What are path studies?
Path studies are an alternative route to becoming a degree student. You will study the first year studies together with the degree programme group. After completion of path studies with good grades, you are welcome to apply to become a degree student through a separate application process. Please note that completing the path studies does not automatically guarantee admission as a degree student in a separate application process.
To whom path studies are suitable?
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 and/or
- you want to try to study at the University of Applied Sciences.
Content of International Business and Analytics path studies
The Bachelor’s Degree Programme in International Business and Analytics at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences prepares students for dynamic careers in the global business environment, with a focus on international business studies and data analytics, equipping students with the skills to harness the power of data in driving business decisions and strategies.
The International Business and Analytics path studies consist of 60 credits of basic business studies. The path studies are carried out together with our degree students, from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Language skills
A minimum of B2 level English language skills are highly recommended in English language degree programmes. University of Applied Sciences studies require sufficient language skills and students are independently responsible of having such skills.
You can use the Dialang language test as a self-assessment tool to evaluate if your skills are sufficient to University of Applied Sciences level. The test includes the following sections of different fields of language skills: reading, listening, writing, vocabulary and grammar.
Study Skills
Open UAS students are required to have the same university-level study skills as the Degree Students. Students themselves are responsible for having these skills. These skills include e.g. information searching skills and preparedness to write an essay answer. Usually, a secondary-level education (high school, vocational school) gives a good base for university-level studies.
Price
300 €
Enrollment
Enrollment for the International Business and Analytics path studies will be done in Metropolia Open UAS enrollment system. (Link will be updated on week 22)
Enrollment is done by clicking "Add to basket". You can enroll or accept a place from only one path. Enrollment is open from 4th August at 10:00 am until 5th August 2025 at 23:59 pm. All eligible applicants will be invited to an interview on Monday 11th 2025 between 13.00-15.30 or Tuesday 12th of August 2025 between 15.00-16.00. Interviews are conducted over Zoom, 30 min per applicant. The applicant reserves a suitable time from the options via a calendar link sent later.
Before enrollment, please read the Open UAS terms of payment and cancellation.
Additional information
International Business and Analytics degree programme webpages
Curriculum and timing of International Business and Analytics degree programme
You can familiarize yourself in advance with the eligibility criteria for the degree programme in Studyinfo.fi.
Contact information
Open UAS (payments, cancellations etc.): avoinamk [at] metropolia.fi (avoinamk[at]metropolia[dot]fi), tel. 040 712 5100. Please see customer service opening times on student services website.
Study Counsellor Oksan Niemi (content and implementation of path studies): oksan.niemi [at] metropolia.fi (oksan[dot]niemi[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 IBA path studies
Welcome to study International Business and Analytics path studies at Metropolia!
Your program code is LXE25S1.
The studies will start with orientation days on Thu-Fri 21st and 22nd August 2025 at 9 a.m. at Myyrmäki campus, Vantaa. During the orientation days you get to know different practical aspects of the studies. Studies will begin on Mon 25.8.2025.
Your presence at the orientation days is essential.
You can expect the orientation days to be over at 17:00 at the latest.
Direct recognition of prior learning is not possible at the Open UAS. Instead, studies are recognised using pedagogic solutions, in which case the student demonstrates his or her competence in the manner specified by the lecturer. The RPL process is identical with the degree students. More information is given by the lecturer of the course in question or your Student Advisor.
RPL process does not entitle to a refund of fees.
If you are retaking an exam or wish to improve your grade, please register for the exam. You can find the instructions for retaking exams on the OMA intranet. Please contact the course lecturer for more information.
