Student representatives are ordinary students who have been chosen by student union METKA to represent students’ viewpoints and needs in the decision-making processes at Metropolia UAS. Student representatives are chosen usually for one-year period in open search that takes place in autumn. The supplementary search is opened whenever there are open positions to be filled.
Check the instructions and open positions here!
Notice! The working language in most of the representative positions is Finnish, so in order to represent, fluent Finnish is usually required.
Current student representatives
Governmental bodies of Metropolia
The Executive Board of Metropolia UAS
The Executive Board of Metropolia UAS is the supreme body making operational decisions for the University of Applied Sciences. It decides the UAS’s strategy, action plans and budget and elects and dismisses the principal. The board consists of representatives of the college’s owners, staff and students.
5/2022 – 5/2023
Tekla Kosonen
Board of Directors
The Leadership Forum consists of members of Metropolia’s management, heads of school, and student and staff representatives. The Forum will discuss and decide on the principles governing the everyday teaching and activities of Metropolia and the organization of education.
2023
Pauliina Tuominen, Eero Hemminki, Maini Tran, Aatu Pulkkinen
Legal Protection Committee
The Legal Protection Committee handles students’ legal protection and disciplinary matters on a case-by-case basis and makes a closing motion to the principal. The term of office of the Legal Protection Committee is two calendar years.
2023-2024
Member: Chili Laurila
Vice members: Pauliina Tuominen and Eero Hemminki
Specialist member: Mari Purhonen
Board of Examiners
The Board of Examiners considers the adjustment requirements related to the evaluation of credit and the identification and recognition of previously acquired competencies. The term of office of the Board of Examiners is two calendar years.
2023-2024
Member: Teemu Kokkonen
Vice member: Juuli Ärttö
Specialist member: Mari Purhonen
Advisory Councils of study programmes
Each degree in Metropolia has an advisory board. They maintain the connection between work life and the university and act as an expert in teaching in this field. The advisory board covers issues such as curriculum reforms. Only students of the given field may apply to their respective advisory boards.
Most councils operate in Finnish and they do not have an official English name. This is why they are shown here in Finnish.
3D-animoinnin ja visualisoinnin neuvottelukunta
2023: –
Ajoneuvotekniikan neuvottelukunta
2023: Marco Toivanen
Apuvälinetekniikan neuvottelukunta
2023: Maija Noronen
Bio- ja kemiantekniikan neuvottelukunta
2023: Reija Rautiainen
Bioanalytiikan neuvottelukunta
2023: –
CRASH-tutkintojen neuvottelukunta
2023: Hanne Aura
Digitaalisen muotoilun neuvottelukunta
2023: –
Elokuvan ja television neuvottelukunta
2023: –
Energia- ja ympäristötekniikan neuvottelukunta
2023: Chili Laurila
Ensihoidon neuvottelukunta
2023: Nea Sorjonen
Esitys- ja teatteritekniikan neuvottelukunta
2023: Sami Weber
Fysioterapian neuvottelukunta
2023: –
Jalkaterapian neuvottelukunta:
2023: –
Konetekniikan neuvottelukunta:
2023: Joona Sarvi
Konservoinnin neuvottelukunta
2023: Laura Hamunen
Kulttuurituotannon neuvottelukunta
2023: Tessa Manula
Kuntoutuksen YAMK-tutkinnon neuvottelukunta
2023: Minna Salmipuro
Kätilötyön neuvottelukunta
2023: Elina Maculuba
Laboratorioanalytiikan neuvottelukunta
2023: Maria Ristolainen
Liiketalouden neuvottelukunta
2023: Miitta Vahvelainen
Maanmittaustekniikan neuvottelukunta
2023: Niina Romo and Satu Elomaa
Muotoilun neuvottelukunta
2023: –
Musiikin neuvottelukunta
2023: Mikko Antikainen and Severi Seppänen
Optometrian neuvottelukunta
2023: –
Osteopatian neuvottelukunta
2023: Anne Vuotinen and Kimmo Huima
Radiografian ja sädehoidon neuvottelukunta
2023: Hilda Lindroos
Rakennusalan työnjohdon neuvottelukunta
2023: Aake Perälä & Nea Haimakainen
Rakennusarkkitehtuurin neuvottelukunta
2023: –
Rakennustekniikan neuvottelukunta
2023: Jukka Gröhn
Sairaanhoitotyön neuvottelukunta
2023: Otto Rajamäki and Eunice Siame-Moono
Sosiaalialan neuvottelukunta
2023: Anni Lipsanen
Suun terveydenhuollon neuvottelukunta
2023: Iida Nojonen
Sähkö- ja automaatiotekniikan neuvottelukunta
2023: Santeri Hietanen and Mika Laaksonen
Talotekniikan neuvottelukunta
2023: Harri Kokko & Antti Elolähde
Terveyden osaamisalueen YAMK-tutkintojen neuvottelukunta
2023: Taru Juntunen
Terveydenhoitotyön neuvottelukunta
2023: Merja Saranpää
Tieto- ja viestintätekniikan ja tuotantotalouden neuvottelukunta
2023: Tytti Vilén
Toimintaterapian ja vanhustyön neuvottelukunta
2023: Saikal Osmonalieva and Hanna Hokkanen
Vaatetusalan neuvottelukunta
2023: Elisabet Waris
Vanhustyön YAMK-tutkinnon neuvottelukunta
2023: –
Visuaalisen viestinnän muotoilun neuvottelukunta
2023: Tia Tast
XR Designin neuvottelukunta
2023: May Nevanlinna
Other student representatives
Campus groups
Arabia
Lauri Kanerva, Henri Van De Coevering
Karamalmi
Pauliina Tuominen, Eero Hemminki
Myllypuro
Teemu Stolt, Anni Haavisto
Myyrmäki
Juuli Ärttö, Catherine Gallego
HOAS
HOAS is the student apartment provider at the metropolitan area. It is managed by students.
Board of directors:
2023: Janne Hälinen & Matilda Stirkkinen
Students' Social Activities at Metropolia courses
The courses last one calendar year and include some small written assignments as well as participation in training provided by the student union. The study module is built according to the Learning Track, in which the student progresses from the basics of association activities to more demanding tasks.
You can select parts from the set:
- Students’ Social Activities at Metropolia 1 (XX00CR15-3001)
- After completing the course, the student knows the basics of Student Union and Student Association activities in the University of Applied Sciences environment.
- Students’ Social Activities at Metropolia 2 (XX00CR16-3001)
- The student is familiar with the Student Union and Student Association environment in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences and is able to apply what they have learned independently in demanding tasks.
- Students’ Social Activities at Metropolia 3 (XX00CR17-3001)
- The student knows the activities of the student organization field and knows how the activities of organizations are developed at a strategic level.
More detailed contents and goals are in the study guide. Further information on the courses is provided primarily by the Student Union advocacy specialist.
Further information
Mari Purhonen
Specialist, Advocacy and Communications
mari.purhonen@metkaweb.fi
050 382 1024
Updated 20.2.2023
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