The instructions on this site are for applying to Metropolia's English language degree programmes. You can find application instructions for degree programmes in Finnish by changing the language of the site to Finnish and by choosing e.g. syksyn yhteishaku.
The next application period will begin on 1 September 2025 at 8 am and end on 11 September 2025 at 3 pm (local time in Finland).
Application instructions for the autumn Joint Application will be published by the end of May.
From January 2025 onwards there is going to be an application fee of 100 euros. The application fee is collected for applicants from countries outside EU/EEA seeking education leading to a degree in higher education.
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 8 – 22 January 2025 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):
Studies starting in autumn term 2025 or before:
Studies starting in autumn term 2026 or after:
* 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):
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):
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:
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:
