Are you looking to gain new insights in your career opportunities in Finland? Do you need advise in identyfing your competence? Or, would you like to study something new?
Metropolia's services help highly educated immigrants and those aiming at higher education to succeed with their career planning in Finland.
Metropolia is a part of national SIMHE - Supporting Immigrants in Higher Education in Finland - network. Read more about our SIMHE activities.
Career guidance and counselling
Career Guidance for immigrants
A one-to-one discussion with a Career Coach helps you to map your competences and identify suitable study and career paths in Finland.
Guidance Generalia lectures
The Guidance Generalia are lectures and info sessions open to all immigrants. The topics are selected to help you navigate your study options and develop your career prospects in Finland.
Various Variables blog
Various Variables blog introduces information, tips and insights that help international talents with a higher education background to integrate and find their study and career paths in Finland.
Studies and other services for immigrants
Study opportunities and developing competence
Are you interested to study Finnish or to develop your field-specific competence? Metropolia offers you a wide range of options from individual courses to tailored programmes and full degrees.
For Ukrainians
Would you like to have guidance on study and career possibilities in Finland? Would you like to continue you studies or study something new? We will help you. Explore our services!
Information on skills recognition and finding work in Finland
Information on finding work in Finland
On this page you will find plenty of information about finding work in Finland. Such as Finnish working culture, the importance of language skills, networking and entrepreneurship.
Recognition of competence
How can you get started with recognising your key competences? Metropolia also provides recognition of competence by a professional in selected fields of study and for limited target groups.
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Customer experiences of Metropolia's SIMHE services
Ali tells us about his integration to Finland. Ali has used SIMHE-Metropolia’s guidance and counselling services to find possible educational paths for him.
SIMHE app project hired international student Arsalan Shakil as their mobile development intern. In the video we hear more about the experience from the point of view of Arsalan.
Information on Metropolia's SIMHE activities
SIMHE stands for Supporting Immigrants in Higher Education. The aim of SIMHE is to facilitate the recognition and validation of prior learning of immigrants with higher education and foreign backgrounds, as well as their access to higher education, the completion of their degree and their employment in the Finnish labour market. The activities are supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture. Metropolia started SIMHE activities in 2016 together with the University of Jyväskylä. Currently, the national SIMHE network includes ten higher education institutions from different parts of Finland.
Read more about Metropolia's SIMHE activities
SIMHE activities are developed in cooperation with the Talent Boost network. Find out more about the Talent Boost programme on the website of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Contact details
Contact us by email simhe [at] metropolia.fi (simhe[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Personal data processing and customer register in SIMHE services
We collect personal data of customers for the purpose of SIMHE customer service and statistics. For more information, see the privacy notices:
- unemployed jobseekers in the employment services of Helsinki, Espoo or Vantaa-Kerava: Personal data register of the Metropolia competence center functions for highly educated immigrants in the Helsinki region
- other customers: Personal data register of SIMHE-Metropolia services.