Clubs are from the students to the students! Clubs create communities and activities to Metropolia students.
Clubs are arranged by students. METKA encourages you to start and join club activities! Clubs operate independently, but you can apply for a grant from us. Find the contact info below.
Current clubs
There club activities can be anything students are interested in! There has been for example, a running club, a wine club a culture club and board gaming club during the years. The current clubs are:
4Towers - Applied eSports
4Towers is a club for Metropolia students who are interested in video games and e-sports. The idea of the club is to serve as a environment where students can play and chat about hardware, games and everyday stuff.
The club has a board and a few committee members that help the board with events and organizing. The club doesn’t have any additional membership and they don’t require students to sign up to the club. The main platform is Discord, where basically all of the activities take place (excluding social media posts on Instagram and Facebook and activity on other platforms such as Twitch).
The club also has an own event called “ALL Nighter”, where they go to a lan center in Helsinki Metropolitan Area, to game through the night.
Contact:
Dekant
DEKANT takes on the honor as being the first striving club collective focusing on electronic music in Metropolia. The club’s fundamental idea is to develop a deep culture of electronic music in the UAS circles and thus creating a unique community within all fields and campuses. In practice, all of this will happen through the events we host and create, where everyone interested is welcome. Our club has about 20 members, and you can apply to join by sending us a DM on Instagram! We always practice principles of a safer space.
Our main information channel is on Instagram, where you can also come and ask us more questions by DM!
Contact
METKA Gambit
METKA Gambit is a chess club open to anyone interested in chess. The club acts as a median for chess players and people interested in chess to find someone to play with and expand chess culture to all campuses. The club also acts as a social platform to share the latest gossip from the chess world. Anyone interested in chess is welcome to participate, skill level does not matter.
The club is run by 2 officials, who are elected in yearly meetings. Officials will try to host regular game nights, tournaments and other chess related activities and events.
Any Metropolia UAS student is eligible for club membership. Club membership is not a requirement to participate in club activities. Membership gives the right to host your own chess-related events under the clubs name and the ability to loan any club owned material, eg. Boards, pieces, clocks etc. Those interested in chess that are not students in Metropolia are also welcome to play and join events, but are not eligible for membership. The club membership is free.
Contact
- E-mail: metkagambit@gmail.com
- Telegram
METKA Sekoboltsit
METKA Sekoboltsit is a ball club aimed at players of all skill brackets, our general purpose is to help incorporate sports into your day-to-day lives. We play different ball sports every month.
Myllypuro campus gym, tuesdays 19-20.30
- January – Indoor football
- February – Floorball
- March – Volleyball
- April – Basketball
- May – Finnish baseball
Myyrmäki campus gym, thursdays 17-18.30
- February – Volleyball
- March – Floorball
- April – Indoor football
- May – Finnish baseball
Contact
- E-mail: metkasekoboltsit@gmail.com
- WhatsApp: ask for a link by email
MMA – Metropolia Martial Arts
MMA club is open for all Metropolia students who are interested in martial arts. The purpose of the club is to bring together students who care about combat sports and provide them with an opportunity to practice and spend time together. The goal is also to connect with the students from other campuses. The club gets together every week to train. Some training sessions are guided by a coach, while some are more improvised and not guided.
Currently we arrange guided sessions for boxing, kickboxing, and grappling. The selection of the sports might be expanded later if we find potential coaches among the members of the club. All members are welcome to join the training sessions since the sessions are beginner friendly! It’s recommended to have your own boxing gloves if you want to practice regularly. However, the club has some gloves to borrow, so in the beginning you don’t need to have your own gloves.
In addition to the training sessions the club occasionally gets together to watch fight events etc. You are welcome to join even if you don’t want to participate in the training sessions. The main communication platform is the club’s Whatsapp-group. The content, topic, and participants of the training sessions, as well as club’s other activity, are all decided in the Whasapp-group. You can join the club by sending an email to the address below.
Contact
- Email: metropoliamartialarts@gmail.com
Metroseksuaalit
Metroseksuaalit (literally meaning “metrosexuals”) is the sex positive club of Metropolia. The club’s purpose is to provide open community events to all Metropolia students from the point of sexual plurality and openness.
