Metropolia UAS IT Programme changes after 31.7.2024

[jg_nuy]

My son did, using ACEI. They have an option where you can upload the transcript from Metropolia.

[animuscerebri]

Has anyone successfully transferred Metropolia credits to a US institution and could let me know how? I've done 20 credits with metropolia and want to transfer them to TESU but Metropolia only allows me to download a transcript myself and the credit certification organisations in the US require to have it sent directly by Metropolia themselves, so unsure how to go about it.

Yes, I have.

1) I wouldn't transfer just 20 credits, because they become at minimum 10 US creds, which is not a lot for all that work and time investment to get them transferred in. However, if you just need those 10 credits, then go for it.

2) Before you do anything at Metropolia, you first have to decide which Foreign Credit Evaluator (FCE) you choose. There are quite a lot out there. This FCE is very important, because that (private) organization determines a) how fast you get your credits evaluated and b) how many credits they grant.

3) When you decide which FCE you want, you first have to create an application there and pay their fees. Back in the day, it was around $200 - 250 for ONE course-by-course evaluation. I don't know their current prices, you gotta research. When you have your FCE evaluation application (and all other documents they wanna see, such as your foreign high school diploma equivalent, in some cases, not all FCEs want that, which includes extra costs for that document alone) ready, you get a number and the transmission route how the foreign university (in this case, Metropolia) needs to send your transcript to them. Then, you talk to the university people (Metropolia) if they can do it that way; I couldn't do all by email, I called by phone quite a lot. Back then, it was the archivist at Metropolia who sent it to WES, but I paid about 50 euros for that service at Metropolia. 

4) When the FCE is done, then it can send it to the respective US school.

5) Check which FCEs TESU accepts. TESU doesn't accept all.

General information: The biggest FCE is WES (https://www.wes.org/). They have been around for many decades and they have quite a lot of experience with many universities around the world. However, they are very slow (my experience from 2024-2025) It took almost 3 months to get my credits evaluated, and they didn't commit to any deadline they set themselves. I had to talk to their hotline people at least 11 times to ask for new deadlines. After the second month, I kind of gave up and looked for alternative FCEs, but then, out of the blue, I got the evaluation. I was pleasently surprised that I got more US credits than I anticipated and quite a lot of UL credits.

I also have knowledge about ACEI, they are pretty fast, but give you fewer credits, but super customer service and, but a little more expensive than WES.

As you can see, a lot of red tape and paperwork. That's why think four times whether you really transfer just 20 ECTS, because any other credits you wanna add later implies the same costs and work again.

If you have any follow-up questions, just ask.

[boblax]

My son did, using ACEI. They have an option where you can upload the transcript from Metropolia.

Could you let me know how long it took and did they require Metropolia to contact them directly? Because Metropolia refused when I asked them (several times).
Also, I see ACEI also requires to upload high school diploma when making an application, don't understand why that is necessary. Did you also have to go through this?

[animuscerebri]

@boblax,

I can't offer guidance on ACEI for Metropolia, but I came across a couple of 2023 threads that might help. @mariobros1985 did some pioneering work on this (btw, great job mariobros1985!):

- mariobros1985's experience getting his Metropolia transcript sent to TESU:
https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...or-Service

- mariobros1985's evaluation results and his attempt to appeal:
https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...Evaluation

[boblax]

Thanks for that, the issue for me now is that he says Metropolia agreed to send the transcript directly, but so far the people I've talked with at the university absolutely refuse to do so and just tell me to download my transcript from my student profile, which is obviously useless.

[boblax]

Bumping this to not open another thread.
It's been a month now that Metropolia has send my transcript at WES. I ordered the transcript via metropolia archive service thing and they confirmed by email that they had an official partnership with WES and sent them my transcript.
It was on March 3rd, we're April 4th and still zero mention from WES. I sent WES 3 (!!!) emails and have yet to receive an answer to a single one of them. I called their customer support but the woman was reading from her script and literally just told me to wait for the email answer.
First: what the fuck is wrong with WES? How are these fuckers charging hundreds of dollars for that shitty abysmal service and making you wait months without an answer?
Second: what can I do at this point? I'm thinking about just closing the application, asking for a refund and starting the process with another evaluator because I need these courses to move on with my degree at TESU.

Has anyone been in the same situation and could advise me? Or anyone has a good experience with another evaluation service?