Pool of Experts

We are now piloting a new, simple tool to facilitate in making contacts for the collaboration in the IB BSc program.

The Pool of Experts offers:

• Experts an opportunity to share their expertise to the students of IB program
• Our lecturers a means of finding new experts to participate in their courses 
• New learning opportunities for our students as well as the participating external experts and our faculty

If you are interested in participating, please submit your proposal in our Pool of Experts. The information will stay valid for one year (unless refreshed) during which our lecturers will have access to it. Our lecturers will contact you when they find a topic suitable for their course.

Please note that we may not be able to take up every proposal, however interesting the topic, as only a limited number of courses run at any given time. Also please note that the School does not pay a fee to the external participants. 

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Types of collaboration are 

• real-life cases and projects (i.e. typically concise challenges for our students to work on during a course),
• guest lectures (lecture provided by an expert in one session)

Below you can find more detailed descriptions of each of the modes of collaboration. From the bottom of the page, you can also find links to our different study programs.

For more information, please contact

Annemari Rautio
Senior Manager, Corporate Relations
annemari.rautio@aalto.fi

Real-life cases and projects

In real-life case teaching, students deal with an actual real-life business challenge. The process varies somewhat between courses, and the responsible teacher will provide more detailed instructions, but a typical way for experts to participate is the following:

The expert provides a short description (with the relevant background materials) of the problem or challenge faced in their business. During the course, students work in groups on the case, apply their knowledge, and finally present their conclusions and recommendations to the expert.

The method advances students’ working life skills by developing their capacity to conceive complex real-life challenges, to apply knowledge obtained from education in practical situations, and to present solutions. For experts, in addition to the students’ suggestions, the method offers opportunities for interaction with students.

There are usually two lectures where the expert is present – presenting the case and finally the student presentations on the conclusions and recommendations.

The use of the method and its specific implementation is always at the discretion of the responsible teacher and needs to be agreed with the teacher in advance to meet the learning objectives of the course.

Guest Lectures 

Guest lectures are a common way for external experts to share their perspective on the subject at hand in many of our courses.  Guest lecturers are often invited to the courses by the teacher in charge. Proposals for new guests and topics are also welcome.

A good guest lecturer does not use time on giving a “company presentation”, except as needed to present the context of the lecture (e.g. industry, size, environment). It is important to agree on the content of the lecture in advance with the responsible teacher to ensure it meets the learning objectives of the course.

Thesis, jobs and internships

If you have a topic you are interested in that would be suitable for a thesis assignment, you can post your proposal in the Aalto JobTeaser targeted to the students of Aalto University. You can also post jobs and internships there.

Studies at Aalto University School of Business

The Pool of Experts  concerns only the Bachelor’s Programme in International Business at the School of Business . You can find detailed information on the program here: https://www.aalto.fi/en/programmes/bachelors-programme-in-international-business