Maritime Engineering (Nordic Master), Master of Science (Technology)

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Maritime Engineering -maisteriohjelman painopisteenä ovat alukset, mukaan lukien jahdit ja offshore-rakenteet, niiden suunnittelu, rakentaminen ja käyttö sekä vuorovaikutus ympäristön kanssa.
Opit soveltamaan matematiikan, numeerisen analyysin, nestemekaniikan ja rakennemekaniikan rationaalisia menetelmiä alusten ja offshore-rakenteiden analysointiin, suunnitteluun ja tekniseen käyttöön. Lisäksi ymmärrät näihin rakenteisiin kohdistuvat erityisvaatimukset, jotka koskevat esimerkiksi turvallisuutta ja ympäristön suojelemista.
Opetuskieli
Opetus annetaan englanniksi
Lukuvuosimaksut ja apurahat
Maksat lukukausi- ja muut maksut suoraan yliopistolle, johon olet ilmoittautunut opiskelemaan. Maksu vastaa kyseisen yliopiston maksutasoa.
Tällä hetkellä Aalto yliopisto, DTU sekä Chalmers perivät lukukausimaksuja EU/ETA-alueen ulkopuolisilta opiskelijoilta. Lue lisää yliopistojen verkkosivuilta:
Aalto perii lukukausimaksuja muilta kuin EU-/ETA-alueen kansalaisilta.
Chalmers perii lukukausimaksuja muilta kuin EU-/ETA-alueen kansalaisilta.
DTU perii lukukausimaksuja muilta kuin EU-/ETA-alueen kansalaisilta.
NTNU veloittaa pienen lukukausimaksun.
Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering -ohjelmaan ei liity erityisiä apurahoja.
Tietoja apurahoista sekä lukuvuosimaksuvapautuksista kumppaniyliopistoissa löytyy tarkemmin yksittäisten yliopistojen verkkosivuilta: Aalto, Chalmers, DTU, NTNU.
Opintojen rakenne
Ohjelma on jaettu kahteen osaan:
- Ensimmäisenä vuonna (Entry) opiskelet meritekniikkaa, laivanrakennusta ja offshore-tekniikkaa maisteritasolla: vakautta, kestävyyttä ja työntövoimaa, merikelpoisuutta, ohjaamista sekä laiva- ja merirakenteita. Jos kandidaatin tutkintoosi ei sisältynyt laivanrakennuksen opintoja, suoritat myös laivanrakennuksen peruskursseja. Meritekniikan kurssien lisäksi sinun tulee suorittaa yleisiä ja erikoistuneita teknisten alojen kursseja esimerkiksi sellaisista aiheista kuten CFD, rakenneanalyysi, komposiittimateriaalit jne. Kunkin aiheen painotus riippuu aloitusyliopistosta ja hakukelpoisuudestasi. Erityisesti Aalto mutta myös NTNU tarjoavat arktisen meritekniikan valinnaisia kursseja osana opetussuunnitelmiaan.
- Toisena vuonna (Exit) erikoistut yhteen neljästä aiheesta: merirakenteisiin, matkustaja-aluksiin, laivojen suunnitteluun tai alusten operatiiviseen toimintaan. Jokainen aihe on oma suuntautumisvaihtoehtonsa. Diplomityösi aiheen tulee olla opintopolun mukainen.
Suoritat opintojen ensimmäisen vuoden opinnot aloitusyliopistossa ja siirryt suorittamaan toisen vuoden opinnot toiseen yliopistoon eli ns. valmistumisyliopistoon.
