Work Placement EBA 2025 (30 cr)

Objective

Upon completion of the placement, the student
• has acquired knowledge that will help to plan and evaluate future study and career development
• is able to take responsibility and work independently in the professional field chosen
• has developed professional and practical working skills for more demanding tasks in a specific business related area
• has developed and reinforced professional and interpersonal skills in a work environment and is able to work responsibly as a team member
• is able to apply the acquired knowledge into practice
• has developed technical skills associated with the nature of the work
• is able to promote ethically sustainable activities at the workplace
• develops and manages sustainable and responsible operating methods in work and promotes sustainable change in the work community.

Content

The 30 ECTS Work Placement is compulsory part of the Bachelor’s degree programme. The purpose of the placement is to give the student an opportunity to get acquainted with the placement company, their area of business and real-life company practices.

Placement can be completed as one 20 week period or in parts. If the student does the placement in two separate parts, the first placement is called general placement and the second is called professional placement. At least half of the placement should be professional.

Location and time

To be agreed with the placement coordinator

The placement is 30 ECTS and it can be completed either as 2 x 15 ECTS or 1 x 30 ECTS placements.

Materials

To be agreed with the placement coordinator

Read the instructions in the OMA workspace:
EBA and IBL Student information - Metropolia Business School -> PLACEMENT INTERNSHIP + JOB APPLICATIONS + USEFUL LINKS -> 1 Placement instructions for all students - start here

Teaching methods

To be agreed with the placement coordinator.

Before contacting your placement coordinator read the instructions in the OMA workspace:
EBA and IBL Student information - Metropolia Business School -> PLACEMENT INTERNSHIP + JOB APPLICATIONS + USEFUL LINKS -> 1 Placement instructions for all students - start here

Employer connections

To be agreed with the placement coordinator

Exam schedules

To be agreed with the placement coordinator

No exams, but a placement report needs to completed at the end of your placement

International connections

To be agreed with the placement coordinator

It is also possible to complete your placement outside of Finland

Completion alternatives

To be agreed with the placement coordinator

Student workload

To be agreed with the placement coordinator

Content scheduling

To be agreed with the placement coordinator

The placement in completed towards the end of your studies

Further information

To be agreed with the placement coordinator

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student
• has achieved the objectives of the course to a satisfactory level
• is able to identify, define and use concepts and models in the subject area of the course
• understands the conditions and principles of the development of expertise.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student
• has achieved the objectives of the course well, although there are still areas where knowledge and skills need to be improved
• has a good understanding of the concepts and models of the subject matter of the course and is able to carry out a reasoned analysis
• is able to apply what they have learned in leisure, learning and working life situations
• understands the importance of expertise in business and is able to analyse their own expertise.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
• has achieved the objectives of the course with excellent marks
• has an excellent command of the concepts and models of the subject matter of the course
• is able to analyse clearly and reasonably and propose practical development measures
• has a good ability to apply what they have learned in leisure, learning and working life situations
• is able to analyse expertise in business and their own development towards expertise.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student
• has achieved the objectives of the course to a satisfactory level
• is able to identify, define and use concepts and models in the subject area of the course
• understands the conditions and principles of the development of expertise.

Assessment methods and criteria

The placement is evaluated pass / fail

Qualifications

Core business studies, the student has started their professional major