Work placement abroad
You can complete your mandatory work placement partially or fully abroad! Work placement abroad provides you valuable international working experience and opportunity to increase your professional expertise and cultural awareness. Before you start seeking a work placement abroad, think about what you expect to gain from your placement and what supports best your skillset and resources.
Start by familiarising yourself with the placement instructions of your degree programme and proceed to searching for suitable placements. Once you have found interesting positions, agree the contents and practicalities including the timing with your placement contact person from your degree programme.
You can receive grants for work placements abroad, please read more information the process in these pages and if needed, please consult your International Relations Adviser.
- A work placement completed abroad will be recognised and included as part of your degree at Metropolia.
- A work placement is completed physically in a country other than your current country of residence.
- A work placement/traineeship agreement is required The agreement must be approved by your degree programme and the host organisation before the work placement begins.
- When searching for a placement organisation, you must check the travel advice of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for your destination country. If the Ministry does not recommend travel to the planned destination country, the work placement in that country is not allowed.
- You must follow the given instructions and are responsible for all arrangements and costs related to the work placement.
- In addition, you must:
- follow the guidelines and principles of the exchange programme
- complete the tasks and objectives agreed in the work placement agreement
- behave in a way that respects the customs and culture of the host country and follow the rules of the host organisation
- inform the international coordinator of any changes or cancellation related to the work placement
- take into account the holiday periods of Metropolia’s teaching staff (during holidays, it is not possible to get work placements approved).
- You can use different job databases to find a suitable work placement. However, the best way to find a placement is to contact interesting employers directly, as relatively few work placement positions are publicly advertised. Employers are often interested in motivated and skilled trainees, so it is worth putting effort into your application.
- You can find tips and ideas from the reports written by Metropolia students who have done a work placement abroad. These reports are available in the report portal, which you can access with your Metropolia user account.Portal for Placements abroad
- Select EXCHANGE REPORTS
- Choose Questionnaire: Report for Placement abroad
- Choose correct Faculty and Degree Programme
- Click 'Show all existing questionnaires'
- Select EXCHANGE REPORTS