Suuntautumisvaihtoehdot
Ocean Structures (NTNU)
Tämä suuntautumisvaihtoehto tarjoaa vahvan pohjan kaikenlaisten merirakenteiden suunnittelulle perinteisistä aluksista merellä oleviin rakenteisiin. Opinnoissa käsitellään myös merellä suoritettavia operaatioita kuten putkien asentamista, hinausta ja nostureiden käyttöä liikkuvilla aluksilla merenalaisia moduuleja asennettaessa. Opetus perustuu alan tieteelliseen tutkimukseen, ja siihen kuuluu erilaisia meriympäristöä käsitteleviä kursseja esimerkiksi ympäristökuormituksesta, kuormituksen vaikutuksista, rakenteellisesta kapasiteetista ja meriympäristön kybernetiikasta. Lue lisää kohdassa Study tracks
Passenger Ships (Aalto)
Tämä suuntautumisvaihtoehto antaa kattavan yleiskuvan matkustaja-alusten suunnittelusta, analysoinnista ja optimoinnista. Opinnoissa perehdytään eri sidosryhmien (matkustaja, laivanomistaja, telakka) keskenään ristiriitaisiin etuihin, ja opiskelijat pääsevät kehittämään sidosryhmien toiveiden mukaisia ratkaisuja. Lue lisää kohdassa Study tracks
Ship Design (Chalmers)
Tässä suuntautumisvaihtoehdossa olet osa projektitiimiä ja työskentelet ongelmalähtöisen ja realistisen alussuunnitteluprojektin parissa ”asiakkaanasi” olevan merenkulkualan yrityksen kanssa. Olet osa opiskelijatiimiä, jota ohjaavat alan ammattilaiset ja Chalmersin opetushenkilökunta. Projektin aikana käydään läpi asiakkaan vaatimuksia vastaavan aluksen alustava suunnitteluprosessi. Projekti toteutetaan toisen opiskeluvuoden aikana, ja pääset hyödyntämään ja yhdistelemään kaikkia ensimmäisen vuoden kurssien tietoja. Lue lisää kohdassa Study tracks
Ship Operations (DTU)
Lyhyesti sanottuna tässä suuntautumisvaihtoehdossa käsitellään pääasiassa laivanvarustajan näkökulmasta laivanrakennusta ja meritekniikkaa – eli merellä olevia aluksia. Opit soveltamaan järkeviä menetelmiä alusten (konttialukset, säiliöalukset, irtolastialukset, ro-ro-alukset jne.) suorituskyvyn analysointiin ja optimointiin turvallisuuden, tehokkuuden, taloudellisuuden ja ympäristöystävällisyyden näkökulmasta. Lue lisää kohdassa Study tracks
Kansainvälistyminen
Ohjelman henkilöstö tekee aktiivisesti tutkimusta ja on julkaissut lukuisia artikkeleita alan kansainvälisesti tunnustetuissa lehdissä sekä lukuisia oppikirjoja jatko-opiskelijoille. Lisäksi useat henkilöstön jäsenet osallistuvat kansainväliseen yhteistyöhön esimerkiksi Euroopan unionin rahoittamissa tutkimus- ja kehityshankkeissa.
Opetukseen kuuluu luentoja, seminaareja ja paljon projektityötä. Opetus tapahtuu läheisessä yhteistyössä alan yritysten kanssa, mikä mahdollistaa vierailut, vierailulennot ja täsmällisen projektityöskentelyn.
Kaikissa yliopistoissa on hyvät datakeskukset ja muut tietojenkäsittelytilat, joiden ansiosta opintoihin voi sisällyttää numeerista simulointia, mikä valmistaa sinua tulevaan teolliseen tai tieteelliseen työhösi.
Lisäksi jokaisella kumppaniyliopistolla on erityistiloja:
Jatko-opintomahdollisuudet
Nordic Masters in Maritime Engineering -maisteriohjelma tarjoaa erinomaiset valmiudet tohtoriopintoihin ja post doc -tehtäviin
Uramahdollisuudet
NMME-maisteriohjelmasta valmistunut diplomi-insinööri työskentelee usein esimerkiksi laivanrakennusinsinöörinä tai offshore-insinöörinä konsulttiyritysten, suunnittelijoiden, alusten omistajien, merenkulkuviranomaisten, offshore-yritysten, luokituslaitosten tai erikoislaitteiden toimittajien palveluksessa. Työnimike voi olla toimitusjohtaja, kehityspäällikkö, tiimipäällikkö, konsultti, asiantuntija tai tutkija.
Tutkimuksen painopisteet
Meritekniikka ja arktinen tekniikka
Keskitymme alusten ja rakenteiden käyttäytymiseen sekä tavallisissa ympäristöissä että ääriolosuhteissa. Tutkimusaiheitamme ovat merikuljetusten turvallisuus sekä meriympäristön risteilymatkustajille tarjoamat kokemukset.
