Terms of payment and refund of tuition fees

1.1. Students starting their studies: Students who have been granted a study place and have accepted it by the deadline stated on the decision to grant the study place, must pay the tuition fee by the due date. The due date of the tuition fee is two weeks (14 days) from the date on which the student accepts the study place. Once the student has paid the tuition fee, they will be registered as attending for the entire academic year. Students starting their studies in the spring term pay the tuition fee for the academic year’s spring term.

If the planned study period is shorter than the academic year, the student pays the tuition fee one academic term at a time.

If the student registers as non-attending in the spring of the first academic year (this is only possible for reasons provided in the law), the student can pay the tuition fee for one academic term at a time.

1.2. Students continuing their studies: The tuition fee for the years following the first year is paid separately for each academic term.

The tuition fee for the autumn term (1 August–31 December) must be paid in advance during the previous academic term during the general period for registering for the next academic year, which is 1–31 May. Once the student has paid the tuition fee, they will be registered as attending for the entire academic year.

The tuition fee for the spring term (1 January–31 July) must be paid in advance between 15 November and 15 December. 

1.3. The student must pay the tuition fee even if they have a pending application for a residence permit that would exempt them from the tuition fee. 

1.4. If the student has a residence permit exempting them from the tuition fee, the document proving this must be delivered by the payment due date.

1.5. The payment obligation concerns all the academic terms during which the student is registered as attending.

1.6. If the student does not pay the tuition fee by the deadline set by Metropolia and does not register as non-attending, they will automatically be recorded as resigned, and they will lose their right to study. The student may apply for the right to study to be regranted. A fee of 50 euros will be charged for processing the application.

2.1. If a student has accepted a study place and registered as attending and they declare before the start of the next academic term (by 31 July or 31 December) that they will not start/continue their studies, Metropolia will refund the tuition fee for the academic year/term that the student has paid. The student must submit an application for the refund. If the student resigns after the start of the academic year or academic term, the tuition fee will not be refunded.

2.2. Metropolia will refund the tuition fee following an application by the student in accordance with the terms below if the student receives a negative residence permit decision. In this case, the student will be recorded as resigned as of the date on which they have provided Metropolia with the negative residence permit decision. If the student cancels the residence permit application process on their own initiative, the tuition fee will not be refunded. If the Finnish Immigration Service withdraws a residence permit that has been granted to the student, the tuition fee will not be returned.

2.2.1. If a student receives a negative residence permit decision before the start of the academic year by 31 July or by 31 December for study rights beginning in the spring term, Metropolia will refund the tuition fee following an application by the student. The application must be submitted within 14 days from the date of the negative residence permit decision.

2.2.2. If the student submits the negative residence permit decision to Metropolia on or after 1 August, i.e. after the start of the academic year, or, in the case of a study right starting in the spring term, on or after 1 January, and the degree programme has not offered any remote studies in the first academic term, Metropolia will refund the tuition fee.

2.2.3. If the student submits the negative residence permit decision to Metropolia on or after 1 August, i.e. after the start of the academic year, or, in the case of a study right starting in the spring term, on or after 1 January, and the degree programme has offered remote studies in the first academic term, Metropolia will not refund the tuition fee. If the student has paid the tuition fee for the academic year, Metropolia will refund the fee for the second academic term.

2.2.4. If the student has submitted a graduation notification or has graduated and receives a negative residence permit decision, the tuition fee will not be refunded.

2.3. If the student is granted a residence permit that exempts them from the tuition fee, and this residence permit becomes valid retroactively, Metropolia will refund the tuition fee for the academic terms which started (on 1 January or 1 August) after the residence permit became valid. The student must submit an application for the refund.

2.4. The tuition fee will be refunded if Metropolia has to cancel the student selection for a reason related to Metropolia.

2.5. In all refunds of tuition fees, Metropolia will charge the student an administrative processing fee of 250 euros, which will be deducted from the amount refunded.