Are you interested in pursuing a career in the field of information technology and wish to complete a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Information Technology?
Online path studies are suitable for you, if you wish to study flexibly online at your own pace irrespective of time and place.
The outline for 120 ECTS credits* online path studies:
- you will complete 120 ECTS credits of the given studies as online path studies
- all courses are compulsory and need to be completed to reach 120 ECTS credits
- after completing the required 120 ECTS credits, you are eligible to apply to become a degree student IT online degree in Degree Programme in Information Technology
- IT online path studies are recognised only in IT online degree studies
- you will continue your studies online to complete your degree studies
- You may apply for IT online degree on the basis of completing 120 ECTS in IT online path studies (from 1 November 2025 onwards).
Content of studies
Online path studies include 120 ECTS of studies related to Information Technology. You will study general subjects along with field-related courses. The studies include for example:
- Unix/Linux (Basics and Advanced), 8 ECTS
- Engineering Mathematics 1, 5 ECTS
- Engineering Physics 1, 5 ECTS
- NodeJS, 3 ECTS
- JavaScript Essentials, 5 ECTS
- Scrum basics, 3 ECTS
- Basics of Information Security 6 ECTS
- SQL and Relational Databases, 3 ECTS
- CCNA Training Package, 16 ECTS
- Ethical Hacking, 5 ECTS
- Network Traffic Analysis with Wireshark 5 ECTS
- Economics, 5 ECTS
- IT Services - Sales and Marketing, 5 ECTS
- English for ICT students, 5 ECTS
- Finnish for Foreigners 1, 5 ECTS
Make yourself familiar with course descriptions and curriculum
How online 120 ECTS credits studies are implemented
You may start your studies immediately after you have paid the fee and have been entered to Metropolia systems. You will be informed once you are able to start your studies.
- You will complete all the studies independently at your own pace
- There will be no contact teaching during your online studies
- Exams will be held online
- Evaluation criteria in all courses is pass /fail, you will not receive numerical assessments
- You will not study for any specific specialization or major option
How to enroll to Information Technology online studies 120 ECTS (non-stop)?
There are no basic education requirements for starting 120 ECTS credits online path studies. However, It is important to acknowledge that you will need general study skills, computing skills and language skills in order to succeed in your studies. Learn more Open UAS - Language Skills and Other Requirements.
Take the following steps to enroll:
- Enroll on online path studies
- Make yourself familiar with Open UAS - Terms of Payment and Cancellation before enrollment
- Pay the study fee (579 euros)
- You will receive information on how to start studies
There is no entrance exam for being accepted in 120 ECTS online path studies, all you need to do is to enroll pay the study fee.
Applying to become a degree student in Information Technology
Once you have completed the required 120 ECTS credits online path studies, you are eligible to apply to become a degree student in Degree Programme in Information Technology. Learn more about IT online degree studies
PLEASE NOTE! It is not possible to apply for any other Metropolia degree programme with 120 ECTS online path studies in Information Technology.
Starting your studies as a degree student in Information Technology
The extent of the Information Technology degree is 240 ECT credits, which means that you will complete the remaining 120 ECTS credits as a degree student. Your online path studies will be accepted and included as part of your degree studies.
As a degree student you will
- complete a given set of studies according to your individual study plan (decided by Head of ICT department)
- continue studying online, mostly independently and at your own pace
- graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Information Technology
- you will not have any specific specialization or major option in your degree
Scholarships and tuition fees for degree studies
Annual tuition fee
- 10 000 € for those, whose right of study starts before 1 August 2024
- 11 000 € for those, whose right of study starts after 31 July 2024.
- Read more on tuition fees and scholarship
*What are ECTS credit points?
In Finland 60 ECTS credits = 1,600 study hours → 1 ECTS credit = 27 study hours.
Contact information
Head of the ICT Department Janne Salonen Janne.Salonen [at] metropolia.fi (Janne[dot]Salonen[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Study counselor Marianne Autero: marianne.autero [at] metropolia.fi (marianne[dot]autero[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.
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 and admissions services customer service points. The opening hours of the customer service points can be found on the student and admissions services website.
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 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 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.
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)
Contact information
Ask more about studies: Head of the ICT Department: janne.salonen [at] metropolia.fi (janne[dot]salonen[at]metropolia[dot]fi)