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Arrival, orientation and semester dates

Semester dates

Semester 1, Autumn 2024:

Orientation 21 - 23 August
Study period 26 August - 20 December 2024

Semester 2, Spring 2025:
dates: to be announced

The exams will take place within the semester dates.

Before the orientation days

  • Arrive to Finland at least a couple of days before the orientation to leave time for settling in.
  • Pick up your study envelope containing study related documents (incl. public transport discount document) from the info desk of Myllypuro campus before the orientation days.
  • Visit HSL Service point (Helsinki region public transportation) to buy your student discounted travel card before the orientation days.
  • Get to know the Guide to a Green Exchange in Finland
  • Presentation of the info session organised on 19 December

Orientation programme

Students joining the International Semester Programme are expected to participate in the orientation. All the important information regarding your studies, practical issues as well as daily life in Finland will be discussed in the orientation. Best of all, you get to meet your fellow exchange students.

Myllypuro Campus

All of the students of degree programmes in the field of health care and social services study in our new campus located in our new Myllypuro campus. Metro to Myllypuro campus takes 20 minutes from Helsinki city center.

Please visit the Journey Planner to check the best local transport connections.

Studying in Metropolia

Learning Agreement

Information about International Semester Programme study and course descriptions are available in Metropolia webpage. If you have not used a digital Learning Agreement, we will upload the signed Learning Agreements in Mobility-Online and send you a scanned copy. In case there have been changes to your original proposal of the Learning Agreement, please make sure to update your Learning Agreement. Course enrollments will be made based on the signed Learning Agreement.

Study information

Class attendance is essential for understanding of the material and for learning to take place. Absence due to sickness must be communicated to the teacher. Absence from class, regardless of reason, may result in a reduced grade or fewer ECTS in the final transcript. Always be on time so that the class can start when planned, not all teachers let students enter if they arrive late.

You will meet your academic tutor in the beginning of your study period at Metropolia.

Remember to bring..

  • Required documents (see more information below)
  • Oral Hygiene students, please bring your own uniform (a shirt with short sleeves, pants, and suitable shoes to wear indoors).
  • Nursing students should bring a uniform for the Nursing Skills lab hours and shoes to wear indoors.
  • Occupational therapy, optometry, physiotherapy, podiatry, prosthetics & orthotics students, please bring suitable shoes to wear indoors.
  • Osteopathy students will need a clinic uniform, which consists of a white clinic coat, black trousers/pants and tidy non-slippery shoes to be used in-house only. If needed, underneath your clinic coat you can wear a shirt with maximum ¾ sleeve length. N.B. rings and bracelets are not worn during clinic hours.

Requirements for clinical placement in a health care setting

Information in this section is for students of Nursing, Midwifery, Public Health Nursing, Emergency Care & Radiography and Radiotherapy who will do clinical placement in a hospital. Students need to have their health and immunization status checked and apply for the Metropolia photo ID card.

Requirements for HyMy-Village

Information in this section is for students of Physiotherapy, Optometry, Occupational Therapy, Oral hygiene, Osteopathy, Podiatry, Prosthetics and Orthotics.

  • Students must bring a copy of their criminal background check (in English)
  • Students must be immune to measles and varicella (chickenpox), either through vaccination or a personal history of the disease; Information about vaccination will be sent to students after acceptance.

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International Office

You can contact the International Relations Adviser of your study field by e-mail, phone or a meeting can be arranged in Teams/Zoom.

Eija Tamminen, International Relations Adviser
E-mail: eija.tamminen [at] metropolia.fi (eija[dot]tamminen[at]metropolia[dot]fi) / Tel. +358 40 522 4911
Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, Elderly Care, Osteopathy, Optometry, Occupational Therapy, Oral Hygiene, Prosthetics & Orthotics, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Social Services, Radiography and Radiotherapy

Katariina Alava, International Relations Adviser
E-mail: katariina.alava [at] metropolia.fi (katariina[dot]alava[at]metropolia[dot]fi) tel. +358 50 595 2033
Nursing, Midwifery, Public Health Nursing, Emergency Care