Graduation

1. Contact the PSP advisor or responsible person for graduation well in advance of your planned graduation, with whom you will go through the studies you have completed and the possibility of submitting your graduation notification.
2. Before submitting your graduation notification in the system, complete the AVOP questionnaire, which is a national feedback questionnaire for Universities of Applied Sciences graduands. After completing and submitting your responses, you will be directed to submit your graduation notification.
3. After submitting the graduation notification, your designated responsible person of graduation will approve or reject the notification. You will be informed via Metropolia email about the first stage of graduation confirmation. Once your graduation is finally confirmed, the graduation date will be registered in your study right at the same date. You will also receive information about the final confirmation in your Metropolia email.
4. You will receive an email to your personal email when your certificate is available for download from the Digital Degree Certificate Service. More detailed instructions can be found under "Digital Degree Certificate."
5. During your graduation phase, it is a good idea to build and maintain networks and get to know Metropolia alumni.
6. Return any keys, access cards, or other Metropolia property you have and make sure to return any library loans and pay any outstanding library fees.

You can submit your graduation notification when:

•    You have completed all the compulsory courses for your degree and
•    All courses are registered in OMA.

Your student status must be valid when you submit the graduation notification, and you must be an active student. If your student status ends on July 31 and you want to submit the graduation notification before your student status ends, the notification must be submitted by July 30. If your student status ends on December 31, the graduation notification must be submitted by December 30. 

Please note, when planning the timing of your graduation notification, please take into account Kela’s (Finnish Social Insurance Institution) student support regulations. If you want to receive student support for the month your studies end, you must graduate no earlier than the 18th of the month. You must be enrolled for at least 18 calendar days during the month your studies end.

Submit your graduation notification in the graduation system on your student desktop at https://opiskelija.oma.metropolia.fi/. Select "Student Services" from the menu and then "Graduation Notification."

The graduation date on your certificate will be the day your graduation notification was saved.

Please note that vacation periods may delay the processing of your graduation notification.

This guide explains how students can submit their graduation notification at Student´s Desktop. Guide applies to all degree students graduating from Metropolia. You can submit your graduation notification only after all the required courses for your degree have been completed and recorded in OMA.

Instructions:  

• Log in to OMA at opiskelija.oma.metropolia.fi
• Select "Student Services" and then "Graduation Notification"

Before submitting the graduation notification, you must respond to the AVOP questionnaire at avop.fi. If you encounter any issues, contact Student and Admission Services, studentservices [at] metropolia.fi. After responding to the AVOP feedback and submitting your answers, you will be directed to the graduation notification page. If you don't complete the graduation notification form immediately after answering the survey, save the notification URL so you can complete the form later. You can also use this URL to track your graduation process. 

After completing the questionnaire, fill out the graduation notification form. You may be asked to log in again. 

• Click Submit Graduation Notification on the right side of the page
• Select from the dropdown menu the study right from which you are graduating
• Click Select
• Verify that your personal details are correct on the notification form, and correct them if necessary
• Add your thesis URN link. You will receive a confirmation email once the library staff has verified the details of your thesis and it has been published on Theseus. The email will contain the URN link for your thesis, which you can copy into the graduation notification. Note: If you have already added the URN link to WIHI, you do not need to add the address again on the graduation notification. However, include in the additional information section that you have saved the link to WIHI.
• Complete/adjust the Data Consent section
• The current date will automatically appear in the graduation date field
• From the dropdown menu, select the name of the responsible person (the person who will confirm your graduation). If you don't know who this is, contact your program's guidance staff.

In the graduation additional information section, provide the following details if necessary:  

• If you do not upload your thesis to Theseus but instead submit a bound copy to Student and Admission Services
• If your thesis is being RPL-validated (Recognition of Prior Learning) and you don't have the Theseus publication URN link
• Save the URN link to WIHI
• Once all information has been saved and verified, click Save.
• You will be asked to confirm your application. After confirming, you cannot change your graduation date or make any further changes to the notification.
• You can also print the application if needed. 

