The potential labour market in the metropolitan area is being built today by young, energetic, and well-educated people who are just reaching working age. A number of public and private universities operate in the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area, which, together with research institutes and scientific research personnel, are shaping the future workforce for the whole of northern Poland. Public universities have the biggest share in education across various specialties, particularly the University of Gdańsk, the Gdańsk University of Technology, the Medical University of Gdańsk, and the Naval Academy.

Over the past two decades, there has been a rapid development of private universities educating primarily graduates in the fields of law, administration, business management, finance, and accounting. More than twenty such universities and their affiliates operate in the metropolitan area. From year to year, there is an increase in the number of courses and places available for new students, alongside a steady rise in the number of graduates. Today, tens of thousands of students are pursuing higher education at institutions across the region.

The changing structure of education is highly significant for the future of the region, and especially for its economy. Year after year, more graduates are sought by the technology, engineering, architecture, construction, IT, and environmental protection sectors. One way of encouraging young people to pursue studies in technical fields is the annual Baltic Science Festival, which is organized by universities from across the metropolitan area. At the same time, there remains strong interest in the fields of economics and administration.

The growing number of students and the evolving demands placed on universities by the economy mean that study and research facilities are constantly being developed. This is particularly evident in the examples of the major universities in the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area. The Gdańsk University of Technology has added modern facilities, including advanced complexes for the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics. Meanwhile, the University of Gdańsk has continued the intensive development of its modern campuses in Gdańsk-Oliwa and Sopot.

Significant investments by the University of Gdańsk include a new complex for the Faculty of Management in Sopot, a modern Main Library, the Faculty of Law and Administration, the Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Institute of Geography in Gdańsk, as well as the Institute of Oceanography in Gdynia. Another crucial element of the region's educational infrastructure is the modern clinical center—including the University Centre for Invasive Medicine—which not only treats patients but also educates new professionals studying at the Medical University of Gdańsk. The facilities of the Academy of Music and the Academy of Physical Education and Sport in Gdańsk have also been significantly expanded and modernized.