Metropolia user IDs to Metropolia systems are issued to students in the beginning of studies and to staff in the beginning of employment.
The use of user IDs and systems involves resonsibilities on the part of the administrator, i.e. IT Services as well as responsibilities and rights on the part of users.
By activating his or her user account the user accepts the information systems' use policy and the regulations for handling e-mail.
The use policies are in accordance with the Finnish law, the national agreements that Metropolia has entered into, Metropolia rules and guide lines concerning information systems and proprieties.
The information security of Metropolia requires that the students and the staff follow the instructions concerning user IDs and e-mail policy.
Instructions concerning the issuance of user IDs and passwords can be found here.
Procedures other than the ones laid out in the instructions, e.g. sending an activation code in unprotected e-mail, violates the national agreements that Metropolia has entered into, such as the agreement concerning the national inter-university use of information systems using Haka IDs.
For rules, policies and instructions concerning user IDs, click here.