Path studies offer an alternative route to becoming a degree student. You will study the first-year studies in the same group with degree students. The studies are bilingual. You will begin the studies in English without the Finnish language proficiency requirement. The role of Finnish as a language of instruction strengthens as the studies proceed. Please note that completing the path studies does not automatically guarantee admission as a degree student in a separate application process.
Content
The pathway studies (60 ECTS) consist of the following courses:
- Anatomy and Physiology (online)
- Gerontological Nursing (bilingual)
- Health Promotion (online)(bilingual)
- Basics of Vaccination Competence (bilingual)
- Internal Medicine Nursing (bilingual)
- Surgical Nursing
- Perioperative Nursing
- Pharmacotherapy 1 (bilingual)
- Pharmacotherapy 2 (bilingual)
- Medical Mathematics
- University Studies and Career Planning
- The Basic Practice of Clinical Nursing 1 (bilingual)
- The Basic Practice of Clinical Nursing 2 (bilingual)
- Finnish 1 (A1.2)
- Finnish 2 (A1.3-A2.1)
Implementation
The studies start on 25th August 2025 and end in July 2026. The extent of the studies is 60 ECTS. The studies are conducted in daytime learning format with on-campus teaching at the Myllypuro campus.
Requirements
Studying requires active participation, sufficient study skills, and good language proficiency. Students are expected to be self-directed and take responsibility for their own studies.
Price
900 €
Enrollment
Before enrollment, please read the Open UAS terms of payment and cancellation.
Contact Information
Open UAS (e.g., payments and cancellations)
avoinamk [at] metropolia.fi (avoinamk[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
p. 040 712 5100 Monday to Thursday 10-12, additionally Wednesday 12-14)
Programme Coordinator Maarit Vallinkoski (content and implementation of pathway studies), maarit.vallinkoski [at] metropolia.fi (maarit[dot]vallinkoski[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
How to start path studies at Metropolia
Welcome to study path studies at Metropolia!
Read below all the common instructions for Metropolia's path students as well as the instructions for your own group.
When you start as a new student at Metropolia, you need to activate your user ID. Activate your user ID by using Netbank User ID or Mobile Certificate, or by using activation password. See instructions how to activate you user ID.
If you have enrolled for Open UAS studies without using strong identification, you must visit the Student and Admission Services customer service point for strong identification. Only after that, you can activate your user ID.
You will receive your study schedules at the beginning of the studies. You can use the Schedule Machine to see the up-to-date schedules. You can also check the schedules in Tuudo app.
Open UAS students do not enrol for the courses themselves but you have already been registered for the courses.
Communications concerning your studies takes place in OMA intranet workspaces and in your Metropolia e-mail, which you can use once you activate your user account. Please follow actively your metropolia.fi email! You can access your e-mail at mail.metropolia.fi.
Lecturers mostly send their messages through the courses' OMA workspaces. If other learning management platforms are used, such as Moodle, the lecturer will inform you of this. Please also read the general announcements on Metropolia's OMA intranet.
Metropolia has arranged a separate meal benefit for Open Path students because Open UAS students are not entitled to the degree students’ meal subsidy.
The price of the meal is restaurant-specific. The meal benefit is not applicable at Arabia campus.
Tuudo mobile app’s student card or meal certificate, which you can either pick up at the Student and Admission Services customer service point or order by e-mail from studentservices [at] metropolia.fi (studentservices[at]metropolia[dot]fi) at the beginning of your studies, entitles to a meal benefit.
Tuudo is a mobile app with which you can use various Metropolia web services easily on your smart phone.
In Tuudo you can also check announcements, your schedule, study attainments, and cafeteria menus.
Get Tuudo on your phone from the app store for free and start using it!
If you have selected invoicing as the payment method for your studies, the studies will be invoiced in two installments. The first invoice is sent at the beginning of the studies and the second invoice four months after the start of the studies.
Please also see Open UAS terms of payment and cancellation.
If your address changes during your studies, please notify us by e-mail avoinamk [at] metropolia.fi (avoinamk[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
If you wish to complete other studies in addition to those in your study path or module, you can enroll for the Open UAS courses in the enrollment system. Please make sure that your additional studies do not overlap with the studies included in the path or module.
Path students are also entitled to complete some of the CampusOnline.fi courses offered by other universities of applied sciences.
After completing Open UAS path studies, you can apply for a degree programme on the basis of Metropolia’s Open UAS Studies.
Make sure to read the instruction for Open UAS students.
Contents and completion of courses: lecturers
Application on the Basis of Open Metropolia’s Open UAS Studies and other matters concerning applications: Student and Admission Services, admissions [at] metropolia.fi (admissions[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Other general help, refunding of payments and financial support applications: Open university of applied sciences: avoinamk [at] metropolia.fi (avoinamk[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
IT problems: helpdesk [at] metropolia.fi (helpdesk[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
How to start Nursing path studies
Welcome to study the path studies in Nursing at Metropolia Open University of Applied Sciences!
The studies will begin on August 25, 2025, at the Myllypuro Campus, Helsinki
You can view the up-to-date schedules in Lukkarikone using the group ID SXN25K1AV.
Direct recognition of prior learning is not possible at the Open UAS. Instead, studies are recognised using pedagogic solutions, in which case the student demonstrates his or her competence in the manner specified by the lecturer. The RPL process is identical with the degree students. More information is given by the lecturer of the course in question or your Student Advisor.
RPL process does not entitle to a refund of fees.
If you are retaking an exam or wish to improve your grade, please register for the exam. You can find the instructions for retaking exams on the OMA intranet. Please contact the course lecturer for more information.