At it’s core, our clubs activities center around discussions between people and individuals, who wish to make Metropolia an open and accepting University, and those of us who are interested in sex positivity as a value. We want to do our part in making the University community a comfortable and safe space for all, including for gender and sexual minorities. Our aim is to provide information about sexuality, as well as to improve the discourse around these themes. At the same time, we aim to provide a community where like-minded individuals may meet in open and accepting atmosphere.
Majority of our functions center around communal activities, both face to face, as well as online. We are active on Instagram, and club members also talk through WhatsApp and Discord. Our events are open for all, and joining our discussion groups comes with no obligations of participation.
In addition to the overall sex positive work, we have two subgroups, kink-group and LGBTQIA+ group. Both groups are aimed at any individuals who identify as belonging in them. Discussion groups for them can be accessed by messaging the group leaders and admins on the platform, or though our social media profiles and email.
To gain access to our online discussion, message us on social media, or though email, or come to our physical events!
Contact
MOAR
MOAR – Metropolian Opiskelijoiden Arcade- ja Rytmipelikerho is an Arcade and Rhythm game club for everyone who enjoys Arcade and Rhythm games. The club has classic and new arcade and rhythm games. The games in the club will be played both competitively and casually.
The goal of the club is to bring together people who enjoy video games and to make arcade and rhythm games accessible to Metropolia students. The club is free and offers a new way to be active.
Contact
- Email: moarkerho@gmail.com
- Discord
- Club presentation and upcoming meet ups
Neulonomit
Neulonomit is a crafts club for all Metropolia students. Grab your knitting needles, crochet hooks (or whatever craft tools you prefer, just as long as we leave the place tidy). We are not picky about the preferred craft, just come and join us! You don’t have to have a BA in knitting or be a wizard-level in crocheting – or even know how to do any of that – learn as you go and get tips and ideas from other club members.
Meetings are held at Myllypuro Campus on even week Tuesdays at 5 p.m., possible changes to the schedule will be announced in our WhatsApp group. Every now and then we are planning to visit other campuses too.
We are from all possible study programs and in different stages in our studies. Hanging out and discussing all sorts of topics varying from crafts to studies to current and not so current topics whilst creating our projects is our thing.
Contact
Queerpolia
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Tabletop
Tabletop club is for all roleplay- and boardgame spirited people! We offer variety of activities around the club’s themes at least once a month. The club operates mainly in English, but we support Finnish as well. Our activities are mostly located in Myllypuro and Myyrmäki, but we rotate different events on different campuses around Metropolia, like Arabia, for example.
Yearly club membership fee is 4 euros and offers a variety of perks worth around 200 euros. For members of METKA our membership is free.
The club council is active and ready to welcome you with open arms, so those interested, a little bit curious or anything inbetween are warmly welcomed to check out our social platforms that you can find under contacts!
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Tanssikerho (Dance Club
Dance Club Metropolia organizes beginner level pair dancing lessons with pair change. So you won´t be needing your own pair to the lessons. Dance lessons are every other tuesdays on paired weeks at 19-20.45. They will be held at Myllypuro campus mirror hall: BK029. After the club has properly started and we have members we will possibly start to organize different event and take part in events.
If you are interested and want to just come and try our pair dancing then do not worry, first lesson you attend to is free. After the first lesson membership fee will be 5€ per term, membership will be free for METKA members. Membership fees are used to cover the club’s costs. You can contact us via Instagram or email and feel free to message us if you want more information before you come to your tryout lesson or if you have any other questions about the club. Our main channel of information is Instagram.
Contact
- Email: tanssikerho.metropolia@gmail.com
Do you want to start your own club?
If you did not find a club for you, you can always start your own!
For starting a club you need:
- At least three students of Metropolia UAS, one of which acts as a responsible person for the club.
- You must held a meeting for the creation of a club. The meeting must be notified to the Student Union.
The Student Union may grant financial support to clubs whose activities are open to all students of Metropolia UAS. Grants are granted from the budget of the Student Union. Financial support is granted for the actual activities or related purposes of the Club.
METKA can also support the clubs by adversing their activities and booking spaces for the clubs use.
You can read more about creating a club from the club statute (PDF, in Finnish) or just ask us!
Contact us
kerhot@metkaweb.fi
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