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. Please note that completing the path studies does not automatically guarantee admission as a degree student in a separate application process.
Content
Choose the study modules that suit you in a personal study plan discussion with your academic advisor. Personal meetings for study planning will be held in August.
Implementation
The studies begin in August 2026 and end in July 2027. The extent of the studies is 15 ECTS. The studies are conducted in a blended 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. Before applying to become a degree student, you must have at least two years of work experience in nursing.
Price
300 €
Enrollment
Enroll for the pathway studies in Advanced Practice Nursing in the registration system from June 3, 2026, at 10:00 AM to August 4, 2026, at 11:59 PM.
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. 09 7424 5903 Monday to Thursday 10-12, additionally Wednesday 12-14)
(content and implementation of pathway studies), terveyssuunnittelijat [at] metropolia.fi (terveyssuunnittelijat[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.
When you start as a new student at Metropolia, you need to activate your Metropolia 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.
Strong identification
If you have registered for open studies with weak identification, you will need to complete strong identification in one of the following ways in order to receive your Metropolia user credentials:
- In person at the campus in Student services customer service points.
Remotely via the Candour ID service by using the Candour ID mobile application. Please read the instructions for remote identification on Metropolia’s IT services website, which you can access via this link.
For remote identification, you must have a valid identity document, which can be one of the following: a passport (with or without an ICAO chip), a Finnish identity card with an ICAO chip, or a foreign identity card with an ICAO chip.
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 have already been registered for their 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. You are required to follow you email actively. You can access your e-mail at mail.metropolia.fi. (sign in with your Metropolia ID and password).
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.
You can get the meal benefit with path students student card which on Tuudo mobile app. Tuudo is a mobile app with which you can use various Metropolia web services easily on your 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 Open UAS Customer Service.
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 courses offered by other universities of applied sciences. For more information, visit Metropolia’s Student's Guide.
After completing Open UAS path studies, you can apply for a degree programme on the basis of Metropolia’s Open UAS Studies. Please check the application instructions and make sure to apply during the application period.
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: Admission Services
Other general help, refunding of payments and financial support applications: Open UAS Customer Service.
IT problems: IT Services
How to start Advanced Practice Nursing path studies
Welcome to study the path studies in Advanced Practice Nursing at Metropolia Open University of Applied Sciences!
The studies will begin on August 24, 2026, at 9:00 Zoom
You can view the up-to-date schedules in Lukkarikone using the group ID S3926S6.
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.
