Studies
HTW Berlin and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences jointly run the international master programme ConREM - Construction and Real Estate Management.
It is designed for professionals who wish to manage international projects for building construction and real estate in the future. Therefore it is mainly addressed to professionals in the field of architecture and civil engineering.
First year studies of ConREM (60 ECTS during semesters 1 and 2) will be organized by Metropolia (Helsinki). Second year studies (semesters 3 and 4) will be in HTW Berlin.
Content
ConREM provides you a combination of engineering, economics, management and communication. Specific contents, like project development and project management as well as life cycle management, and general subjects, such as soft skills and leadership, are taught - all in context of international business. Accordingly this programme is taught completely in English.
ConREM enables you to cooperate with people of different social, cultural and professional backgrounds, to adapt to foreign environments and to become acquainted with different mentalities and habits. Management abilities and adaptability to manage changing international conditions is a need for cooperation and teamwork in a global market on national and international level.
Applying
The student selection will be made in Berlin based on the points applicants have received of their educational background (study success), relevant work experience, English language skills and research plan for Master’s thesis project.
It is important to show all relevant work experience with certificates (company name, the work duties and the work relationship’s exact start and end dates) during application, if you want to achieve degree also in Metropolia.
Proper work experience is defined that there is a contract between employee and employer and you have got salary. Please note, that your student status at Metropolia is determined based on your application documents and after the application period has closed, it is not possible to have your work experience re-evaluated and student status changed.
Admission procedure administrated by Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW Berlin), more information applying on ConREM homepage.
Arrival
In questions concerning your residence permit and health insurance, please see the instructions from Finnish Immigration Service webpage. Please note that Metropolia UAS has no role in your residence permit process and we cannot, unfortunately, expedite or any other ways assist in your application process.
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Starting studies
How to start your studies in Metropolia
Welcome to study for a degree at Metropolia!
Congratulations! You have been admitted to Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and we are delighted to have you as a new member of our vibrant community of more than 16 000 students!
You have made an excellent choice - Metropolia offers you unique multidisciplinary opportunities throughout your studies with its strong connections to working life and active role in innovations built around socially significant phenomena.
We are happy to have you with us and help you with any questions you might have. Welcome to Metropolia!
The below information applies to students who have been accepted to study for a full degree at Metropolia. Make sure to complete all the steps in order to secure your study place.
Confirming a place of study requires certain formalities to be completed by the deadline. More detailed instructions below:
Non-EU/EEA students need a student residence permit. You can begin the student residence permit application online at Enterfinland.fi. Remember that you must personally visit a Finnish embassy or consulate as part of this process. Start your residence permit process as soon as possible, carefully following the immigration authorities' instructions and regulations, so that you can receive your permit in good time before your studies begin! You can find detailed information and advice on the residence permit requirements and procedures on the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) website.
Note that participating online programmes does not entitle you receiving residence permit. See more about the topic in Finnish Immigration Service websites.
All Metropolia's students who do not have a Finnish personal identity code, have to apply for it before their arrival or register at the local registry office after their arrival to Finland to apply for one.
Students who have to apply for residence permit (i.e. non-EU/non-EEA citizens) before their arrival to Finland should ask to be registered in the Finnish Population Information System when they apply for their first residence permit. This way they will receive a Finnish personal identity code at the same time as they are issued with the permit. More information on this for residence permit applicants
Other students have to apply for the personal identity code from the local registry office of the city where you are living in.
More information on Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV).
More information on registration to the Finnish Population Information System
After you have received the personal identification code, remember to inform it to the Student and Admission Services.
Metropolia does not have housing services to offer. Thus, it is the student's responsibility to find an accommodation for the period of their studies. There is a lot of competition in affordable housing, so it is important to start searching for a room many months prior to arrival. More information on accommodation
All foreign students (who are not EU citizens or citizens of Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland) who come to Finland for the purposes of studying are required to have a health insurance, if the studies endure longer than three months.
More information on insurances
Student financial aid is for Finnish citizens. Foreign citizens are entitled to student financial aid if they live in Finland on a permanent basis for the purpose other than studying and they have registered as permanent residents in the Finnish population register system.
- Find out where your campus is located
- If you have a smart phone you can download the free HSL mobile app to get access to the public transportation Journey Planner and tickets (e.g. for travelling from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport to your apartment or from your apartment to the campus).
- If you have a smart phone you can download the Tuudo mobile app for free to get your digital student ID and student discounts (ID and discounts are available from the first day of the studies onwards)
- Information on student life and well-being, costs and finance, study environment etc.
When you start as a new student you need to activate your user account. Activation is possible when the right to study begins. For joint application, activation is possible from 1 August.
The purpose of the activation is that you personally accept the rules of the account usage policy and start using your account. Activate your user account primarily using Mobile Certificate and Netbank User ID. Please read first the instructions in IT Services wiki.
Tuudo is a mobile app with which you can use various Metropolia web services easily on your smart phone. With Tuudo you can get VR, HSL, Matkahuolto and Kela student discounts immediately. The benefits are free for all Metropolia students.
