Application period: 31 August 2026 at 8 am - 10 September 2026 at 3 pm (local time in Finland)
The Finnish Joint Application is a national application procedure the Finnish higher education institutions use when selecting new students. Please read more about the Finnish application system at Studyinfo.fi.
All the information needed for the application is gathered to the national Studyinfo-portal. At Studyinfo.fi you can find the descriptions of the degree programmes, admission criteria, application instructions, application forms and much more. Below you can find the links to Metropolia's degree programmes' pages.
Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing, daytime studies
Bachelor of Social Services, Social Services, daytime studies
The first joint application of spring is aimed at those wishing to apply for an education leading to a higher education degree in English. Joint Application is a national application procedure the Finnish higher education institutions use when selecting new students. In Joint Application you can apply to up to six (6) higher education degree programmes with one application form. The next application period is 7 - 21 January 2026 at 3 pm (local time in Finland).
This application process is designed to supplement the national Joint Application with student selection methods other than entrance examination. This flexible separate application (i.e. rolling admission) takes place twice a year as follows (for some degree programmes the application period may end earlier than mentioned below):
* preliminary information, rights for changes reserved until the beginning of the application period.
This application process is aimed at those who have completed non-degree studies at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (e.g. Metropolia's Pathway, Diploma or Open UAS studies) accreditable towards the degree programme being applied for. This flexible separate application (i.e. rolling admission) takes place twice a year as follows (for some degree programmes the application period may end earlier than mentioned below):
Application periods in 2026:
This application process is aimed at those who have completed Finnish higher education studies accreditable towards the degree programme being applied for. This flexible separate application (i.e. rolling admission) takes place twice a year as follows (for some degree programmes the application period may end earlier than mentioned below):
Application periods in 2026:
This application process is aimed at those enrolled in studies leading to a Finnish higher education degree who wish to transfer their valid study rights from one Finnish higher education institution to Metropolia or within Metropolia from one degree programme to another, so that the degree title changes. This separate application takes place twice a year as follows:
Application periods in 2026:
For more information on the application process please contact Metropolia's Student and Admission Services.
In questions regarding the content of the entrance examination or studies, please contact the representative of the degree programme in question. Degree programme representatives and their contact details can be found on Metropolia's web site in connection with the degree programme descriptions:
