Right to study
Every student who has been accepted as a student, either for a degree or for other education, has the right to study. The student must register as an attending student in the manner prescribed by the UAS.
A degree student must enroll for attendance/non-attendance each academic year. Read more about enrolment for the academic year.
Length of study right
The duration of studies and number of academic years required depend on the degree programme or specialisation studies/professional major. 60 credits is equivalent to one academic year. For example, degree programmes that require 240 credits have a duration of 4 academic years. The number of academic years is counted by the student's attendance or non-attendance status, regardless of whether the studies progress.
The normative duration of academic years is affected and can vary depending on whether the student has studied before. The previous studies and courses can be credited as part of the new degree programme. Then the normative study time is determined by the amount of credits that are left after the previously completed credits are subtracted.
A full-time student has to plan his/her studies in such as way that they can be completed within the given study time. However, the student has the right to complete his/her studies within the normative given study time + 1 extra academic year, after which the student loses his/her right to study.
Discontinuation of the right to study
A student can lose the right to study for the following reasons:
- failing to register as attending or non-attending by the deadline
- failing to finish his or her studies within the period prescribed by law and any discretionary extension period granted
- resigning at his or her own request
- failing to pay the tuition fee for the academic year by the deadline given by the university of applied sciences, if he or she is obliged to pay such a fee, and not registering as non-attending.
Re-granting the right to study
In accordance with section 32 of the Universities of Applied Sciences Act (932/2014), a former student of Metropolia who has lost his or her right to study after neglecting to register as attending or non-attending for the academic year or after resigning may reapply to the university of applied sciences for admission without participating in the student selection procedure.
The right to study can be re-granted if the student has the possibility to complete the required studies within the period of the right to study remaining after they lost the right to study. Metropolia considers the academic terms spent and those remaining when granting a period of the right to study. All the academic terms when the student did not have the right to study because they failed to register, will be counted as terms when the student was registered as non-attending. If all the permitted non-attendance terms have been used, absences due to failing to register will normally be deducted from the period of the right to study.
A student who failed to register as attending or non-attending. Enrollment time is 1.-31.5. Failure to enroll as present or absent will lead losing the right to study end of the academic year 31.7. In order to keep the study right in oncoming semester, starting 1.8, you must pay 50 euros handling fee beginning of 1.6. in address https://maksut.metropolia.fi/ (Application for re-granting the right to study). If you don´t apply your study right back to the academic year 31.7. at the latest, you will be entered as resigned in the student register.
A student whose study right has expired but has remaining study right, can apply for re-granting the right to study and pay the fee online at http://maksut.metropolia.fi. A fee of 50 euros will be charged for processing the application, in accordance with section 3 of the Government Decree on Fees Charged by the Universities of Applied Sciences (1440/2014).
A student may request a rectification of a decision concerning his or her application for re-granting the right to study from Metropolia's Legal Protection Committee in writing within 14 days of receiving notice of the decision.
If the student is dissatisfied with the Legal Protection Committee's decision, he or she may lodge an appeal against it with the Helsinki Administrative Court. The period of appeal is 30 days as of the date on which a notification of the decision was received.
If a student who is obliged to pay tuition fees fails to pay the tuition fee for an academic year by the deadline without registering as non-attending, they may reapply for the right to study. Student can apply for re-granting the right to study online at http://maksut.metropolia.fi. A fee of 50 euros will be charged for processing the application.
A student may request a rectification of a decision concerning his or her application for re-granting the right to study from Metropolia's Legal Protection Committee in writing within 14 days of receiving notice of the decision.
If the student is dissatisfied with the Legal Protection Committee's decision, he or she may lodge an appeal against it with the Helsinki Administrative Court. The period of appeal is 30 days as of the date on which a notification of the decision was received.
A former student of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences who has started his or her studies on or after 1 August 2015 and who has not completed his or her degree during the period of the right to study or the discretionary extension period may reapply to the university of applied sciences for admission without participating in the student selection procedure (Act on the Amendment of the Universities of Applied Sciences Act (325/2015), section 32).
Metropolia may re-grant the student the right to study if the student presents a goal-oriented and feasible plan for completing the studies. As a general rule, the right to study can be re-granted only once and for a maximum of one academic year. The application must include a study plan and a timetable for completing the studies prepared by the student together with a student counsellor or some other designated person. The student may be asked for further explanation to support the decision on re-granting the right to study. As a general rule, it is not possible to apply for the re-granting of the right to study immediately after a discretionary extension period.
A student whose right to study has been re-granted may not apply for a discretionary extension period nor register as non-attending. An exception to this will be made if the student undertakes military or non-military service, goes on pregnancy or parental leave, or is unable to complete their studies due to illness or injury.
The application is filled and the fee paid online at http://maksut.metropolia.fi. A fee of 50 euros will be charged for processing the application, in accordance with section 3 of the Government Decree on Fees Charged by the Universities of Applied Sciences (1440/2014).
A student may request a rectification of a decision concerning his or her application for re-granting the right to study from Metropolia's Legal Protection Committee in writing within 14 days of receiving notice of the decision.
If the student is dissatisfied with the Legal Protection Committee's decision, he or she may lodge an appeal against it with the Helsinki Administrative Court. The period of appeal is 30 days as of the date on which a notification of the decision was received.
Note! A former student of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences or a student who started their studies before 1 August 2015 and lost their right to study due to failure to register for the academic year, the expiry of their period of the right to study or some other reason, will be instructed to apply for admission through the joint application process or a separate application process, and they may be granted a new right to study for a period determined by the university of applied sciences.
Resigning from Metropolia
A student may notify Metropolia of their resignation, thereby losing the right to study. The notification of resignation must be completed in accordance with Metropolia’s instructions. The student will be automatically recorded in the student administration system as resigned beginning from the date on which the notification was submitted. The student is obliged to make sure that the studies they have completed have been recorded in the student administration system before submitting a notification of resignation. A resigning student is personally responsible for cancelling any benefits related to their studies and returning any property belonging to Metropolia immediately after submitting the notification of resignation.
Before filling in the resignation form, please contact to the degree programme's guiding staff (student advisor, tutor teacher, programme coordinator or head of degree programme).
The resignation form will be filled in OMA service.
For more information studentservices [at] metropolia.fi (studentservices[at]metropolia[dot]fi)
Revocation and reinstatement of the right to study (SORA provisions)
The Universities of Applied Sciences Act includes the so-called SORA provisions, which deal with solutions related to unsuitability to study with the aim of improving safety in UAS tuition and later in working life. The purpose of the provisions is to promote patient and customer safety, the safety of minors and the safety of students and the learning and work communities.
The SORA provisions may place obstacles to being accepted as a student (Universities of Applied Sciences Act, 932/2014, section 26, referred to later as the “UAS Act”) and lead to the revocation of the right to study (UAS Act, section 33), the suspension of the right to study (UAS Act, section 38(4)) or the temporary expulsion of the student (UAS Act, section 38(2)). The means included in the SORA provisions are intended only for the most difficult cases of unsuitability, where student guidance and student services measures are no longer sufficient.
SORA guidelines for the revocation and reinstatement of the right to study at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences is based on the Universities of Applied Sciences Act and the Degree Regulations of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. The purpose of these guidelines is to clarify the provisions of the Act and the Degree Regulations.