email to avoinamk [at] metropolia.fi (avoinamk[at]metropolia[dot]fi). For more information on Metropolia’s Open UAS payment terms and cancellation policies, please refer to Open UAS website.

As your enrollment has been approved, activate your user ID at https://password.metropolia.fi/. This can be done with banking credentials or a mobile certificate. If you have neither one, you can collect a one-time password to activate the user ID from Metropolia’s Student and Admission Services’, by presenting an official identity card to them during their opening hours.

With the user ID, you can access to the following services:

• OMA portal (e.g. personal student information, course workspaces and grades)
• Email. You can log in to your e-mail at https://mail.metropolia.fi/. Please use your username and password. Emails related to the studies are sent to the metropolia.fi email. Only a automatic message sent from the system will come to the e-mail address of your home institution.
• Moodle e-learning platform.
• Computers and network disks at public spaces
• Office 365 during your studies
• Metropolia Cloud services during your studies
• Helpdesk services (IT support)
• Library services e.g. e-materials

All courses have their own workspace in the OMA service. The workspaces are listed in OMA at the top of the front page, below the house icon. Student is automatically a member of the workspaces for the courses he or she has enrolled and accepted in.

Teachers use workspaces for informing students about current matters, course materials and literature. The emails from the workspace are sent to the students' Metropolia email address.

If some other e-learning platform (e.g. Moodle) is used on the course, information about this will be found in the workspace. The same OMA user ID also works in Moodle, but the teacher usually needs to give the key to the Moodle workspace if it's not an open one.

Please also read the general announcements on Metropolia's OMA-intranet.

Virtual studies

Instructions for the completion of a 100 % virtual courses can be found from the course description and in most cases from the course workspace in OMA (requires Metropolia ID).

Course key

If you need a course key to log in to a course, you can check it in the course workspace in OMA. If needed, you'll get more information from the teacher.

Studies are completed according to Metropolia's guidelines and rules and by following the instructions of the course teacher. Feedback is collected at the end of the course. You can find information about the course content, teaching methods, and assessment criteria in the course description. More information about completing the course can be found in the course's OMA workspace.

If the course includes scheduled classes, you can check the timetable in Tuudo or Lukkarikone. You can download the Tuudo mobile app for free from the app store to your mobile device. Tuudo is available for both Android and iOS.

If you have any questions about completing the course or course content, please contact the course teacher.

The evaluation of studies follows the Degree Regulations of Metropolia (pdf) and Study guidelines of Metropolia (pdf). The teacher will assign the grade within four weeks after the course and its components or other separate assessments are completed.

Once the teacher has assessed your studies at Metropolia, the grade will automatically be transferred to your home institution’s study information system. You do not need to apply for credit transfer (Recognition of Prior Learning, RPL). As a student, it is your responsibility to ensure that all your credits as a cross-institutional student are transferred to your home institution.

You can also find all the studies completed at Metropolia in the My Studyinfo service.

If you are dissatisfied with the assessment you have received, you may present a verbal or written rectification request to the teacher who performed the assessment within 14 days of being informed of the assessment. If you are dissatisfied with the decision on the rectification request you can lodge a written appeal with Metropolia’s Examination Board within 14 days of having been notified of the decision. Instructions for appeals can be found on Metropolia's website.

More information about our campuses can be found on our websites:

• Arabia Campus
• Karamalmi Campus
• Myllypuro Campus
• Myyrmäki Campus