Student feedback and surveys after graduation
Listening to students' voices is an important part of developing teaching and education, as well as the development and quality assurance of learning-related services. The feedback collected is used in different ways and at different levels, and the School of Business pays particular attention to its use. By responding to the Bachelor’s Graduate Survey and Career Monitoring Survey, you will also contribute to the funding that the University receives.
During your studies, you will be asked for a wide range of feedback. On this page you will find the main types of student feedback collected at the School of Business, as well as information on what your feedback will be used for. You will also receive other surveys from service departments, such as the annual spring survey from the Career Services, which collects feedback on career services. The results are used to improve the services.
After your studies, the most important surveys are conducted 1) at the time of graduation, 2) 1 year after graduation, 3) 3 years after graduation (by Financial Times) and 4) 5 years after graduation.
Be sure to respond to each survey when you receive it. Your response is important!
Feedback surveys during studies
Course feedback is automatically collected at the end of each course. The course feedback system at Aalto creates the surveys and sends a response link to the course students by email. In some cases, the link can also be obtained directly from the teacher of the course. Once the survey is closed and at least five students have responded, the course teacher will receive a feedback report by email. Course feedback is also summarised twice a year for the university and school management.
Course feedback responses are anonymous and it is not possible to link responses to respondents. The course feedback responses are used for the development of each course and teaching. The use of course feedback is an important part of the development of teaching, training and study-related services .
For more information: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/course-feedback-in-aalto-university and https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/what-can-teachers-do-to-improve-response-rates-in-course-feedback
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The Finnish Bachelor’s Graduate Survey is a nationwide electronic student feedback survey, which examines your satisfaction with Aalto University and your experiences of studying at Aalto. The survey is designed to provide information about students' studies and teaching in different disciplines. The student feedback questionnaire will be answered at the stage of completion of the Bachelor's degree.
The questionnaire is based on scientific research on learning, studying and teaching and on the HowULearn questionnaire developed by the University of Helsinki. The data collected will only be used statistically at the group level, and no individual student data will be monitored or reported.
At the end of the questionnaire there are questions that have been developed in cooperation with the trade union responsible for your field of education. We would like you to answer these questions as well. The feedback you give to these questions will also be used by the trade unions.
The results of your feedback will be used to improve the university's activities. In addition, the answers to the questionnaire will have an impact on the funding of the university. From 2021, the Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM) has allocated 3% of the basic funding allocated to universities on the basis of national Bachelor’s Graduate Survey. In 2023, this amounted to approximately €54 million.
More information: https://kandipalaute.fi/en
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AllWell? is an annual survey on student well-being. The survey is sent to second-year Bachelor students and first-year Master's students.
The AllWell? survey collects information about students' experiences of teaching, the learning environment and their own study skills. The survey aims to improve student well-being and academic success by promoting guidance, teaching, learning services and study skills.
A summary of the AllWell? student well-being survey results and programme-specific responses will be provided to programme directors and school management. Together with other feedback data, they will be used to support the development of teaching in educational programmes.
Students who complete the survey will receive personalised feedback after the survey closes, giving tips on how to better manage stress, how to improve their study skills and how to recognise the importance of emotional skills for learning.
More information: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/the-allwell-questionnaire-on-study-wellbeing
Feedback survey at the time of graduation
Answer the survey before collecting your certificate.
The Aalto University School of Business and the Suomen Ekonomit (The Business School Graduates in Finland) collect feedback from graduating Master's students on issues related to studies and employment. In the survey, we ask you about the smoothness of your studies, the degree you have completed and your working life experiences in relation to the skills you have developed during your studies.
Answer the survey before collecting your certificate.
Your answers will be treated confidentially and cannot be linked to the respondents. The feedback received will be used, for example, to evaluate and develop the university's activities and to monitor graduates' employment and salary levels.
More information: [email protected]
Feedback and career surveys after graduation
Why would you care about responding to surveys after you finish your studies? The quality of our School reflects the value of your degree in the long term.
You will receive the surveys to your email if you have a valid email address in the Aalto University alumni register. All Aalto University graduates are automatically alumni, but please make sure to keep your contact information up to date so that we can reach you in the future. You can update your contact information on the alumni's Update your contact information page.
You can also check out the School of Business alumni activities and join the School of Business alumni LinkedIn group, where you can network with other School of Business alumni.
In addition to the email, you can also receive the career monitoring survey by SMS or mail.
The School of Business Career Services sends out a placement career survey to Master's graduates about a year after graduation. The survey is conducted in September. The survey will be sent by e-mail.
The survey will collect feedback on the business degree in terms of placement and will also provide us with a wide range of information and skills needed in the working life. You can also give feedback to the School of Business alumni relations and career services.
The results are reported to the school and, to some extent, to students. The results are used, for example, in career guidance for students and in the development of teaching in degree programmes.
More information: https://www.aalto.fi/en/school-of-business/school-of-business-graduates-in-working-life and (only with aalto login) https://www.aalto.fi/en/school-of-business/school-of-business-masters-in-working-life-by-study-programs.
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Financial Times, Masters in Management
The Financial Times (FT) conducts an annual international Masters in Management (MiM) ranking, which aims to rank business schools' general management Masters programmes. The ranking measures, among other things, the career and salary performance of graduates, the achievement of personal goals by participants and the international character of the programmes. The FT ranking is based both on information provided by students through a survey and on statistical data produced by the schools. The survey is sent to graduates of the School of Business three years after graduation.
The survey is sent by the FT by e-mail every spring to all alumni cohorts in rotation, according to the contact information in the School of Business alumni register. Alumni have approximately one month to respond to the survey. In addition, each year we ask our graduates for some of the contact details missing from the alumni register, in order to ensure that we receive a sufficient number of respondents to the survey (the criterion is a response rate of at least 20% and at least 20 responses per school). Alumni responses make up more than half of the ranking score, so they are a key part of the overall picture.
The FT's MiM ranking is an internationally recognised ranking and success in it benefits both the school and our alumni through the recognition of their qualifications.
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The School of Business sends out a national career monitoring survey to Master's graduates about five years after graduation. The survey is conducted between October and December. You can receive the survey by e-mail, SMS or mail.
The career monitoring survey provides comprehensive information on the quality of employment of graduates and how university education meets the skills needed in the working life.
The results of the survey have been used at Aalto University in the development of our School’s teaching, guidance and educational development, and the results are also reported nationally.
From 2021, the Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM) has allocated 2% of the basic funding allocated to universities on the basis of the national career monitoring survey. In 2023, this amounted to approximately €36 million. The number of responses has a direct impact on Aalto University's state funding, so in addition to providing valuable feedback, by responding you also financially support our university.
Read more
- https://www.aalto.fi/en/school-of-business/school-of-business-graduates-in-working-life
- https://www.aarresaari.net/graduates-in-working-life/?lang=en
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