Yhteistyö muiden toimijoiden kanssa
Nordic Five Tech -yliopistoilla on erittäin korkeat akateemiset standardit, ja ne ovat teknisten yliopistojen kansainvälistä huippua. Yliopistot tarjoavat opiskelijoille erinomaiset mahdollisuudet opiskella itseään kiinnostavia aiheita. Yhdistämällä resursseja Nordic Five Tech -yhteistyön kautta pystymme tarjoamaan opiskelijoille huippuluokan tiloja korkeakoulujen huippuosaamisalueilla.
Study tracks and courses
Please read here about the 4 study tracks and courses
The Ocean Structures study track is discipline based and gives you a strong foundation for design from first principles of any type of ocean structure. One may group individual courses into
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description of the marine environment, including oceanography and theories for ocean waves, current and wind,
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environmental loads, primarily dealing with hydrodynamic forces from waves and current, and rigid body motions from such loads,
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load effects, which means methods for calculation of displacements, internal forces and stresses in any kind of structures from static and dynamic loads. Linear and non-linear finite element analysis is the main tool for such analyses,
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structural capacity, which covers fatigue and fracture based on material properties, but also buckling of structural elements and total collapse of structures,
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marine cybernetics, dealing with control theory relevant for marine operations like station keeping, offshore loading, and use of remote operated (ROV) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV).
These disciplines constitute the basis not only for design-oriented courses related to offshore structures and conventional ships, but also for courses dealing with marine operations like pipelaying, towing and use of cranes on mobile platforms for installation of subsea modules.
The last year of the program will include a Master thesis pre-project (25-50 % of the 3rd semester) and the Master thesis (100 % of the 4th semester). In typical projects you will apply some of the disciplines on practical problems related to a large variety of ocean structures like new ship designs, offshore platforms, high speed vehicles, fish farms, wave energy converters and offshore windmills.
Career Prospects
As a graduate you will typically be employed in engineering companies involved in offshore projects for the petroleum industry, oil companies and marine entrepreneurs. The largest individual employer of engineers with this background is the classification foundation Det Norske Veritas, whose main activity is ship classification but also deals with risk management in other industry branches.
The study track Passenger Ships gives you comprehensive overview of the different aspects related to the design, analysis and optimization of passenger ships. The studies cover both the basic knowledge as well as application of risk-assessment methods in ship design. The conflicting interests of various stakeholders will be addressed during the studies, and as a student you learn to create solutions that satisfy the stakeholders’ preferences.
The aim of the studies is to work on the same project ship throughout the specialization semester and work on different parts of this ship during different courses. The courses taken will be chosen so that they support the project work. The knowledge and know-how obtained in this way will at the same time be deep and synthesized. In addition you will be forced to plan the time spent on different parts, providing you the capability to work on challenging projects with limited resources.
Competences gained
After graduation you have acquired special knowledge related to the design and analysis of passenger ships. As a graduate you can:
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describe the multidisciplinary nature of passenger ship design:
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arts/design: you can describe the connection between the general arrangement and the passenger experience and the related trends,
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economics: you can describe the economical relationship between shipyard, shipowner and passenger,
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technology: you can classify and apply computational models and methods to assess the performance (stability, resistance, propulsion, structures, machinery) and risks of a design,
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create a synthesis of the different disciplines of the design problem with emphasis on critical thinking,
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formulate a design problem in the field of passenger ship design taking into account the multidisciplinary nature of the problem and solve the problem in a systematic and creative fashion,
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work within a team of experts having different backgrounds (education, values, language, culture).
Career Prospects
As a graduate you typically work at the shipyard design department, at design offices, classification societies, auth, or in the ship owner’s technical department.
Large quantities of raw material and manufactured products are transported all over the globe by ship. It is a great engineering challenge to develop new ship systems that can make future shipping an even more efficient, safe and environmentally friendly means of transportation than it is today. The aim of the Ship Design track is to give you an internationally attractive and competitive education within planning, design and analysis of large structures from the point of view of strength, hydrodynamic and systems engineering.
