About Us

A Bold Reformer of Expertise and an Active Builder of Sustainable Future

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland’s largest university of applied sciences, educates future professionals in the fields of Business, Culture, Health Care and Social Services, and Technology. Metropolia is a community of 17,433 students and more than 1,000 experts. In Metropolia, people and worlds meet to create insight, expertise and well-being.

We all need people who can make a difference: We deal with a wide variety of challenges every day. For some of us, they revolve around more humane care for the elderly, while for others they’re about tackling the profitability issues of a company with data automation, reducing traffic emissions, or developing more sustainable clothing to replace fast fashion. Whether our aim is to make everyday life easier or curb the climate crisis, we need fresh approaches, new ideas and innovations and brave experimentation. At Metropolia, we want to be the platform for all these.

Metropolia is a reliable partner and an innovator in higher education. Through cooperation we discover new ideas and solutions to build a better future. Our phenomena-based innovation hubs enable new ways to learn, create solutions and do multidisciplinary cooperation.

With our strategy 2030, we aim for making a stronger impact for the benefit of society, by putting people first. Our strategic intent is to be a bold reformer of expertise and an active builder of a sustainable future.

See Metropolia's strategy 2030

Metropolia in brief

Year 2023

17,433 students
2,627 Bachelor’s and 538 Master’s graduates in 2023
Staff 1,054
80 degree programmes - 19 of them in English
3.6 first-choice applicants per study place in 2023
Turnover and other operational income totalled EUR 121,8 million, a growth of 9,6 per cent from the previous year.
Publicly funded and owned by Cities of Helsinki (42%), Espoo (27 %), Vantaa (26%), Kirkkonummi (4%) and Kauniainen (1%)

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Finnish Universities

Finnish higher education offers two alternative paths: the traditional research universities and the newer universities of applied sciences. The universities of applied sciences focus on innovation and finding new ways of applying existing research results, in joint projects and close cooperation with relevant industries.

The Finnish way in higher education

Quality Label

The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre has conducted an audit of Metropolia and has awarded it a quality label 31.3. 2023. Quality label is valid until 31.3.2029.

ECTS-label

ECTS Label 2013-2016. Awarded by the European Commission to Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu. Metropolia complies with the requirements of the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS), which facilitates the measurement and transfer of learning experiences between institutions.