Courses for Exchange Students

Incoming exchange students can choose courses from the wide variety of courses taught or guided in English listed on this page.

What You Need to Know When Selecting Courses

  • The course lists are subject to change throughout the academic year.
  • You may only choose courses from the degree programmes that your programme at the home institution has an exchange agreement with.
  • It is not possible to mix courses from different fields of study or degree programmes.
  • All courses have a limited number of places available. Some might get full during the enrolment period.
  • Remember to also check the courses available for all incoming exchange students.
  • In most cases course schedules are confirmed at the beginning of each semester.
  • Courses in a university of applied sciences consist largely of group projects and practical assignments.

Courses

Studies for all Exchange Students

Language courses

Finnish Language Courses

Exchange students studying at Metropolia can familiarise themselves with Finnish language and culture by taking the course Finnish for Exchange Students (3-5 ECTS). The course is offered free of charge for exchange students. Several Finnish courses are organised on different campuses each semester.

Autumn semester 2024 (TBC):

  • XX00CL91-3020: Finnish for Exchange Students, 3-5 ECTS (Myllypuro campus, for Health Care and Social Services students)
  • XX00EX62-3016: Finnish for Exchange Students, 5 ECTS (Arabia campus, primarily for field of Culture students)
  • XX00EX62-3017: Finnish for Exchange Students, 5 ECTS (Karamalmi campus, primarily for Industrial Management and Information Technology students)
  • XX00EX62-3018: Finnish for Exchange Students, 5 ECTS (Myyrmäki campus, primarily for Technology and Business students)
  • XX00EX62-3019: Finnish for Exchange Students, 5 ECTS (Myyrmäki campus, primarily for Technology and Business students)

Other language courses

  • A selection of language courses (French, German, Spanish) are offered by the Metropolia Business School and organised at the Myyrmäki campus. Courses are available for exchange students if they have free places.

Summer Schools

ICT Summer School

The ICT Summer School courses are available to all students from Metropolia's partner institution free of charge. All ICT Summer School courses are taught in English. Note that the courses are not limited only to ICT and some might be suitable also for students studying other subjects. See more on the ICT Summer School website.

Professional Summer School

Metropolia organises a Professional Summer School in each August jointly with two other universities of applied sciences of the Helsinki region, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and Laurea University of Applied Sciences. The focus is on digital wellbeing and professional studies. See more on the Professional Summer School website.

Business

Check first what you need to know when selecting courses from the top of the page.

Courses for Incoming Exchange Students

Exchange students choose courses from the International Business and Logistics degree programme (IBL).

The following course list is available for exchange students from an institution the Business school has an exchange agreement with and who have been nominated to the Business school by their home institution.

Courses for Business Informatics (Master) Students

Course list will be sent directly to the nominated students from the defined partner institutions.

Courses for Incoming Double Degree Students

Course lists will be sent directly to the nominated students.

Culture

Check first what you need to know when selecting courses from the top of the page.

Health Care and Social Services

The degree programmes in health care and social services welcome exchange students to apply for the International Semester Programme. The International Semester Programme is offered in most degree programmes during autumn and spring semesters in Myllypuro campus.

Technology

Check first what you need to know when selecting courses from the top of the page.

Please note that some degree programmes have limitations to the intake for incoming exchange students. To avoid the risk of time-table clashes, the incoming exchange students are recommended to take courses mainly from one degree programme. Please also note that certain courses are organized only if there are enough registrations for the course. For International Semesters, it is usually only possible to choose the whole package of approximately 30 ECTS.

Study opportunities for exchange students in Degree Programmes in Finnish

  • Automotive Engineering: Project in Metropolia Formula-team (10-30 ECTS), see more on the Metropolia Motorsport website. Students applying for a project in Metropolia Formula-team will be interviewed via Skype before acceptance.
  • Degree Programme in ICT, major in Health Technology: Innovation Project (10 ECTS, only in autumn semester)

ICT Summer School

The ICT Summer School mentioned in the above section Studies for all exchange students is particularly suitable for students in technology programmes. It is held in August and is open to exchange students from partner institutions free of charge. See more on the ICT Summer School website.

Projects

Incoming exchange students are advised to primarily choose courses from the field of technology degree programmes where tuition is organised in English. Project opportunities are available only in a few programmes.

If you are interested in a project, please indicate it clearly in your application. Include your CV in the application and propose a topic or a theme for the project. The international coordinators will contact you on whether the project is possible.