After the first year you will have a thorough knowledge within all main topics of marine engineering: ship stability, resistance and propulsion, seakeeping, manoeuvring and ship structural design. Depending on your previous education, e.g. BSc Naval Architecture or BSc Mechanical Engineering, and the first year at the university, you will also study different elective and speciality courses (see curricula).
In the second year you will be part of a project team and work with a problem oriented and realistic ship design project with a company from the maritime industry as the “customer”. The student teams will be guided by professional engineers from industry and faculty members from Chalmers. The initial design process prior to an order of a new ship is covered during the project following the demands of the customer. In the project you must utilize and link together knowledge from all the marine engineering courses of the first year. During the Ship design project you will also study two elective courses chosen from a pool of various relevant courses.
Career Prospects
After graduation you will typically be employed by a ship owner, a consultancy, a classification society, a supplier of marine equipment, a maritime administration or a research institution. Your work will involve a large degree of development, if not entirely directed at research, and it will be done in an entirely international atmosphere and require cooperation with people with different backgrounds, mainly from the maritime world.
Curriculum 2022-2023
Year 1 |
Course code |
Course name |
M/E |
Study period 1: | EEN130 |
Systems and mechatronics for mobility engineering |
M |
MMS195 | Introduction to propulsion and energy systems for transport | M | |
Study period 2: |
MMA169 |
Structural Engineering |
M |
MMS185 |
Stability and Design Basis for Marine Structures |
M | |
Study period 3 | MMA163 | Ship Resistance and Propulsion | M |
MMS205 | Naval Architecture | M | |
Study period 4 | SJO746 | Wave Loads and Seakeeping | M |
KKR073 | ComputaQonal fluid dynamics for engineers | E | |
MHA043 | Material Mechanics | E | |
MMS210 | Connected fleets in data-driven engineering |
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Year 2 |
Course code |
Course name |
M/E |
Period 1 | MMA151 | Marine design project | M |
TME260 | Fatigue and fracture | E | |
MMS046 | Project management | E | |
SJO851 | Towards sustainable shipping | E | |
Period 2 | MMA151 | Marine design project | M |
MMS190 | Metods of risk and reliability analyis | E | |
SJO825 | Organization and startegy | E | |
TME141 | Structural dynamics | E | |
Period 3 | Master thesis | ||
Period 4 | Master thesis |
In popular terms the definition of this study track is that it mainly deals with naval architecture and maritime engineering from the point of view of the ship owner, i.e. it deals with ships at sea. You will learn to apply rational methods in analysing the performance of ships (container ships, tankers, bulk carriers, Ro-Ro ships etc.) with respect to safety, efficiency, economics and environmental considerations. In this way you will learn how to improve and optimize vessel performance from a technical point of view for operation and to participate in design of new vessels with better operational performance.
In the study track the topics of classical maritime engineering (basic naval architecture, stability, resistance and propulsion, seakeeping, manoeuvring and ship structures) are applied in an approach where the ship operation is in focus. In this view, for instance the ship in waves is not only important for the sea loads and motions, but also for the ship structures and the fatique life of the structural elements. The ship motions also result in added resistance and drift forces that should be taken into consideration not only when designing the ship, its propeller(s) and selection of its engine(s), but also for evaluation its best course and speed under given weather conditions.
In addition to the subjects mentioned above, the track contains the following topics:
- decision support systems for navigational and operational guidance of ships,
- risk-based approaches in the prediction of statistical response values for operational and design evaluations,
- human factors that affect ship operations,
- human factor disciplines in the design process with regards to decision support systems.
Career Prospects
As a graduate you will typically be employed by a ship owner in the technical department, a consultancy, a classification society, a supplier of marine equipment or a research institution. Your work will involve a large degree of development, if not entirely directed at research, and it will be done in an entirely international atmosphere and require cooperation with people with different backgrounds, mainly from the maritime world.
Cuuriculum 2022-2023
Review of courses taken for students starting 1st year.
