Regranting the 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.
Regranting 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 can apply for re-granting the right to study and pay for the handling fee of 50€ in AINI service https://aini.eduplan.fi. Log in to the service using Suomi.fi e-Identification. 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 for the handling fee of 50€ in AINI service https://aini.eduplan.fi. Log in to the service using Suomi.fi e-Identification.
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. You can apply for re-granting the right to study and pay for the handling fee of 50€ in AINI service https://aini.eduplan.fi. Log in to the service using Suomi.fi e-Identification.
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.
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.
You can apply for re-granting the right to study and pay for the handling fee of 50€ in AINI service https://aini.eduplan.fi (opens a new tab)/. Log in to the service using Suomi.fi e-Identification.
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.