Graduation notifications submitted by November 30 will be processed, and certificates will be issued in December.

Graduation notifications submitted after December 1 will have certificates issued by the end of January.

Graduation notifications submitted by May 31 will be processed, and certificates will be issued in June. 

Graduation notifications submitted after June 1 will have certificates issued by the end of August.

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences uses Digital Degree Certificate. Paper degree certificates will no longer be issued. The Digital Degree Certificate is an official original document issued by Metropolia, signed electronically using the digital signature stamp of the Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV).

You can download your digital degree certificate (PDF file) from the Digital Certificate Service. You can save the original document to the cloud, a USB drive, or your computer, and every saved copy is considered the original certificate. The digital degree certificate is easy to carry on mobile devices or laptops. It is also easy to send as an attachment to a job application or to an authority. The digital degree certificate does not require separate authentication and is secure.

You will receive an email to your personal email address when your certificate is available for download in the Digital Certificate Service at https://todistuspalvelu.metropolia.fi/. You can log in using your Metropolia credentials (note: your Metropolia username and password are valid for two weeks after the graduation date) or Suomi.fi credentials.

The digital degree certificate is always easy to download through the Digital Degree Certificate Service. It can be downloaded even years after graduation. Employers, other educational institutions, or any recipient of the degree certificate can easily verify the authenticity of the PDF file at https://todistuspalvelu.metropolia.fi/.  

If you have any questions about the Digital Degree Certificate or the Digital Certificate Service, please contact studentservices [at] metropolia.fi (studentservices[at]metropolia[dot]fi).

You can apply for the right to practice your profession immediately after graduation through Valvira's electronic services, provided that your graduation information has been recorded in the national VIRTA study register of higher education institutions. After the final confirmation of your graduation, the graduation date will be registered to your study right on the same day.  

As a general rule, graduation information is transferred from the student register to the VIRTA study service the following day.  There may sometimes be delays. You can check your graduation information also in the Oma Opintopolku service after the graduation date, once the information has been recorded in the student register. (The delay may be 1-2 days).

The so-called student right to temporarily work in a regulated profession under supervision ends 30 days after graduation. Therefore, it is advisable to apply for licensure promptly to ensure uninterrupted employment. The right to practice can be applied for immediately after graduation through Valvira’s electronic services, provided that the graduation information is recorded in the national VIRTA higher education student information service.

Read more: Valvira’s electronic services 

For more information: studentservices [at] metropolia.fi (studentservices[at]metropolia[dot]fi)

• Graduation process will start by answering the AVOP questionnaire. AVOP - Graduand feedback questionnaire asks graduating students to evaluate and provide feedback on their education.
• Sign in AVOP questionnaire by using HAKA login (students own UAS credentials) in address https://avop.fi/fi. After answering the questionnaire and sending the answers you will be directed to the Graduation Notification page. If you don´t fill in the Graduation Notification immediately please salvage the Graduation Notification address so you are able to fill in the Graduation Notification later. By the same page you may follow the graduation process and also edit your Graduation Notification.
• If you don´t have a Finnish Social Security Number, please contact Student and Admission Services, studentservices [at] metropolia.fi (studentservices[at]metropolia[dot]fi). You will receive a answering link for AVOP-questionnaire and instructions on how to make the Graduation Notification.

Please contact Student and Admission Services studentservices [at] metropolia.fi (studentservices[at]metropolia[dot]fi) if you have questions regarding answering the AVOP-questionnaire.

If a protection order is issued to you after graduation, you must inform Metropolia's Student services studentservices [at] metropolia.fi (studentservices[at]metropolia[dot]fi) if you wish your personal information to be treated as confidential in Metropolia's student registry.

Every year, the career monitoring survey is sent to people who have graduated from a UAS five years ago with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.

Higher education institutions utilize the career monitoring data in the planning and development of education. On the other hand, higher education students and those applying for higher education get information to base their personal career planning on and to support their employment. The Ministry of Education and Culture utilizes the nation-wide survey results in evaluating the quality and development needs of the education in higher education institutions.

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