In Tuudo you can check Metropolia, Admission Services, and student union METKA announcements, your schedule, study attainments, and cafeteria menus.
Get Tuudo on your phone from the app store for free and start using it!
During your studies, your support of well-being and health is Finnish Student Health Services (FSHS). The specialist in student health care offers you general, mental and oral health services and supports the well-being of study communities.
Our services can be used by students completing a bachelor’s or master’s degree at a university or a university of applied sciences who have registered as attending for the semester.
Master the facts! Familiarize yourself with our services and user instructions on the address fshs.fi, and the Health information resource on the address yths.fi/en/health-information-resource. You can also find information about appointments as well as current information about your service unit on the address yths.fi/en/service-units.
Start using Self! Self is the student’s own online service for health care issues at FSHS. In Self, you can manage appointment bookings, communicate via SelfChat and start a remote consultation. Log in to Self as a user immediately from the beginning of the semester and keep your contact details up to date for as long as you are a student. Read more: yths.fi/en/self-info.
The health care fee for students in higher education will be paid to Kela on your initiative (kela.fi/web/en/healthcare-fee-for-students-in-higher-education).
If you have social security coverage in another EU/EEA country or in Switzerland or the United Kingdom, you do not have to pay the healthcare fee. However, you can to use the FSHS’s services.
Already excited about starting your studies in Metropolia and meeting new people? On this page you will find welcome letters for each degree program.
Welcome letters are information packages prepared by your future tutors. They include, for example, important dates as well as information about studying, student benefits, or student life.
Create your own profile and sign up to JobTeaser portal now and stay up to date on job vacancies, training and upcoming recruitment events promoted especially to Metropolia students. There are hundreds of job opportunities available and a lot of information to support your career planning.
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- Open jobs and traineeships
- Working life events
- Advice & guidance
- Employer profiles
Sign up and start exploring
Sign up to JobTeaser using your @metropolia.fi email address: https://metropolia.jobteaser.com/
You can also download a Jobteaser application.
Starting ConREM studies
Please note that all the information below applies to students who have been accepted to the Master´s Degree programme in Construction and Real Estate Management (ConREM).
As the ConREM Master´s Degree programme is jointly run by Metropolia UAS and Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW Berlin) take time to read through carefully the ConREM specific information below in addition to the common Metropolia information that is given above. Make sure to complete all the steps in order to be able to start your studies in time.
Please start all the necessary arrangements as soon as possible after receiving the acceptance letter (Admission notice) from HTW Berlin, so that you are able to commence your studies in the beginning of September 2025.
Remember to visit this webpage regularly as you will find the most updated information here.
Accepting the study place and enrollment for the academic year
Accept the study place by the given deadline according to the information given by the HTW Berlin and pay the fee to HTW by the given deadline. Your enrollment as a ConREM student takes places in HTW Berlin, so direct all inquiries related to enrollment and HTW enrollment fees directly to HTW Berlin.
Please note, that you do not need to accept your study place and enroll as a present student separately to Metropolia. This has been taken care of by the ConREM personnel.
Residence permit
As stated in the Metropolia common instructions above, make sure to apply for a residence permit immediately through the Finnish Immigration Services once you have received your acceptance letter (Admission Notice) from HTW Berlin.
You´ll apply for residence permit with your HTW Berlin Admission notice. Metropolia won´t provide any additional acceptance letter. Obtaining a permit might take much longer than they officially state on the website. Please note, that your residence permit must be valid already on 1 September.
Be sure to apply for a Finnish Personal Identity Code with your residence permit application. It is mandatory to get this code and it is easier to do it when applying for your residence permit than to wait until you are already in Finland.
Also note that having a valid health insurance cover with a reliable and solvent company or institution is obligatory for obtaining a residence permit. If you need to purchase a health insurance to Finland/Germany, please find possible companies from the Finnish Immigration Service website and check also the HTW Berlin website.
Housing
It is important to start searching for a room as soon as you have received your acceptance letter (Admission notice). It is recommended to apply for housing simultaneously through various channels, both from private market and HOAS (Foundation for Student Housing in the Helsinki Region). If you are applying housing from HOAS, you need to apply as soon you have received your acceptance letter (Admission notice) from HTW, since the acceptance letter cannot be older than 3 months.
It is a good idea to search for accommodation in eastern Helsinki, since your campus is located in Myllypuro campus, located next to Myllypuro metro station.
Please note, that Metropolia cannot offer assistance in finding accommodation.
The most important steps regarding housing
- START EARLY AND BE ACTIVE: The most important thing is to be active yourself and start looking for an apartment as soon as possible.
- USE VARIOUS CHANNELS: It is recommended to apply for an apartment simultaneously through various channels.
- BE PREPARED TO PAY 600 - 900 € PER MONTH FOR HOUSING: Please note that accommodation is much more expensive in Helsinki than in Berlin. A room in a shared apartment can cost around 500 € per month, so it is a good idea to team up and look for apartments in groups. Studio apartments are always the most expensive option and in the Helsinki region the can cost 600 - 1000 € a month.
