Steps of the graduation process - see more info on each of them below:

1. Make sure your Personal Study Plan on Sisu is up to date and all parts approved by staff.
2. Request graduation on Sisu by filling out a graduation request through your study plan on Sisu.
3. Report also in the graduation request form your choice of a master’s programme.
4. If you are eligible for tuition fees, you can apply for a MSc scholarship in the BSc graduation request.
5. Answer the Finnish Bachelor’s Graduate Survey.

Before you can submit your diploma request, all your studies must be completed and their credits entered into Aalto student register system Sisu. Exceptions to this are transfer credits, especially from courses completed during student exchange. In the table below there is a separate column to show the deadline for the foreign transcript and the study abroad credit transfer to be completed. NOTE. Also the completion date of these transferred credits in the foreign transcript must be at latest the date of submitting the diploma request/graduation date.

The deadline for submitting the diploma request is the official date of graduation, which will be printed on the diploma. As soon – after the diploma request deadline – as all the criteria for graduation is fulfilled, the diploma process can be started by the staff processing diplomas. Please note that you must be enrolled as an attending student on your graduation day.

In case all the criteria for graduation is not fulfilled by the given deadline, the graduation date will automatically move to the following month.

Diploma request must be submitted by filling out a graduation request through your study plan on Sisu. Your graduation request on Sisu should be based on your up-to-date primary study plan. Creating a study plan on Sisu is compulsory because Sisu generates the degree certificate based on the study plan and the graduation request.

• Personal study plan has to be up-to-date and in order before you are able to apply graduation. Check your study plan three weeks before the deadline for applying graduation that your study plan in Sisu is an state which enables you to apply graduation. In below you can find the deadlines for this process.  
• Apply for approval for modules that require approval or if you have done changes to approved selections. If you see notification “selections against the rules”, check that you have selected right courses and use free editing mode for approval. Contact Mari Syväoja by email in case there are any doubts.
• Detailed instructions for drafting the study plan and applying for approval can be found from Sisu info slides (PDF) available on the Planning your studies page. Please note that the instructions for Mikkeli students are somewhat different then for the Otaniemi students.
• Look at instructions how to request for graduation on Sisu

If there are modules in your study plan that require separate approval, are against the rules or are in some other state that prevents graduation, you can not apply graduation and the problem might take more than couple of days to resolve. If the study plan is not in order in time, the graduation will be postponed to the next possible graduation date.

When you graduate and continue your studies in Aalto University, your user account and email address remain the same. In cases when the graduate is not continuing studies in Aalto University, the user account and e-mail address remain in effect four months after your graduation day.

Please keep the Mikkeli study office informed on your contact information and send your new personal email address to us.

The electronic degree certificate

From the beginning of academic year 2025-2026 (1 August 2025 onwards) Aalto University started issuing the electronic degree certificates. Information on the certificate and FAQ's can be found from this page: The electronic degree certificate and FAQ | Aalto University. 

• After the graduation date, we will register your degree in Sisu based on your study plan.
  • If there are errors or if completed studies are missing from your study plan, we will contact you after the graduation date. Remember therefore to read your Aalto email regularly!
  • All degrees of students who graduate on the same day will be registered according to the same timetable only after missing grades have been registered to Sisu, that is why graduation requests in Sisu take about four to five weeks to process after the graduation date. Especially with July and December graduation dates, processing graduation applications takes longer due to the volume of applications.
• When your degree is registered, your electronic degree certificate will be sent to the Dean to be electronically signed.
  • Once your electronic degree certificate is signed, you will receive your electronic degree certificate via email.
• We will send further information regarding the graduation ceremony to all graduates of the same date once the degrees have been registered.

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Include your choice of master’s programme in your graduation application. You need to apply for the BSc graduation on Sisu through the primary study plan that matches your right to study. The link to the instructions can be found above.

Your study right to MSc degree will be opened as soon as possible after all your BSc degree credits are in the Aalto student register. We will inform you as soon as the process is completed. After this you can complete a personal study plan for your MSc studies.

Please note that there are certain preconditions to the MSc Programmes (below). The students must also inform the staff when they are planning to start their master’s studies in the Master's programme (check the academic periods of Otaniemi Campus here).

If you are eligible for tuition fees, you can apply for a MSc scholarship in the BSc graduation request.

Information about transferring to Master's studies (PDF)

The table below describes the criteria for the Bachelor's Programme in International Business graduates to continue studies at the Aalto BIZ MSc programs. The criteria is valid for students accepted to the programme in year 2015 or after that.

The studies described with each Master's programme need to be completed by the graduation and they need to be included to the B.Sc. degree studies. The students will inform the staff on their choice of the M.Sc. programme when applying for the Bachelor’s diploma.

You are allowed to follow the criteria on force at the time when the your study right began in the School of Business, or the new criteria on force, if that is more beneficial for you.

* Should specific courses be discontinued, equivalent new courses are accepted

The BScBA graduates who

• do not have the automatic study right for the Otaniemi campus Master’s programmes or
• who have the automatic study right, but want to apply for one of the three Master’s programmes above for which a separate admission process is required for all BSc graduates,

can find information on the admission criteria for Master’s programmes here.

