Metropolitan may refer to:

• Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
• Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
• Metropolitan county, a type of county-level administrative division of England

• Colleges and universities

  • Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
  • London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
  • Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
  • Metropolitan Community College (Omaha), United States
  • Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States
    • Metro State Roadrunners
  • Metropolitan State University, in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
  • Swansea Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
  • Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

  Film

  • Metropolitan (1990 film), a film by Whit Stillman
  • Metropolitan (1935 film), a film by Richard Boleslawski

  Literature

  • Metropolitan (novel), a science fiction novel by Walter Jon Williams
  • The Metropolitan (newspaper), the college newspaper of Metropolitan State University of Denver
  • The Metropolitan Magazine, a publication from London
  • Metropolitan Magazine (New York City), a literary magazine
  • Seattle Metropolitan, a local-interest magazine published in Seattle, Washington

  Music

  • Metropolitan (band), an indie rock group from Washington, D.C.
  • "Metropolitan", a song by Nemo

  Transport

  Transit systems

  • Metropolitan (train), discontinued German luxury high-speed train service between Cologne and Hamburg
  • Metropolitan line, a London Underground route