Student Guide

Student Guide

Welcome to the Student Guide! Here you can find information on your programme, instructions on studying at Aalto University and much more!

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Bachelor's programmes
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Master's programmes
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Doctoral programmes

Highlights

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Supporting your study wellbeing, December 2025

Aalto offers self-study materials, guidance and services that support student wellbeing. Below you will find more about the services available and links to useful materials.

News
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Help and Support During the Christmas Season

Starting Point of Wellbeing will be on a Christmas break from 12 December to 6 January, and during this time, there will be no drop-in guidance. On 7 January, guidance will resume normally. However, you don't have to be alone. If you need support in conversations or any help during the Christmas holidays, see the contact information below.

News
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Summer Job Day 2026

During this live event, arts, design, technical and business students meet employers offering summer jobs.

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Student Guide navigation FAQ

Where to find what you're looking for in the Student Guide

Student Guide
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Sisu
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MyCourses
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MyStudies

News

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Support for those concerned about flooding in South‑east Asia

The university supports and helps staff and students in dealing with the crisis.
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Mind & Study - toolbox for being well in studies (3cr) coming up

Popular course "Mind & Study - toolbox for being well in studies" will be organized in Finnish, English and Swedish in the 3rd and 4th period!
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Help and Support During the Christmas Season

Starting Point of Wellbeing will be on a Christmas break from 12 December to 6 January, and during this time, there will be no drop-in guidance. On 7 January, guidance will resume normally. However, you don't have to be alone. If you need support in conversations or any help during the Christmas holidays, see the contact information below.
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Studies Published:

Sisu updates data on active students having national learner IDs

Changes in student information is updated from the national learner ID register daily.
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Campus maps
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Aalto Space
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Lunch in Otaniemi

Disruptive situations

Outages, disruptions and updates  

Security – Procedures for emergencies and disruptions  

Events

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Aalto University & VTT: Christmas Carols

O come all Ye faithful and join us for the season’s most beautiful carols on Thursday December 11th at 8:00 - the event will be held at Restaurant Arvo, Ekonominaukio 1.
Opiskelijat
Fairs, Lectures and seminars, Students –

2nd Annual CoDaS Industry Fair

Are you interested in learning more about life after graduation in the field of Communications Engineering and Data Science? Would you like to optimize your chances of landing a job in this ever-growing industry? Consider participating in the CoDaS Industry Fair!
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Theses & Tomatoes: Start your studies with Pomodoro

Join us for guided studying and pick up tips for more effective work during Pomodoro sessions!
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Students –

Theses & Tomatoes: Start your studies with Pomodoro

Join us for guided studying and pick up tips for more effective work during Pomodoro sessions!
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How to use the Student Guide?

The content in the Student Guide is divided into sections:

  • common information  applicable to all students  (for example exchange studies, applications, campus information) which you can find in the side navigation menu located on the left
  • programme pages where you can find information  for example about the curriculum of the programme, how to plan your studies, graduation and contact people

Site index for the Student Guide – page lists all Student Guide contents except for news and events.

You can find more tips on the Student Guide FAQ page.

    The side navigation menu in the Student Guide.

    On the left side of each page of the Student guide is the main navigation panel where you can find eight headers, some with  subheaders. If a header in the navigation has subheaders, they can be viewed by clicking on the + icon next to the link.  Pictured is the front page of the Student guide with the header "Support for Studying" open. 

    Student Guide, programmes

    You can find all current programmes of Aalto University on the Student Guide. You can filter the programmes by the degree level, school and curriculum period or search for the programme directly.

    Student Guide, programme page navigation

    The programme pages have their own navigation. Pictured is the programme main page with eleven headers where you can find more information on each topic.

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    The pages on the Student guide often list links to further information, making it as easy as possible to navigate the pages and view all the contents at a glance.

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    Contact information for Learning Services

    Contact information for Learning Services

    Support services for students
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