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Digital Business Master Class: Application and Course Fees

Application guidelines and information about course fees at the Digital Business Master Class intensive course. The Master Class is open to master's students from Aalto University and the School of Business's partner universities and to lifelong learners around the world.

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Application to the Digital Business Master Class

The Digital Business Master Class is an intensive academic course organised twice a year at Aalto University School of Business. The course is only open to students who have already completed a Bachelor's degree.

Please find information about application periods and links to application forms from the upcoming courses' events below.

Prepare to attach the following documents to your application:

Study transcript
CV + LinkedIn profile
Motivation letter

Applicant groups

Master’s students from Aalto University can include the Digital Business Master Class (47E00100) in their elective studies.

Aalto degree students use the same application form as other applicants. There is a quota for a limited amount of Aalto degree students on the course. After you have been accepted to the course, please register in Sisu.

If you are an MBA or master's student at one of Aalto University School of Business's partner universities, you are eligible to apply to the Digital Business Master Class as a tuition fee waiver. Please contact the international office at your home university about the nomination for the course or contact program manager Laura Kitinoja (laura.kitinoja(at)aalto.fi) for more information.

Students from other Finnish universities can apply for DBMC through the flexible study rights agreement (JOO). Flexible studies (JOO) are free of charge for students. Students need to be enrolled and registered as attending at their home universities in order to be able to be eligible to apply for flexible study rights and to complete studies at another university.

Graduate students from other universities and lifelong learners with an undergraduate degree as a pre-requisite can apply to the Digital Business Master Class as external students and pay the tuition fee. We are unfortunately not able to offer scholarships or other ways to waive the tuition fee.

Tuition fee: 1400€ (incl. VAT 24%)

Language skill requirements

DBMC does not require an official test record of English proficiency. However, we expect the students to have a strong command of English, both in writing and in communicating in the classroom, in order to be able to fulfil the course assignments. We expect the home institution to verify students’ proficiency before nominating them to Aalto. The minimum level we expect students to have is equivalent to IELTS 6,5 (total) or TOEFL 92 (total).

DBMC Course Fees

Tuition fee

The tuition fee for Digital Business Master Class is 1600€ (including VAT 24%). The tuition fee is to be paid by credit card or a Finnish online bank. If the fee is not paid by the due date, the application will be considered lapsed.

No tuition fee for:

Nominated exchange students from a partner institution of Aalto University School of Business
Aalto degree students

Reduced tuition fee (-50%):

Students from partner institutions of Aalto University who are not nominated for exchange

Programme fee

All Digital Business Master Class students, including exchange students, pay a programme fee of 250€ (including VAT 24%) (updated for spring 2022).

The fee or listed services apart from course materials do not apply to Aalto degree students.

The programme fee includes:

Course materials
Support from the DBMC service coordinator before and during your stay in Finland
Events and trips organised by the course (as listed in the course program)

The service fee does not include:

Living costs such as accommodation or lunch and other daily meals
Transportation to or in Finland

Please note:

The Aalto University School of Business reserves the right to adjust the service fee up to confirmation of participation if external costs change materially. The programme fee and tuition fee are to be paid by credit card. If the fee is not paid by the due date, the application will be considered lapsed.

The student is responsible for arranging his/her travel insurance.

In the case of cancellation:

If Aalto University cancels the course or program: 100% refund of tuition fee and programme fee
Cancelling up to 60 days before the beginning of the course: 85% refund of tuition fee and programme fee (Aalto University will deduct 15% of each course fee as a service and bank cost fee)
Cancelling up to 30 days before the beginning of the course: 50% refund of tuition fee and programme fee
Cancelling less than 30 days before the beginning of the course: no refund of tuition fee or programme fee