- BE PREPARED TO LIVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CITY CENTRE OR CAMPUS AREAS: Your possibilities of finding an apartment are much better if you are willing to live outside the city centre or campus areas. You can easily check the public transport connections to the campus by using the Journey Planner. In Finland it is very common for the students to live further away from campus. Especially locations near the metro line are very conveniently connected to the Myllypuro Campus.
- NEVER SEND MONEY OR YOUR PASSPORT INFORMATION TO ANYONE: When renting an apartment from a private person do not send your passport information to anyone before you have seen the apartment and signed a contract. An offer that sounds too good to be true (e.g. very cheap apartment close to the centre) is usually a scam.
- MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY BEFORE ARRIVING TO FINLAND: Whatever you decide concerning accommodation, please make sure to have a place to stay before arriving to Finland. It is extremely difficult to find accommodation here in September. If you need temporary accommodation near the campus, please check:
- Innotelli Apartments
- Kotimaailma Helsinki
- SleepWell Apartments East
- Forenom
- Noli studios (next to Myyrmäki campus Vantaa with good public transport connections)
For instructions on how to get to the campus, please check out Journey Planner from HSL webpage.
European Health Insurance Card
EU-citizens and those non-EU citizens who have an EHIC (European Health Insurance Card): please remember to bring your EHIC with you. By presenting your EHIC, you will receive urgent medical treatment on the same terms and costs as the local residents. General information about EHIC and instructions for Finland.
Finnish Personal Identity code
Students who do not need to apply for residence permit, book an appointment with Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV) to register in Finland. Do this as soon as you know your arrival date, because the queues can be up to 8 weeks long. This is necessary in order to obtain the Finnish Personal Identity code. The Finnish personal Identity Code will for example allow you to open a Finnish bank account which is needed for e-identification to access e-services of public administration in Finland. You need the Finnish Personal Identity code also to benefit from student discounts in public transport.
Please note that Metropolia cannot expedite this process in any way.
Arriving to Finland
Your studies will start on September 2025 on Myllypuro campus. Please be prepared to arrive to Finland on 1 September at the latest. Please note, that if you´ll receive housing from HOAS, it might be difficult to receive keys to your apartment on Sunday 1 September, so it would be good to plan the start date of your residence permit and your arrival taking this into consideration.
Please also bring your own laptop with you.
Commencing your studies
Your first year studies (1st and 2nd semester) will be conducted at Metropolia UAS and attendance is expected. Your second year studies (3rd semester) at HTW Berlin will start on October 2026.
At Metropolia, there are two types of ConREM student groups which are determined based on your application documents regarding work experience. Please note that It is not possible to have your work experience re-evaluated and student status changed.
- Double-degree students: If you have indicated on your application that you have more than two years of post-Bachelor work experience in relevant fields, you can obtain a degree from both HTW Berlin and Metropolia. You will be considered as a double-degree student at Metropolia and have your study right at Metropolia for three Academic years. In addition, you will have student benefits such as student health care services FSHS (you still need a separate health insurance), longer residence permit with one application process, smoother application process for HSL etc.
- Exchange students: If you do not have two years of post-Bachelor work experience, you will be receive a German Master’s degree title from HTW Berlin and will be considered as exchange students at Metropolia. Your study right at Metropolia will expire in the end of 2nd semester and your student benefits are limited in comparison to degree students.
- Please note that physical presence in Finland is one of the eligibility conditions to receive Erasmus mobility grant from HTW Berlin and therefore you should arrive in Finland as instructed. Please note that due to Erasmus rules it is not possible to receive Erasmus mobility grant from Metropolia for the 3rd or 4th semester.
Activating your user account
In order to be able to use Metropolia’s IT services and email, you have to activate your account. You´ll receive more information on your user account during the summer 2025 (in the beginning of August) by email (from Candour identity verification solution). Follow those instructions and take care of the deadlines so you are able to start your studies in time. We expect that you have your user ID`s activated in the beginning of studies and we won´t change our presentations or teaching mode due to those who haven´t completed their activation on time.
Further information
ConREM Moodle
Please check the Moodle platform before you send an email to us. It is likely that the previous ConREM students have been pondering the same questions as you and we have already made the information available in the Moodle platform. You will use this Moodle platform throughout your studies so it is a good idea to browse through the content already now.
To enter the "ConREM Onboaring" Moodle page, please use your HTW Berlin user name and password. To receive this information, you must activate first your HTW Berlin student account. The HTW Berlin student account activation manual will be sent to your personal e-mail address, the day after, the HTW Berlin Student Service has approved all your submitted documentation for the enrollment process.
Metropolia UAS
Minna Passi, Programme Coordinator (arrival in Helsinki, start of studies at Metropolia UAS)
HTW Berlin
HTW Student services, Faculty 2 (accepting your ConREM study place, fees at HTW Berlin)
NB! All the admission related issues (fees, documents, etc.) should be handled at HTW Student services, not with Metropolia personnel. Please also note that teachers are not responsible for admission, arrival and housing issues. All the official and updated information comes only from the above-mentioned personnel from their University email accounts (@metropolia.fi or @htw-berlin.de).
We look forward to meeting you!