Cross-institutional studies give you an opportunity to complete studies in another domestic higher education institution. Study flexibly and benefit of versatile learning opportunities from other higher education institutions as well!
Cross-institutional studies give you a possibility to expand your learning opportunities by completing studies in another domestic higher education institution and to include them in your own degree.
In order to complete cross-institutional studies, you must have a valid study right at your home institution, and you must be registered as a attending student. Before enrolling, contact your study advisor to find out the available options for you and to approve the studies as part of your current studies at your home institution.
Cross-institutional studies are along with degree students, available for pathway students of open university of applied sciences as well as for incoming exchange students. The target group may however vary between offerings.
The right to study of cross-institutional studies and the study offering are based on agreements between higher education institutions. You will get a temporary study right at the destination institution for completing the cross-institutional studies you have been accepted to.
On this web page, you can find instructions for incoming cross-institutional study student to Metropolia UAS. If you are a student of Metropolia, check the outgoing student's instructions in the Study Guide of the OMA online service.
It is great that you are interested in Metropolia UAS's course offering!
We offer versatile, network-specific offerings based on agreements between Metropolia UAS and other domestic higher education institutions. The cross-institutional study networks offerings often focus on a specific field of study.
Check our availability below!
3AMK is a higher education alliance of Haaga-Helia, Laurea and Metropolia, which offers numerous universities of applied sciences' own intensive courses in different fields, theme based individual courses and language courses for those who are interested.
CampusOnline portal offers online courses from more than 20 Finnish universities of applied sciences throughout the year. Studies are available in different scopes and fields, which you can choose the most interesting studies from.
Please read carefully instructions below:
The national cross-institutional study service will be introduced in stages at different higher education institutions, which is why the enrollment practicies vary for the time being. In the near future, registration period for cross-institutional studies will be the same than for the degree students. The registration period varies between higher education institutions.
Enrollment for Metropolia's 3AMK studies for autumn 2024 is open between 6th-19th May 2024.
Currently you can enroll for studies on the following ways:
At the moment, open UAS's path students enroll for Metropolia's 3AMK studies either by using a separate enrollment form or via our open UAS enrollment system. Check enrollment practices at https://www.3amk.fi/. Degree students enroll for studies via Student's desktop's PSP at their home institution.
For Metropolia's CampusOnline studies takes currently place at https://campusonline.fi/en/ with a separate enrollment form. Please check the offering on their website.
Studies available for everyone are published in the enrollment system of Metropolia's open university of applied sciences. Please note, that degree students of Metropolia who have enrolled for attendance may not participate in Metropolia's open UAS studies. Information on open UAS's studies can be found at Metropolia's Open University of Applied Sciences- website.
Enroll to open UAS studies in enrollment system!
Please note, that the courses often have a separate quota for cross-institutional study students, so we recommend to enroll as soon as possible to secure your study place. A separate quota is used for open UAS studies and the study places are announced in the course details in enrollment system.
After your enrollment has been accepted, you will receive instructions to begin the studies via e-mail.
As your enrollment has been approved, activate your user ID at https://password.metropolia.fi/. This van be done with banking credentials or a mobile certificate. If you have neither one, you can collect a one-time password to activate the user ID from Metropolia’s Student and Admission Services’, by presenting an official identity card to them during their opening hours.
With the user ID, you can access to the following services:
OMA portal (e.g. personal student information, course workspaces and grades)
E-mail. You can log in to your e-mail at https://mail.metropolia.fi/. Please use your username and password. E-mails related to the studies are sent to the metropolia.fi e-mail.
Moodle e-learning platform.
Computers and network disks at public spaces
Office 365 during your studies
Metropolia Cloud services during your studies
Helpdesk services (IT support)
Library services e.g. e-materials
Please check your schedule either in Tuudo or at https://lukkarit.metropolia.fi/.
You may download the Tuudo mobile application from the app store to your mobile device free of charge. Tuudo is available for Android and iOS operating systems. Log in to Tuudo with your educational institutions’ user ID. You may check the educational institutions that use Tuudo on their website.
The studies are completed using method(s) described in the course description. In the description you will also find information about the content of the studies, teaching methods and evaluations. For questions related to completion or the content of the studies, please contact the teacher of the course.
The following competence scale is used in evaluation:
excellent (5)
very good (4)
good (3)
very satisfactory (2)
satisfactory (1)
fail (0)
or optionally just pass or fail (H/0)
Teacher will give the grade within four weeks after the end of the course and course components or other separate performance.
Assessed studies will automatically transfer to your home institution in a situation where you have been enrolled for the studies on Student´s desktop. The performances of the parts of the course will not transfer and they can be checked on your transcript at the destination institution.
If you enrolled some other way, check the accreditation process of your home institution.
If you are dissatisfied with the assessment you have received, you may present a verbal or written rectification request to the teacher who performed the assessment within 14 days of being informed of the assessment. If you are dissatisfied with the decision on the rectification request you can lodge a written appeal with Metropolia’s Examination Board within 14 days of having been notified of the decision. Instructions for this can be found on Metropolia's website.
If you wish to cancel your registration to cross-institutional studies, you may do so within the enrollment period at your home institutions' Student's desktop. Otherwise the cancellation will be informed to our Student and Admission services at studentservices [at] metopolia.fi (studentservices[at]metopolia[dot]fi). In the e-mail, inform your name and studies the cancellation concerns.
More information about our campuses can be found on our websites:
Please read about Metropolia’s privacy notes on our website.
Student and Admission services
studentservices [at] metropolia.fi (studentservices[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
p. 040 712 5100
Please check the opening hours of customer service on the website of Student and Admission Services.
In guestions regarding studies and evaluations please contact the teacher of the course.