When the student has ordered the BSc diploma and the staff has confirmed that all requirements for the diploma are fulfilled, the student can start completing Master’s level courses.

Below you can find important information on how to begin your Master’s studies at the Aalto University School of Business Otaniemi campus. Please note that the practices between the two campuses will differ from each other. Therefore, read carefully the following information, especially the sections related to planning your studies and course registration practices.

For more information and details, please visit your Master's programme's programme pages. You can find your programme here.

1. Programme pages and degree structure

   Take a look at the programme pages and get to know the structure of the Master’s degree. You can find your programme here. On the programme pages, you can find the Master’s degree structure, the course contents of each programme and the periods when each course is lectured. The detailed course descriptions are available in Sisu, where you will also find the current and future teaching of that course. Here you can find instructions on how to use Sisu.

2. Personal Study Plan (PSP/HOPS)
   
   Plan your studies by updating your Personal Study Plan (PSP) on Sisu. The Master's programme studies are added to the same PSP you have used for your Bachelor's studies (except for the three Master's programmes that require a separate application via Master's admissions). 

   The study plan is made for the whole Master’s degree, i.e you choose the courses you plan to complete in your major, possible minor and elective studies, and plan the timing of the studies. When your plan is ready, send it to your programme’s planning officer for approval. In practice, this means that you ask for an approval for the modules that require a separate approval. If the plan fulfills the degree requirements, the planning officer will approve the plan. If some changes are required, the planning officer will write you and give you instructions. Your programme’s pages in the Student Guide and Sisu are useful tools to support your study planning. 

   Note that you can always make changes in your PSP, i.e you can, for example, change the minor or single courses in your degree. In case you change something in your PSP, remember to send it again for approval to your planning officer. The first version you create does not have to be the final version for your Master’s degree. 
   
   For more information on PSP and for tips on how to create one, please visit your programme's pages in the Student Guide (section Planning your studies). You can also contact the planning officer of your Master’s programme (contact details below) in case of questions regarding PSP and timing of courses.

3. Registration for courses and exams
   
   You need to register for courses and exams via Sisu. The registration time for the courses is usually 28-7 days before the period begins. Registration for courses with an unlimited number of participants may also end later. Always check the registration schedule for each course on Sisu. For more information on course registration, please visit Sisu instructions.

   When you are enrolled to the course, you are automatically registered for the 1st exam called “course exam” (kurssitentti). However, if you want to take a re-exam, you always need to register for it separately. The dates and times for examinations are published on Sisu in June for the next academic year. Registration for the re-exams begins at least 60 days and ends at the latest 7 days before the examination date. Make sure you register for the exams on time and always check that your registration was successful.

4. Student services

   Planning Officers offer the students study guidance and counselling. You can find the Planning Officers’ contact details below in the programme-specific information and on your programme's pages in the Student Guide (section Contact). You can also book a meeting with your Planning Officer via MyStudies. 

   Starting Point provides advice on practical questions concerning your studies, such as registering for the academic year, transcripts of records and certificates of attendance.

5. Orientation week

   Every fall before the academic year begins the School of Business organizes an orientation week for the new Master’s students. You are welcome to join the orientation week! You will receive an invitation by email during summer.

Each master’s programme of the School of Business has defined the prerequisites for continuing to that programme from a given bachelor’s programme major. When reading the chart below, you should follow the criteria that were in force when you were first granted your right to study, or a later set of criteria, whichever is more advantageous to you. Please note, that these criteria applies for students whose study right has started 1.8.2026 or later.

Please note! The criteria specified below apply only to the students transferring from the Bachelor's Programme in Economics. Students of the Bachelor’s Programme in Economics and the Bachelor’s Programme in Business (taught in Finnish) should consult their programme pages for details.

* Should specific courses be discontinued, equivalent new courses are accepted

All Finnish universities gather student feedback from all students who have graduated with a bachelor’s degree. Your feedback is important, because it is used to develop tuition and study services and part of the university core funding is based on this feedback. Used scale is the following: 1 = I completely disagree; 2 = I disagree; 3 = I neither agree nor disagree; 4 = I agree; 5 = I completely agree. Please try to answer all of the questions to the best of your ability. If you have any technical problems or questions about the survey, please contact kandipalaute@aalto.fi.

Please respond the survey here, if you have not already responded. Login via HAKA with your Aalto credentials.

BScBA alumni are invited to join the Facebook group BABAlumni (Mikkeli Campus) and sign-up for the alumni mailing list here. The BScBA Alumni Association organizes events throughout the year in order to keep in touch with fellow classmates and also meet new Babas from different classes.

Aalto University Alumni Network

When you graduate with a degree from the School of Business, you become an alumnus/a of both the School of Business and Aalto University. Aalto Alumni Community is a unique community of multidisciplinary experts in various sectors in the Finnish society and abroad. Belonging to the alumni community is free and does not bind you to anything. You can always choose how actively you want to participate.

Aalto University graduates' degree information is saved automatically in the alumni register (CRM) after the graduation. Make sure to keep your contact information up to date at aalto.fi/biz/alumni.