Ilkka Kontula, LL.M., M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Admin), who passed away in 2012, studied both at the Helsinki School of Economics (today Aalto University School of Business) and the University of Helsinki. With his bequest, he wanted to give assistance to students in their everyday lives. Thus, the Ilkka Kontula Foundation awards annual incentive scholarships to students of the School of Business and the Faculty of Law at the University of Helsinki.
Scholarships are awarded to successful students who have completed at least 80 credit units during their first three terms. Personal scholarships are worth 1000 euros.
Here are the students who were awarded the scholarships.
Bachelor’s Programme students:
| Iiro | Alm |
| Tuukka | Grönberg |
| Otso | Harmaajärvi |
| Petriina | Heikkinen |
| Pyry | Heiskanen |
| Oskari | Karhu |
| Elmo | Kekkonen |
| Anni | Koskinen |
| Juho | Kymäläinen |
| Joonas | Lappalainen |
| Mikko | Lassila |
| Jesper | Lauronen |
| Tuomas | Levonen |
| Arttu | Malmlund |
| Santeri | Määttänen |
| Jialin | Ni |
| Weixin | Niemi |
| Joonas | Nieminen |
| Tobias | Nikko |
| Elias | Odrischinsky |
| Atte | Paananen |
| Veikko | Pere |
| Helmi | Peräkylä |
| Anni | Pietikäinen |
| Santtu | Pihanurmi |
| Anton | Piippo |
| Juho | Puttonen |
| Emma | Rosenberg |
| Joel | Ryynänen |
| Saman | Saama |
| Teemu | Salmela |
| Eemi | Salmelin |
| Klaus | Syrjä |
| Rasmus | Söderström |
| Jonathan | Talja |
| Markus | Tiula |
| Petteri | Tuominen |
| Tomas | Turkki |
| Clarissa | Tuutti |
| Waltteri | Vaittinen |
| Antti | Vartiainen |
| Benjamin | Ylipää |
| Oona | Yrjölä |
International Business (BScBA Program) students in Mikkeli campus:
| Aarne | Airinen |
| Vinh | Dao |
| Anastasiia | Derbeneva |
| Juulia | Karaila |
| Rainer | Kravets |
| Ni | Nguyen |
| Quy | Pham |
| Le Hai Yen | Pham |
| Niina | Putkonen |
| Senni | Taavitsainen |
| Khoi | Tran |
Economics students:
| Marko | Ikävalko |
| Aksel | Bektas |
| Patrik | Jüngling |
| Aleksi | Mettälä |
Additionally, a student was awarded the grant, but did not want the name to be published on the webpage.
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