The studies are scheduled for the autumn 2024 semester. Studies will start with the Orientation and Teaching day on Friday the 30th of August at 9:00, and the teaching for the semester ends on December 9th. The path studies consist of 15 credits. Registration takes place in the Open UAS registration system between June 3rd and August 6th, 2024.
Online contact teaching is organized mainly in the evenings at 17 - 20 EET and on Saturdays. There will be also a possibility to join the Orientation and Teaching day and start of the semester at Myyrmäki campus in Finland. The option to join online is available as well.
Path studies are an alternative route to becoming a degree student. You will study the first-year studies together with the degree program group. Please note that completing the path studies does not automatically guarantee admission as a degree student in a separate application process.
Content
Path studies consist of 15cr of Professional Procurement Studies. After completion of these 15 credits with good grades you are welcome to apply to become a degree student through a separate application process.
- Procurement Strategy, 30.8, 9.9, 23.9, 7.10 (on 30.8 at 13:30-16:00, otherwise at 17:00-20:00)
- Professional Growth, 22.10, 5.11, 23.11, 3.12 (on 23.11 at 10:00-14:00, otherwise at 17:00-20:00)
- Collaboration and Influencing Skills, 21.10, 11.11, 25.11, 9.12 (at 17:00-20:00)
Requirements
This Open study path requires an appropriate Bachelor's Degree (e.g. Bachelor of Business Administration). 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.
Price
225 €
Enrollment
Enroll for the Procurement path studies in Metropolia Open UAS enrollment system.
Enrollment is done by clicking "Add to basket". You can enroll or accept a place from only one path. Enrollment is open from June 3rd at 10:00 to August 6th 2024 at 23:59. All eligible applicants will be invited to an interview on Tuesday 13th of August between 9-16. Interviews are conducted over Teams, 30 min per applicant.
Before enrollment, please read the Open UAS terms of payment and cancellation.
Additional information
You can familiarize yourself in advance with the eligibility criteria for the degree program on Studyinfo.fi, such as the work experience requirement for Master's level (YAMK) programs.
Contact information
Open UAS (payments, cancellations etc.)
avoinamk [at] metropolia.fi (avoinamk[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
tel. 040 712 5100 (Mon-Thu at 10-12, Wed at 12-14)
Study Coordinator Carita Liukkonen (content and implementation of path studies), mbsmasters [at] metropolia.fi (mbsmasters[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 Procurement studies
Welcome to study Master’s path studies in Procurement!
Your studies will start with the Orientation and Teaching day on Friday the 30th of August 2024 at 9 am EET. There will be program until 4 pm. You are welcome to join the orientation and teaching day at our Myyrmäki campus in Finland to meet us and your student colleagues face-to-face.
The option to join online is available as well, links to online sessions will be sent to you in August via email.
Your presence at the orientation days is essential.
The following teaching sessions during the autumn semester will all be online. Only at the start of the semester, there is a possibility to meet at the campus face-to-face. If possible we try to organize once per semester a possibility to join teaching at the campus as well and meet your student colleagues and lecturers.
There will be teaching as follows:
- Procurement Strategy: 30.8, 9.9, 23.9, 7.10, on 30.8 at 13:30-16:00 EET, otherwise at 17:00-20:00 EET
- Professional Growth: 22.10, 5.11, 23.11, 3.12, on 23.11 at 10:00-14:00 EET, otherwise at 17:00-20:00 EET
- Collaboration and Influencing Skills: 21.10, 11.11, 25.11, 9.12 at 17.00-20:00 EET
You can get yourself familiar with the autumn schedule in Schedule Machine, group code L1124S6.
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.
Person responsible for your studies and study guidance
mbsmasters [at] metropolia.fi (mbsmasters[at]metropolia[dot]fi)