Study Projects
In study projects, students solve real-life cases together with companies and other organisations.
Career Design Lab
Experiment Lifewide
Learning does not happen only in classrooms or stop upon graduation. Lifewide learning includes all settings and opportunities to learn career-relevant skills across different spheres of life.
The importance of exploring and experimenting
A central design thinking rule is that you make a prototype to test your ideas. This is an important philosophy to have in the future of work where there are no final solutions. There is no need to feel that you have found the perfect job/profession for life right away.
Explore different career options online and see where our alumni have ended up. Consider different paths: industry, entrepreneurship, academia, non-profits… You can prototype your career by doing small-scale experiments while you study: talk to alumni in that field, take an extra class, volunteering, summer jobs, internships etc. The reflect on your experience The experiences you gain also help to build your network and develop your skills life-wide, outside the classroom.
Although you are the only person who knows and decides what kind of a career you want to create, career design works best in collaboration. Other people can pinpoint blind spots, see strengths that you may take for granted and help ideate career prototypes.
Have you considered volunteering or participating in Aalto's lively student culture?
Aalto and Otaniemi are full of different associations where you can volunteer your time and effort to participate in event organizing, student advocacy, campus development and many other things. AYY, KY, different guilds, clubs and subject clubs offer countless possibilities to participate during your time as a student.
Aalto University Summer School
Aalto University Summer School offers high quality academic summer courses and programs at Aalto University.
International internships
Information about internships abroad and grant
Advancing entrepreneurship and innovations
Behind Aalto's entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem are both student-led entrepreneurial activities and the university's own research and innovation hubs.
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