Registering to courses and the order of priority at Aalto ARTS

Students must register to courses in the registration period in order to participate and complete courses. Sisu is used for registration to courses.

• As a main rule, registration to courses starts 28 days before the period of the course starts and ends 7 days before the period (if the course has a limited number of spaces) or 7 days after the period starts.
• If a course has some other registration period, it can be seen in Sisu.
• It is the responsibility of the programme and teacher to inform of special registration times.
• NOTICE! The courses do dot always start in the start of the period. Still the registation to courses is before the period starts. For special reasons the registering period can differ from these guidelines, please check the times from Sisu.

See detailed instructions: https://wiki.aalto.fi/display/SISEN/Registration+for+courses

Decision of the Academic Committee on Arts, Design and Architecture 12 June 2024. 

The order of priority is as follows since 1 August 2024:  

1. Students of the major whose major includes the course, or students in a programme that does not have majors

2. Exchange students in the major for whose study plan the course has been approved, exchange students in a programme that does not have majors

In addition, it has been possible to set quotas for the following students for the course: 

3. Students whose course is part of a minor subject

4. Students who have applied for the course through various mobility studies (students from other universities, separate studies, etc.) 

The remaining places can be filled by students from the following target groups: 

5. Students of other majors in a programme which has several majors

6. Other ARTS students 

7. Aalto students 

Quotas for different groups of students can be set for courses for a justified reason. If quota places have been defined for the course, they must always be mentioned separately in the course description, because the quota places are filled first.

For a justified reason, priority order different from the school's general priority order can be defined for the courses.

The order of priority does not override the teacher's right to set prerequisites for the course.

If the course is so popular that only some of the students in the programme / major can be accepted, the university's obligation to arrange the studies in a way that allows students to complete their studies within the normative duration may be taken into account.

The school’s general elective art and theory studies are primarily for ARTS degree students unless otherwise stated in the course description. 1–3 exchange students can be admitted to the courses, depending on the maximum number of students in the course.