What are path studies?
Path studies are an alternative route to a degree student. You study first year studies with a degree group at the Open UAS.
Target Audience, to whom?
Path studies are right for you if
- your goal is a study right in a degree programme
- you want to take advantage of the intermediate year by studying purposefully
- you are ready for full-time studies
- you want to try to study Health Business Management at a University of Applied Sciences or in the fields of health care, business or engineering without losing your first-time quota in a joint application
- after a bachelor's degree, you want to continue directly to master’s studies, before fulfilling the work experience requirement
Realisation and content
Studies are realised in English language and fully online. Studies comprise interactive online contact sessions (synchronous learning), group work and independent studies on the learning platform.
There is no need to travel in Finland because of the studies. The student oneself is responsible for ensuring that she/he has internet connection and other IT facilities that allows studying online as well as being present on mandatory synchronous online sessions.
The path studies consist of 20 credits:
- Research Methods and Skills in Study Guide 5 ects credits during fall 2024
- Service Innovations and Designs in Study Guide 5 ects credits during fall 2024
- Strategy, Management and Leadership in Health Business in Study Guide 5 ects credits during fall 2024
- Safety and Quality Processes and Management in Social and Health Care in Study Guide 5 ects credits during spring 2025
Language and other requirements
This Open study path requires an appropriate Bachelor's Degree for Engineering professionals see from Study info site, for Social Health care professionals see from Study info site and for Business professionals see from Study info site. This is checked of all students. Work experience is not required in Open study paths. If you later apply to degree studies on the Basis of Open UAS Studies, two years' work experience will be required after completing your Bachelor's degree.
Read more about language skills and other requirements (Metropolia Open UAS)
Price
300 €
Enrollment to path studies
Students are selected in the order of enrolment.
Enrollment for paths is in the Metropolia open UAS enrollment system:
Enroll to Health Business Management (Master of Business Administration), Open UAS path, virtual
Enroll to Health Business Management (Master of Engineering), Open UAS path, virtual
Enroll to Health Business Management (Master of Health Care), Open UAS path, virtual
Enrollment 3.6.2024 klo 10.00 - 11.8.2024 klo 23.59.
Below you can find the important information about studying in Metropolia’s Open UAS.
Check out Metropolia Open UAS and enroll to the studies in our enrollment system.
Contact Information for Open UAS in various situations
Applying to degree student
With the studies completed in the open UAS path, you can apply for a Metropolia degree student in the separate application “Application on the Basis of Metropolia’s Open UAS Studies”. If you have been admitted a study right as a degree student, your path studies will be accepted as part of your degree studies and you will continue your studies smoothly with the group. Please note, however, that completing path studies does not automatically guarantee admission as a degree student in a separate application.
More information
Study content and implementation
Websites of Master in Health Business Management degree programmes comprising links to curricula and timing plans.
- Health Business Management, Master of Social Services and/or Health Care (5 places for pathway students)
- Health Business Management, Master of Business Administration (5 places for pathway students)
- Health Business Management, Master of Engineering (5 places for pathway students)
Contact information
- Head of Degree programme Eija Metsälä eija.metsala [at] metropolia.fi (eija[dot]metsala[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
- Tutor teacher Heini Maisala-McDonnell heini.maisala-McDonnell [at] metropolia.fi (heini[dot]maisala-McDonnell[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
- Study advisor Outi Pyrhönen outi.pyrhonen [at] metropolia.fi (outi[dot]pyrhonen[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Open UAS: Payments, benefits, services, studying
- Terms of Payment and Cancellation
- Open UAS studies and enrollment
- Studying in Open University
- Guidance: avoinamk [at] metropolia.fi (avoinamk[at]metropolia[dot]fi), tel. 040 712 5100
Applying to degree student
- Guidance: admissions [at] metropolia.fi (admissions[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
How to start path studies at Metropolia
Welcome to study path studies at Metropolia!
Read below all the common instructions for Metropolia's path students as well as the instructions for your own group.
When you start as a new student at Metropolia, you need to activate your user ID. Activate your user ID by using Netbank User ID or Mobile Certificate, or by using activation password. See instructions how to activate you user ID.
If you have enrolled for Open UAS studies without using strong identification, you must visit the Student and Admission Services customer service point for strong identification. Only after that, you can activate your user ID.
You will receive your study schedules at the beginning of the studies. You can use the Schedule Machine to see the up-to-date schedules. You can also check the schedules in Tuudo app.
Open UAS students do not enrol for the courses themselves but you have already been registered for the courses.
Communications concerning your studies takes place in OMA intranet workspaces and in your Metropolia e-mail, which you can use once you activate your user account. Please follow actively your metropolia.fi email! You can access your e-mail at mail.metropolia.fi.
Lecturers mostly send their messages through the courses' OMA workspaces. If other learning management platforms are used, such as Moodle, the lecturer will inform you of this. Please also read the general announcements on Metropolia's OMA intranet.
Metropolia has arranged a separate meal benefit for Open Path students because Open UAS students are not entitled to the degree students’ meal subsidy.
The price of the meal is restaurant-specific. The meal benefit is not applicable at Arabia campus.
Tuudo mobile app’s student card or meal certificate, which you can either pick up at the Student and Admission Services customer service point or order by e-mail from studentservices [at] metropolia.fi (studentservices[at]metropolia[dot]fi) at the beginning of your studies, entitles to a meal benefit.
Tuudo is a mobile app with which you can use various Metropolia web services easily on your smart phone.
In Tuudo you can also check announcements, your schedule, study attainments, and cafeteria menus.
Get Tuudo on your phone from the app store for free and start using it!
If you have selected invoicing as the payment method for your studies, the studies will be invoiced in two installments. The first invoice is sent at the beginning of the studies and the second invoice four months after the start of the studies.
Please also see Open UAS terms of payment and cancellation.
If your address changes during your studies, please notify us by e-mail avoinamk [at] metropolia.fi (avoinamk[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
If you wish to complete other studies in addition to those in your study path or module, you can enroll for the Open UAS courses in the enrollment system. Please make sure that your additional studies do not overlap with the studies included in the path or module.
Path students are also entitled to complete some of the CampusOnline.fi courses offered by other universities of applied sciences.
After completing Open UAS path studies, you can apply for a degree programme on the basis of Metropolia’s Open UAS Studies.
Make sure to read the instruction for Open UAS students.
Contents and completion of courses: lecturers
Application on the Basis of Open Metropolia’s Open UAS Studies and other matters concerning applications: Student and Admission Services, admissions [at] metropolia.fi (admissions[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Other general help, refunding of payments and financial support applications: Open university of applied sciences: avoinamk [at] metropolia.fi (avoinamk[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
IT problems: helpdesk [at] metropolia.fi (helpdesk[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
How to start Health Business Management path studies
The studies are scheduled for the fall 2024 and spring 2025 semesters.
Studies will start with the Orientation days are on 2nd and 3rd September 2024 and end at the end of March 2025. You may attend the orientation on Zoom.