About Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
More than a University
Expertise and Insight for the Future
Founded in 2007 and located in the Helsinki Metropolitan area, Metropolia is the largest university of applied sciences in Finland. We educate the professionals of tomorrow in the fields of Business, Culture, Health Care and Social Services, and Technology. We offer 70 degree programmes - 12 of them in English. We are a community of 16,200 students and 920 staff members, with 900 foreign degree students of 90 nationalities. Metropolia’s four campuses create an open and attractive learning environment and network that boost the area and its people to develop and succeed. We train our students to be competent professionals in their field. The unique combinations of our fields of studies and the culture of experimentation create the prerequisites for creating something new. Some of the best learning occurs through our innovation projects, placements and our blended education. We use the latest technology, such as augmented reality, to support the learning. Our students also learn to perform responsibility, work with community spirit, solve challenges and thrive in international networks. Metropolia has obtained an official quality label issued by FINEEC (The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre), and was currently ranked by U-Multirank 2020 amongst the TOP 25 performing universities globally under the category “Co-publications with industrial partners”
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