Are you interested in pursuing a career in the field of information technology and wish to complete a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Information Technology?
Online path studies are suitable for you, if you wish to study flexibly online at your own pace irrespective of time and place.
The outline for 120 ECTS credits* online path studies:
- you will complete 120 ECTS credits of the given studies as online path studies
- all courses are compulsory and need to be completed to reach 120 ECTS credits
- after completing the required 120 ECTS credits, you are eligible to apply to become a degree student in Degree Programme in Information Technology
- you will continue your studies online to complete your degree studies
PLEASE NOTE! It is possible to apply for degree studies only from autumn 2026 onwards based on completed 120 ECTS online path studies in Information Technology.
Content of studies
Online path studies include 120 ECTS of studies related to Information Technology. You will study general subjects along with field-related courses. The studies include for example:
- Engineering Mathematics 1, 5 ECTS
- Engineering Physics 1, 5 ECTS
- NodeJS, 3 ECTS
- JavaScript Essentials, 5 ECTS
- Scrum basics, 3 ECTS
- SQL and Relational Databases, 3 ECTS
- The Cisco CCNA Training Package, 16 ECTS
- Economics, 5 ECTS
- IT Services - Sales and Marketing, 5 ECTS
- English for ICT students, 5 ECTS
- Finnish for Foreigners, 5 ECTS
Make yourself familiar with course descriptions and curriculum
How online 120 ECTS credits studies are implemented
You may start your studies immediately after you have paid the fee and have been entered to Metropolia systems. You will be informed once you are able to start your studies.
- You will complete all the studies independently at your own pace
- There will be no contact teaching during your online studies
- Exams will be held online
- Evaluation criteria in all courses is pass /fail, you will not receive numerical assessments
- You will not study for any specific specialization or major option
How to enroll to Information Technology online studies 120 ECTS (non-stop)?
There are no basic education requirements for starting 120 ECTS credits online path studies. However, It is important to acknowledge that you will need general study skills, computing skills and language skills in order to succeed in your studies. Learn more Open UAS - Language Skills and Other Requirements.
Take the following steps to enroll:
- Log into Enroll to Information Technology online 120 ects (non-stop) and from there click: add to basket.
- Make yourself familiar with Open UAS - Terms of Payment and Cancellation before enrollment
- Pay the study fee (579 euros)
- You will receive information on how to start studies
There is no entrance exam for being accepted in 120 ECTS online path studies, all you need to do is to enroll pay the study fee.
Applying to become a degree student in Information Technology (from autumn 2025 onwards)
Once you have completed the required 120 ECTS credits online path studies, you are eligible to apply to become a degree student in Degree Programme in Information Technology.
- the application will open in autumn 2025 and you will apply via open path application.
- the link for applying can be found on this website once the application is available.
- once you have a degree student role in Degree Programme in Information Technology
- you will be informed about the start of your studies. Information will be available in spring 2025.
PLEASE NOTE! It is not possible to apply for any other Metropolia degree programme with 120 ECTS online path studies in Information Technology.
Starting your studies as a degree student in Information Technology (in autumn 2025 at the earliest)
The extent of the Information Technology degree is 240 ECT credits, which means that you will complete the remaining 120 ECTS credits as a degree student. Your online path studies will be accepted and included as part of your degree studies.
As a degree student you will
- complete a given set of studies according to your individual study plan (decided by Head of ICT department)
- continue studying online, mostly independently and at your own pace
- graduate with a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Information Technology
- you will not have any specific specialization or major option in your degree
Scholarships and tuition fees for degree studies
Annual tuition fee
- 10 000 € for those, whose right of study starts before 1 August 2024
- 11 000 € for those, whose right of study starts after 31 July 2024.
- Read more on tuition fees and scholarship
*What are ECTS points?
In Finland 60 ECTS credits = 1,600 study hours → 1 ECTS credit = 27 study hours.
Contact information
Head of the ICT Department Janne Salonen Janne.Salonen [at] metropolia.fi (Janne[dot]Salonen[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Study counselor Marianne Autero: marianne.autero [at] metropolia.fi (marianne[dot]autero[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)