Master’s programmes’ portfolio renewal in the School of Chemical Engineering (year 2024)
The renewal aims at:
• Ensuring that we have enough teaching resources and quality can be maintained when numbers of Master’s students are increasing;
• Making sure that teaching equips students for the working life of the (near) future even better;
• Enabling smoother progression through studies by making study paths easier to follow; and
• Making it easier for applicants to distinguish between different programmes offered in the School.
The renewal is carried out in close collaboration with teaching staff, learning services and student representatives.
The first intake of students for the renewed programmes will be in autumn 2024.
Project information and documentation
| Decision | Date |
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Decision by the Dean: Appointment of the Steering Group and Cluster Leads Decision by the Dean |
20.10.2022 |
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Decision by the Academic Committee for Chemical Engineering: New programmes to become application targets |
29.11.2022 |
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Decision by the Academic Committee for Chemical Engineering: Programme structure for new programmes |
29.11.2022 |
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Decision by the Academic Committee for Chemical Engineering: Number and names of new programmes |
4.4.2023 |
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Decision by the Academic Committee for Chemical Engineering: Programme-level intended learning outcomes for new programmes |
4.4.2023 |
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Decision by the Academic Committee for Chemical Engineering: Majors of new programmes |
4.4.2023 |
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Decision by the President: Founding of new MSc programmes Decision by the President |
26.6.2023 |
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Decision by the Academic Committee for Chemical Engineering: Length of transitional period and transfer paths to new programmes |
24.10.2023 |
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Decision by the Academic Committee for Chemical Engineering: Revisions to programme-level intended learning outcomes for MSc in Biotechnology |
19.12.2023 |
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Decision by the Academic Committee for Chemical Engineering: Major-level intended learning outcomes for majors of MSc in Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering |
19.12.2023 |
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Decision by the Academic Committee for Chemical Engineering: Discontinuation of minors Biomass Refining, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Fibre and Polymer Engineering, Functional Materials, Sustainable Metals Processing and Chemical and Process Engineering |
6.2.2024 |
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Decision by the Academic Committee for Chemical Engineering: Course substitutions for the transition period 1.8.2024 - 31.12.2025 for students continuing in majors of the Master's programme in Chemical, Biochemical and Materials Engineering or the minors mirroring these majors |
26.3.2024 |
| Occasion | Date |
|---|---|
| Meet the Dean - Introducing Portfolio Renewal | 8.6.2022 |
| CHEM Programme Review - Portfolio Renewal Workshops | 18.8.2022 |
| Workshop with external stakeholders - CMAT & CMET | 23.9.2022 |
| Workshop with external stakeholders - BIO2 | 30.9.2022 |
| Meet the Dean - Portfolio Renewal Update | 6.10.2022 |
| Internal Portfolio Renewal Workshop | 4.11.2022 |
| Meet the Dean - Portfolio Renewal Update | 23.11.2022 |
| Internal Progress Review & Discussion | 16.12.2022 |
| Internal Progress Review & Discussion | 1.3.2023 |
| Meet the Dean - Portfolio Renewal Update | 8.3.2023 |
| Internal Progress Review & Discussion | 28.4.2023 |
| Dean's Coffee - Portfolio Renewal Update | 24.5.2023 |
| CHEM Programme Review - Portfolio Renewal Workshops | 18.8.2023 |
| Portfolio Renewal Student Info 1 - Recording and slides | 11.10.2023 |
| Internal Progress Review & Discussion | 13.10.12023 |
| Portfolio Renewal Student Info 2 - Slides | 30.11.2023 |
| Project steps | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio Renewal with its rationale and aims introduced to School at 'Meet the Dean' event | June 2022 | June 2022 |
| Programme Review: Internal workshops to identify provisional purpose and objectives of each proposed cluster | August 2022 | August 2022 |
| Meetings with stakeholders to gain insight into and analyse industry (market) needs | September 2022 | September 2022 |
| Internal discussions on boundary conditions and planning principles that steer planning work | September 2022 | November 2022 |
| New application targets, boundary conditions and programme structures discussed and finalised | October 2022 | February 2023 |
| Internal workshop to continue analysing objectives and forming clear purpose for each cluster and start mapping programme-level ILO's (contents) | November 2022 | November 2022 |
| Agreement and decision on boundary conditions and planning principles that steer planning work | November 2022 | December 2022 |
| Programme names, descriptions and programme-level ILO's discussed and finalised | January 2023 | April 2023 |
| Student intake numbers discussed and finalised | February 2023 | May 2023 |
| Provisional identification of courses and their placement in each new programme | March 2023 | May 2023 |
| Design and production of admissions and programme marketing material | February 2023 | May 2023 |
| Design of course descriptions and transition from old to new programmes and Bachelor-Master transition routes | August 2023 | January 2024 |
| Marketing of new programmes | September 2023 | January 2024 |
| Planning and finalising transition and progression routes | November 2023 | March 2024 |
| Agreement and decision on course descriptions and transitions from old programmes to new programmes and Bachelor-Master transition routes | January 2024 | March 2024 |
| Planning new teaching timetable | March 2024 | May 2024 |
| Publication of new curriculum at Aalto.fi | May 2024 | June 2024 |
| Teaching begins (implementation of new curriculum) | August 2024 | |
| Project assessment: paying particular attention to portfolio sustainability and ensuring outcomes are aligned with project aims | August 2024 |
*The timeline is correct at the time of publishing, in November 2022, but subject to change.
Contact details
Pauliina Ketola
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