Tutoring

In the form of tutoring, we offer the support and know-how for every student starting their studies. Tutors help the new students in the beginning, participate in creating their team spirit and introduce them to the secrets of student life. The trained tutors are present in all campuses and their work benefits the whole student community.

The aim of tutoring is to make each student feel welcome and make the beginning of a new phase in one’s life as easy as possible.

Tutor application and trainings

Would you like to become a tutor?

As a tutor you can gain valuable experience and get to develop skills appreciated also in working life. Through tutoring you will get the opportunity to meet people across the world, and Metropolia, and find lifelong friends.

We are looking for new tutors to join our team every semester, depending on the starting period on your field of study. You can check the application semester for your study field from your tutors, head tutors or METKAs tutoring team. The application period for exchange tutors is open every semester. The ones chosen in the application period will be trained in METKA tutor training. The training is compulsory, and it is formed of lectures, workshops, campus specific day and group and performing exercises.

Peer tutoring

Peer tutoring in English is also known as degree tutoring. In English degree studies the students often are both Finnish and international students, which creates an important aspect to tutoring. In Finnish degrees the main language in peer tutoring is Finnish. Otherwise Finnish and English peer tutoring are very similar.

Peer tutors are present to welcome new students during the first days of their studies and will support their group throughout the first semester. A peer tutor helps new students to get a head start at their studies and student life. Peer tutors also help to create a group spirit among new students by organizing various social events.

New students can turn toward their peer tutors if they have questions about school or about student life. A tutor can advise them or help them find the right contact person at Metropolia.

The main language of English peer tutoring / degree tutoring is naturally English, but you will have the opportunity to use your language skills broadly. There is no requirement level for English – just courageously apply!

Exchange tutoring

Exchange tutors are an important part of international activities in Metropolia. Tutors are supporting the arriving exchange students and help them to manage Finnish bureaucracy as well as getting comfortable in a new environment.

Exchange tutors are here to welcome the arriving students and guide them to their apartment, while introducing them to the local services. Showing around the students campus and its surroundings, as well as arranging a variety of recreational activities with other tutors, are part of the exchange tutors duties.

Becoming an exchange tutor is a wonderful step towards your own internationalization, such as your own exchange period, or working abroad in the future. As an exchange tutor you will get to enhance your language proficiency, meet new people from different backgrounds, and acquire knowledge on the similarities and differences between cultures. In exchange tutoring you will get to develop your performing, guiding, organizing and communication skills, while having a great time and perhaps creating lifelong friendships!

The main language of exchange tutoring is English, but you will have the opportunity to use your language skills broadly. There is no requirement level for English – just courageously apply!

Top up and tokasa tutoring

Top up students are international students completing part of their studies in Finland. Tokasa students are also international students and, they complete the whole degree in Finland. The studies also include Finnish language studies. The students arrive at different times during the semester, which means that some of the tutoring is done remotely, some hybrid and some on campus. Top up and tokasa tutoring is a new role of tutoring and is still under development.

The main language of top up and tokasa tutoring is English, but you will have the opportunity to use your language skills broadly. There is no requirement level for English – just courageously apply!

Head tutoring

The head tutor period lasts at least for one calendar year. METKA recruits new head tutors each Autumn and the ones chosen will be trained during Autumn semester. You can apply to be a head tutor if you have been a tutor for at least one semester. The new head tutors will get the chance to participate in the work of the head tutors already during the Autumn semester. Head tutoring is a wonderful opportunity to deepen the skills and knowledge gained during tutoring and take them to the next level.

Sports tutoring

The main role of a sports tutor is to help other students with physical activity. The sports tutor knows the physical activity facilities on their campus and can introduce Zone Sports Services. There’s also a possibility to organize sporting events if possible and to be involved in bigger events such as MetroSport. Sports tutors are trained and supported by METKA sports sector. Our peer tutors also receive a short training for the role of sports tutor, but sporst tutor training is a good addition for all students who are interested in themes of physical activity. For more information on sports tutoring, please contact METKA’s sports or tutor sector.

Got any questions?

In case of any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Head Tutors of your study field or METKA tutoring team.

The head tutors

The emails of the head tutors can be found from Metropolia’s people finder. Mainly the emails are firstname.lastname@metropolia.fi however, some of the emails might have a certain number after the lastname.

The head tutors of Myllypuro campus

The head tutors of Myyrmäki campus

The head tutors of Karamalmi campus

The head tutors of Arabia campus

The international head tutors

METKA Tutoring Team

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