Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland’s largest university of applied sciences, educates the professionals of tomorrow in the fields of Business, Culture, Health care and Social services, and Technology.

In our community people and worlds meet to create insight, expertise and well-being for both the professional life and life in general. You can count on Metropolia as a reliable partner and an innovator in higher education. Through cooperation we discover new ideas and solutions to build a better future.

Metropolia in brief

• 16,400 students
• 2,840 Bachelor’s and 420 Master’s graduates in 2018
• Staff 920
• 69 degree programmes – 11 of them in English 
• 43 Bachelor’s degree programmes – 6 of them in English 
• 26 Master’s degree programmes – 5 of them in English
• Most popular UAS in Finland in terms of applicants: 4.1 first-choice applicants per
  study place in 2018
• Every eighth UAS student in Finland graduates from Metropolia
• 900 foreign degree students, nearly 90 nationalities
• Budget in 2019 EUR 97 million
• Concentration of operations from 20 locations to 4 campuses 2016-2020
• Owned by: Helsinki 42%, Espoo 27 %, Vantaa 26%, Kirkkonummi 4%, Kauniainen 1%
• R&D&I total volume in 2017 was about EUR 8 million

Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences operates on five campuses in Helsinki, Porvoo and Vierumäki. Three of the campuses are in Helsinki: Haaga, Malmi and Pasila.

The Haaga campus offers degree programmes in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management both as full-time and multiform studies.

The Malmi campus offers degree programme in Business both in full-time and night and multiform studies.

The Pasila campus is the largest Haaga-Helia campus. Situated right next to the Pasila Railway Station, the campus offers degree programmes in Multilingual Management Assistants studies, Journalism, Business, Sales and Information Technology. Pasila campus also offers Master’s degree programmes in Information Systems Management, Communication Management, Entrepreneurship and Business Management, International Business Management and in Tourism.

The Porvoo campus represents a new style in campus construction. Situated near Porvoo city centre, the campus features a lot of open spaces. Porvoo offers degree programmes in Business and Tourism in Finnish, English and partially in Swedish.

The Vierumäki campus is a world of its own, situated near Lahti, 130 km from Helsinki. Vierumäki offers Bachelor’s degree programmes in Sports Coaching and Management in English, Sports and Leisure Management in Finnish and Master’s degree programmes in Sports Coaching in Finnish and Sport Development and Management in Finnish and English.

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences is a multidisciplinary institution of higher education and an efficient actor in education and research, development and innovation (RDI) in the region of South Ostrobothnia in West Finland.

The number of full-time students is 4800 and academic and other staff members 350. Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences has 19 Bachelor and 8 Master degree programmes. Three degree programmes are totally taught in English (International Business, Nursing and a Master’s Degree in International Business Management). Also double degree programmes are available in the fields of technology and business.

FACTS ABOUT SEAMK:

• about 5000 students, 10 % international students
• 200 academic teaching staff
• 150 other staff members (incl. RDI and administration)
• 19 bachelor degree programmes
• 8 master degree programmes
• 3 degree programmes totally taught in English
• Double degree agreements in 8 countries
• 10 exchange programmes
• 200 partner universities in more than 50 countries in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Africa and Australia.
• SeAMK was founded in 1992 through a merger of various institutes, each of which had a history of up to more than 100 years.

fields:

SeAMK provides education aiming at high-level professional qualification in the following fields:

• Culture
• Social sciences, Business and Administration
• Technology, Communication and Transport
• Natural Resources and the Environment
• Social services, Health and Sports
• Tourism, Catering and Domestic Services

Internationalization:

Internationalization is a strategic aim of SeAMK. We have about 200 partner universities in 50 different countries all over the world. Active student and academic mobility, RDI projects and international conferences are a vital part of our international activities.

The Saimaa University of Applied Sciences is an institute of higher education in Southeastern Finland in the cities of Lappeenranta and Imatra. We offer degrees in five fields.

We conduct entirely in English the Degree Programmes in Mechanical Engineering and Production Technology, in International Business, in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourist Management and Nursing. In Master’s level, we offer degrees in English in International Business Management and Fine Arts.

We have about 3000 students, approx. 450 of them being international degree students. The number of teachers and other personnel is about 260. We have two campuses, one in Lappeenranta and an other in Imatra. Lappeenranta campus is situated next to Lappeenranta University of Technology.

In our international co-operation, we place emphasis on Western Europe, Nordic countries, Russia and the new EU member states, as well as Asian countries such as Vietnam. Many of our students take the opportunity to complement their studies by studying or working at one of our international partners.