Bachelor's Degree Programme in Applied Gerontology is a bachelor's degree in Medicine & Health programme offered by Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland. The programme runs for 3.5 years, delivered in a blended format. It carries 210.0 credits (ECTS). Teaching is in English, Finnish. Tuition for international students is EUR 11,500 per year.
This degree trains professionals for ageing and elderly care across roles in the social and health care sectors, aiming to help older adults live full, participatory lives with meaningful everyday experiences. Teaching rests on a holistic view of the person and treats ageing as a distinct, valuable stage of life, built on the belief that older people remain resourceful and stay active within their own lives and communities, with ethical principles of elderly care guiding the programme's approach. Study develops multidisciplinary expertise and collaborative work within networks of ageing and elderly services, with the curriculum shaped around future competence needs in the field, including gerontological care coordination, digital skills and work on memory. Students learn to judge what individual older people and their families need across varied life situations and to support their autonomy, agency and participation. Graduates work across different elderly-care environments while recognising the particular characteristics of different client groups, promoting older adults' health, well-being and functional ability, identifying future development needs, acting as developers within multidisciplinary cooperation, and taking on leadership roles within the elderly-care sector.
