Student benefits and discounts

As an attending degree student, you are entitled to travel discounts both on local transport in the Helsinki metropolitan area and on long-distance journeys. You also receive a discount on student lunches by using the Kela meal subsidy card available in the Tuudo app.

Tuudo mobile app

Tuudo is a mobile app that lets you easily access many of Metropolia’s online services on your smartphone.

With Tuudo you can, for example:

Check announcements
See your timetable
View your completed studies
Browse the daily restaurant menus

You’ll also get your Kela meal subsidy card directly in Tuudo, so you can start using the student lunch benefit right away.

Tuudo is free for all Metropolia students. Just download it from your phone’s app store, log in with your Metropolia user ID, and you’re ready to go.

Meal Subsidy Card in Tuudo

Kela (The Social Insurance Institution of Finland) provides meal subsidies for students. The Kela meal subsidy means you get a discount on your meal at participating student restaurants. You can get a discounted meal by showing the pink Kela meal subsidy card in the Tuudo app.

International degree and exchange students at Metropolia are entitled to a student discount in subsidised student restaurants and cafeterias.

If you, for some reason, do not use Tuudo but are completing studies that entitle you to subsidised meals, your higher education institution is responsible for issuing you a meal subsidy card. You can find the contact details of Student Services here.

Instructions on the meal benefit for Open UAS students are available on the Open UAS website.

Higher education students are entitled to a discount on the price of a student meal in restaurants covered by the meal subsidy scheme. You can receive the meal subsidy for one meal per day. You can look up participating restaurants on Kela’s website.

More information about the meal subsidy is available on Kela’s website.

Student Fares in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

As a degree student, you are eligible for discounted public transport fares if you live in Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, Siuntio, Kirkkonummi, Sipoo, Kerava or Tuusula.

You can get your student discount by using the HSL app and activating your student status in it. More information on downloading and using the app, the terms and conditions, and how to activate student status is available on HSL’s website.

If you are not able to use the app, you will need an HSL form filled in and stamped by Metropolia to receive the discount. You can find the form on HSL’s website. Student Services will stamp the form for you. To get the discount with the form, you must visit an HSL service point. You can find the contact details of Student Services here.

Exchange students are also entitled to the HSL student discount if they meet the eligibility criteria set by HSL. As an exchange student you will need to present a completed HSL discount form for exchange students. Student Services will stamp the form for you.

More information is available on HSL’s website.

Discounts on Tickets for Long-distance Trains and Buses

Matkahuolto and VR also offer discounts for degree students. You can easily access these discounts, for example, with the free digital student card in the Frank app. Read more about the Frank app.

You can find more information about student discounts on VR website and on Matkahuolto website.

Student Union student card

You can access all travel discounts with the Metropolia Student Union METKA student card. As a member of METKA, you will also receive many other benefits. Membership is subject to a fee.