For students
Join Unite! for easy access to international courses and opportunities for collaboration. You can internationalise your studies even without leaving home! Think, international courses on technology, multi-disciplinary topics, languages, and culture. We also provide funding for building extra-curricular activities with other Unite! students.
Unite! offers students new forms of student mobility, joint programs, online courses, summer schools, researcher seminars and collaborative courses, which may include short-term mobility periods. Courses and other activities are mainly offered for master's and doctoral students, but many events, extracurricular activities and project courses are also suitable for Bachelor's students.
Unite! Catalogue for Students
Here you can find all Unite! offers like courses, summer schools and much more.
Unite! news
Study abroad from home with Unite’s Virtual Exchange Credit Programme (VECP) Courses
Studying abroad without leaving home is possible through Unite!’s Virtual Exchange Credit Programme (VECP). New courses in computer science, language and intercultural competence are now open for applications.
Register for the Unite! Training Programme on Sustainability for Prospective Leaders
A transnational online programme for students, faculty, and leaders who want to advance sustainability initiatives within their institutions. Register by 13 February 2026.
Submit your ideas to the Unite! Widening Training Series for Researchers
Unite!Widening invites staff, faculty and researchers from Aalto to help design a new, hands-on training series for researchers.
Unite! Seed Fund 2026: Open for applications
The 2026 Unite! Seed Fund call is officially open, offering funding across three strategic lines: Student Activities, Teaching and Learning, and Research and PhD. Deadline for applications is 20 March 2026.Online courses
Aalto students can apply for online courses offered by various Unite! universities. These courses are conducted fully online and provide an excellent opportunity to study at a European partner university and collaborate with students from across Europe. See the Catalogue for Students for the up-to-date list of offers.
See the Student Guide for more information (accessible only to Aalto students).
Traditional Semester Exchange
Unite! students are also encouraged to take traditional semester exchanges. Please visit this page for all you need to know as an Aalto student.
Degree Programmes
The Master’s Programme in Communications and Data Science (CoDaS) is a double-degree programme in which students study at two universities in two different countries. The programme deepens your expertise in computer networks and cybersecurity while providing valuable professional experience through industry-focused projects and entrepreneurship training. The application round is now closed- please read more here.
Communications and Data Science, Master of Science (Technology)
The Communications and Data Science Double Degree Programme covers a range of timely, industry topics relevant to modern fields of engineering. Communications and Data Science is a two-year master's programme, with student mobility between Aalto University, Grenoble INP Graduate schools of Engineering and Management at Université Grenoble Alpes, or Técnico Lisboa at Universidade de Lisboa.
Student association SURE!
At Unite!, students are equal partners and participate in the network's advisory bodies as well as in the planning and implementation of various activities. Students also have their own association, SURE! - Students Unite! for Representation and Empowerment.
Aalto’s student representatives for 2025 are Vivi Beng and Luísa Cardoso (for Bachelor and Master students) and Kimiya Tajik (for Doctoral students).