Key Figures 2019 | Metropolia UAS

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Clean and Sustainable Solutions innovation hub is founded around the socially significant sustainability crisis.

Future Proof Health and Wellbeing
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Strategy
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Quality
At Metropolia, high quality is an important shared value towards which we strive in all of our operations.

3UAS
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Year of cooperation and international breakthroughs.

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We have created a detailed plan to integrate sustainable development into all our activity.

U!REKA European University Alliance
Metropolia collaborates with its partners to educate the professionals of tomorrow in a shift towards climate-neutrality.

Students

Number of students completing Bachelor´s and Master´s degrees and specialisation studies
Attending and absent

At the end of the year number of students were 16,246 students. (2018: 16,408 students).

Students:

Culture
- 2019: 1860
- 2018: 1779
Business
- 2019: 1704
- 2018: 1732
Technology
- 2019: 7664
- 2018: 7987
Health Care and Social Service
- 2019: 5018
- 2018: 4910

Applicants to Metropolia

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Applicants to Metropolia were 15,086 (2018: 1653). Student intake were 4053 (2018: 4031). Applicants per study place were 3,72 (2018: 4,10).

Applicants, student intake and applicants per study place

Culture
- 2019: applicants 1892, student intake 496, applicants per study place 3,81
- 2018: applicants 2194, student intake 481, applicants per study place 4,56
Business
- 2019: applicants 1073, student intake 450, applicants per study place 2,38
- 2018: applicants 1421, student intake 445, applicants per study place 3,19
Technology
- 2019: applicants 3585, student intake 1695, applicants per study place 2,12
- 2018: applicants 4096, student intake 1680, applicants per study place 2,44
Health Care and Social Service
- 2019: applicants 8536, student intake 1412, applicants per study place 6,05
- 2018: applicants 8820, student intake 1425, applicants per study place 6,19

Bachelor´s Degrees

Graduates per faculty

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The 2,794 students completed a UAS Bachelor's degree (2018: 2838).

Number of graduates:

Culture
- 2019: 263
- 2018: 285
Business
- 2019: 310
- 2018: 273
Technology
- 2019: 1185
- 2018: 1170
Health Care and Social Service
- 2019: 1036
- 2018: 1110

Master´s Degrees

Graduates per faculty

A record number of Master's degree graduated from UAS in 2019. The 447 students completed a UAS Master's degree. (2018: 424)

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Number of graduates:

Culture
- 2019: 69
- 2018: 61
Business
- 2019: 56
- 2018: 56
Technology
- 2019: 168
- 2018: 176
Health Care and Social Service
- 2019: 154
- 2018: 131

International student exchange

Long period (over 3 months)

Number of international student exchange 745 (2018: 813 students).