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ICT Summer School

The international ICT Summer School is held every year in August. The first Summer School was held in 2009 in its current form and it has come more and more popular since then. This Summer School gives you an excellent opportunity to enhance your knowledge on the topics, and at the same time meet new people, expand your network internationally and visit Finland.

ICT Summer School is open for everyone. If you are not a degree student in Metropolia/3amk or international partner university student, you can register for the courses through Metropolia Open UAS. Check the Open UAS registration instructions below.

Come study with us!

Welcome to ICT Summer School!

ICT Summer School 2025 will be organized on 4 August - 22 August 2025.

Why participate ICT Summer School?

  • Intensive Courses: Courses will provide you with knowledge and hands-on experience in a short period of time.
  • Esteemed Teachers: Summer school teachers are our partner university professors or industry experts who are teaching their favorite subjects in summer school, bringing their expertise and enthusiasm to the classroom to inspire you.
  • International Environment: ICT Summer School brings together participants and teachers from all around the world, creating a diverse and multicultural learning environment. You will have the opportunity to network with fellow participants, learn from their experiences, and make new friends. Participants are students from different degree programmes, exchange students and Open UAS students.
  • Wide Range of Subjects: Although most courses are engineering related, some courses go beyond engineering or IT topics and cover multidisciplinary areas such as business and communication so that students from different fields of study can all participate.
  • Hands-on Learning: Courses emphasize hands-on learning through practical assignments, case studies, and group projects.

ICT Summer School Programme

You can find the programme 2024 in the table below. Please note that changes may occur.

Programme 2024 will consist of several intensive bachelor level courses (3 - 5 ECTS credits) taught by our international partner university teachers or industry experts. You can participate in one or more courses. Intensive courses last from one to two weeks and the lessons are either in the morning, in the afternoon or in the evening. All courses are taught in English. Courses will be held either at Metropolia campus or online.

Course descriptions are in the curriculum. Please read the course descriptions carefully before enrolling and note that some courses may have previous knowledge requirements.

Intensive week in October

This year, in addition to ICT Summer School, we also offer intensive courses in autumn semester during 14 – 20 October 2024: 1) The High Tech Start-up – Building an Idea, Refining the Idea and Taking it to Market, 2) Calibration of Measurement Devices and 3) Data Evaluation and Design and Simulation of Analog and Digital Circuits. These courses are available to Metropolia degree students, Open UAS students and those exchange students from partner institutions who are doing their exchange period in Metropolia during the autumn semester.

Studying in ICT Summer School

In addition to course lessons, you will have assignments, exercises or project to work on in your own time. Please make sure you have time in your own schedule for these activities as well.

Learning environment for summer school courses will be the course workspace in Metropolia OMA portal, unless otherwise announced. Please follow the course workspace in OMA and your Metropolia email when the start of the course is approaching. Partner university students and Open UAS students will receive Metropolia user id and instructions to activate it after they have been registered for the course. With the user id, you can log in to OMA portal.

Classroom photo of ICT Summer School

If a course requires for you to prepare beforehand (for example download some software), you will find information about it in the course description and in the course workspace in OMA.

Courses that are held on campus

Courses that are marked on campus will be held at Metropolia Myyrmäki campus of which you can find more information below. Please note that classroom changes are possible so check the latest classroom information a couple of days before the start of the course.

Classroom letter explanation:
- MM = Myyrmäki (campus)
- 3rd letter A, B or C = Building A, B or C
- 1st number: floor number (1st floor is the ground floor)
- 2nd and 3rd number = classroom number

Please be in the classroom on time.

Tuudo mobile app

If you want, you can download Tuudo mobile app with which you can use various Metropolia web services easily on your smart phone. For example, you will find the daily menu for student restaurant and the campus map that shows where the classrooms are located in Tuudo. Please note that you need the Metropolia user ID first to log in to Tuudo.

Tuudo for Android at Google Play
Tuudo for IOS at AppStore

Please bring a laptop with you. Many of the courses require for you to use your own laptop. You also need it for assignments and exercises.

Courses that are held online

Courses that are marked online are held 100 % online. To study online, you will need a computer/laptop, working internet connection, microphone and web camera.

Lessons are held online during the time indicated in the schedule and please note that the time is in Finnish time (EEST). You will find the link to online lessons from the course workspace in OMA.

Myyrmäki Campus Myyrmäki campus

On-campus courses will be held at Metropolia Myyrmäki campus in the city of Vantaa.

Myyrmäki campus is located at the most populous district in Vantaa, near railway and bus station and shopping center Myyrmanni. The campus is easily accessible by the public transport.

Public transport

The area is served by Myyrmäki railway station and the Ring Rail Line network. I and P trains serve all stations along the line. I trains run counter clockwise (Helsinki-Tikkurila-Airport-Myyrmäki-Helsinki) and P trains clockwise (Helsinki-Myyrmäki-Airport-Tikkurila-Helsinki). The trains run every ten minutes Monday to Friday and Saturdays.

To find out the train and bus connections and the timetables please use the HSL Journey planner. The campus address is Leiritie 1, 01600 Vantaa.

Registration for the courses

Registration for the ICT Summer School 2024 courses starts in May 2024. Registration method depends on your background.

More information

ICT Summer School is organized by the Information Technology Degree Programme.

General questions

General questions related to ICT Summer School, please contact:

Anna Hynninen
Programme coordinator
anna.hynninen [at] metropolia.fi (anna[dot]hynninen[at]metropolia[dot]fi)

Questions related to registration for the course(s), please check the contact person from the registration instructions above.

Interested in teaching in ICT Summer School?

We are constantly looking for new teachers with their favourite topics to join our team of ICT Summer School teachers.

If you are interested to hear more about opportunities, do not hesitate to contact:

Dr. Antti Piironen
Principal Lecturer, Head of ICT Summer School
antti.piironen [at] metropolia.fi (antti[dot]piironen[at]metropolia[dot]fi)