Represent Aalto as a student ambassador
Aalto student ambassadors and campus guides
Aalto student ambassadors
Aalto student ambassadors are Aalto students who visit Finnish upper secondary schools to talk about studying at Aalto, the degree programmes offered, student life, as well as career opportunities after graduation. Visits are organised all around Finland at schools, garrisons, and various events, either on site or online. Presentations may take place also on the Aalto campus, where they can be combined to a tour of the campus. The student ambassadors represent all three fields of education at Aalto: economics and business administration, art and design, and technology.
Student ambassadors will have a prepared presentation material at their use and the material can be modified according to each student's own wishes. In addition to the general representation of each field of study at Aalto, emphasis is also given to student life, international opportunities and career possibilities.
To become a student ambassador, you need to take an online course organised by Admission Services, after which you will be contacted by Admission Services when a presentation by a student ambassador is needed. As a student ambassador, you can also contact upper secondary schools yourself and offer to give them a presentation.
General upper secondary schools (‘lukio’) and other upper secondary schools may contact Aalto University Admission Services to request for a presentation to be given at a time of their choice.
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Information will be updated in august 2024.
Why become an Aalto student ambassador / campus guide?
- You will gain some extra income and work experience.
- You will become a more experienced and confident public speaker.
- You get to share your experience-based expertise with an engaged audience.
- You can help young people find a field of study that intrigues them.
- Your presentation will encourage different types of people to apply to degree programmes in technology, art and design, and economics and business administration. This way, you will promote equality and diversity in education.
- You will help Aalto University attract the most brilliant and creative minds!
Aalto student ambassador online training is only available in Finnish and Swedish
Student ambassador training has been renewed in Autumn 2023. You may now do the training whenever it suits you as a MyCourses course (Aalto-yliopiston infoilijakoulutus). You can accomplish the course anytime during the year and no separate registration is needed. It takes about 1,5 to 2 hours to complete the course. The training is available in Finnish and Swedish.
In the training, you'll get to know the practices of being a student ambassador as well as the contents of the Aalto presentation given by the student ambassadors, including the Aalto fields of education, application procedures and various topics related to studying. You'll also get an opportunity to think what you want to tell about your own experience at Aalto. The training includes tips and guidance on the presentation event as well.
At the end of the training, you will leave your contact information so that we can add you to our Student ambassador mailing list and offer you opportunities to represent Aalto as a student ambassador.
Are you already a trained Aalto student ambassador? Please read the below instructions.
- Check your email in case of offers for student ambassador duties.
- Think about schools that might have suitable audiences for a presentation about Aalto and check with the Admission Services to see if the school is available. Wait for a confirmation that the school has been reserved for you. Also note that you can give an online presentation about your studies at Aalto to a school abroad (outside Finland).
- Contact the school and agree on a schedule with them.
- Email the Admission Services to inform them of the date and duration of your presentation.
- If needed, consult this page for guidelines on giving an online presentation.
Note! The presentations shall not be recorded on video. - Download the student ambassador presentation from this page and go through it.
- Give an inspiring presentation!
- Make sure that the teacher or student counsellor fills in their feedback form.
- Fill in the student ambassadors’ feedback form.
- Keep an eye on your email. Aalto's payment system automatically sends a request to add your personal data form and tax card to the system.
If the personal data form and tax card are not submitted to the system within 30 days, the payment will be cancelled. The request will not be sent if your attachments are already in the system. In that case you do not need to submit them again.
You need to return the feedback form separately for every presentation you give.
The remuneration for a presentation is 100 euros/presentation, and it is possible to share it between two students (at the most). To receive remuneration, you are expected to give a presentation of 45–75 minutes. As a rule, travel expenses are not reimbursed. The amount of remuneration depends on the number of presentations held:
100 € / presentation / term for 1–5 presentations
40 € / presentation / term for 6–10 presentations
20 € / presentation / term for 11 or more presentations
In cases where Admission Services is recruiting student ambassadors for a specific presentation, as as rule, the remuneration is 50-100 euros regardless of the number of presentations the ambassador might have already given.
Exceptions to the above remuneration rule and travel expenses are possible in cases where Admission Services is looking for an ambassador to represent Aalto in a location that might be difficult to reach. Such exceptions are always agreed upon in advance with Admission Services.
In order to get a remuneration for your presentation, you must always first agree on giving the presentation with Admission Services. You should always agree on giving a presentation with the Admission Services well in advance, minimum two weeks before the presentation (e-mail address on the bottom of the page). As a rule, any upper secondary school can be visited once per academic term / field of study (business and economics / arts, design and architecture / science and technology). However an exception to this rule can be made by the Admission Services.
Only students who have participated in the training given by Admission Services are entitled to remuneration for representing Aalto.
Admission Services also recruits students to represent Aalto at various events such as fairs. Please note that you can only get a remuneration for participating in a fair, when Admission Services has first decided to officially take part in that fair and then offered the possibility to represent Aalto to the student ambassadors. Representing Aalto at a fair is usually compensated on an hourly basis and the remuneration is always agreed on in advance.
Materials
Presentations
You can download the official presentation for Aalto University 2023–2024 in English, Finnish, and Swedish below. It provides a good overview of Aalto, especially for those interested in Aalto’s bachelor’s programmes.
Forms
Use the links below to download the feedback forms:
Feedback form for study counsellors and teachers 2024-2025 (webropol)Feedback form for Aalto ambassadors 2024-2025 (webropol)Feedback form for Aalto campus guides 2024-2025 (webropol)
Contact information
Aalto University Admission Services
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Please note that the information on this page concerns only students on the Otaniemi campus. The Mikkeli campus has its own practices in this respect.
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