For students starting from DTU
1 Autumn DTU (2022) |
41216 Structural assessment of ships (Tues 8-12) 41222 Wave loads on ships and offshore structures (Tues 13-17) 41275 Ship operations (Thurs 8-12) 42435 Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship (Mon 13-17) 42500 Innovation in Engineering* (January 3 weeks)
Elective (choose one) 41129 Turbulent flows (Fri 8-12) 41117 Marine and Coastal Structures (Mon 8-12) |
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2 Spring DTU (2023) |
02411 Statistical design and analysis of experiments (Mon 8-12) 41107 Marine and ocean engineering (Thurs 13-17) 41317 Computational fluid dynamics (Fri 13-17) 41514 Dynamics of machinery (Fri 8-12) 41315 Applied CFD (June, 3 weeks)
Electives (choose one): 41237 Dynamics of structures: theory and analysis (Tues 8-12) 41517 Stiffened plates and sandwich composites** (Thurs 8-12) 41226 Advanced wave hydrodynamics (Mon 13-17) * Students with prior experience in innovation should take ‘42502 Facilitating innovation in multidisciplinary teams’ instead. ** Prerequisites must be checked based on earlier studies. |
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Admission
Admissions for the programme are processed by Aalto University. DEADLINE 1ST MARCH 2023 at 3 PM (UTC +2). Online application form will be open 15 DecemberIn order to apply for the Nordic Master in Maritime Engineering, you must fulfil a number of requirements. These requirements apply to all applicants for the programme, regardless of which university you decide to apply for.
Degree requirements
- A BSc degree corresponding to a minimum 180 ECTS credits in:
- Naval Architecture if starting at Aalto University, Chalmers, DTU or NTNU
- Mechanical engineering if starting at Aalto University, Chalmers.
- A BEng in Mechanical Engineering is accepted for starting Aalto University, Chalmers.
- Applicants with a BEng in Naval Architecture, or a BSc or BEng in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, in Ocean Engineering, in Civil Engineering or in Engineering Physics will be considered on an individual basis.
- The applicant's qualifications must include a strong working knowledge of mathematics and mechanics and applicant must document that they have fulfilled the following minimum requirements:
- Mathematics: 25 ECTS. Including linear algebra, calculus and differential equations.
- Statistics and probability theory: 5 ECTS. Students without this qualification must be prepared to complete their curriculum during the first year.
- Statics, mechanical vibrations, and strength of materials: 10–15 ECTS.
- Fluid mechanics: min. 5 ECTS. Moreover, the applicant must have sufficient qualifications within numerical methods and elementary programming using e.g. MATLAB or a similar programming language.* Applicants with a Polytechnic (FI), Högskoleingeniör (SE) and Diplomingeniør (DK) degree may be expected to do extra course work to qualify for the programme.
- The applicant’s qualifications must include a strong working knowledge of mathematics and mechanics and applicants must document that they have fulfilled the following minimum requirements (a qualification checklist for this documentation must be attached to your application; it is part of the Application Summary and Motivation Statement form and can be found below):
- A student may apply to the programme with an incomplete degree as long as the degree is completed no later than July 31, 2023. At the application stage, the student must provide documentation of registering or planning to complete the last courses needed for the degree. The diploma must be presented to administration staff before starting the first year of study.
Language requirements
The English language requirements below meet the standards of all partner universities. Make sure to check the validity of the presented test results:
- TOEFL, IELTS and PTE (A) test results are valid for two years from the date of the test and for 2023 admissions, results are valid if the test was taken on or after December 15, 2020.
- For Cambridge, only C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency tests that can be verified online, i.e. tests taken after 2005, are accepted.
TOEFL
TOEFL iBT (Internet-based Test): 92, and 22 for Writing or
TOEFL PDT (Paper-delivered Test): Reading 22, Listening 22, and Writing 24
IELTS Academic (IELTS General Training is not accepted)
6.5, no section lower than 5.5
Cambridge
C1 Advanced (formerly known as Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English, CAE): A,B tai C or
C2 Proficiency (formerly known as Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English, CPE): A,B,C tai Level C1
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE A)
- Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE A): 62, and 54 for Writing
English language test exemptions:
- Completed a higher education degree instructed in Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English at a higher education institution in Finland, Norway, Sweden or Denmark (while residing in that country).
- Completed a higher education degree instructed in English at a higher education institution that is physically located in one of the following countries: EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or the United States (while residing in that country).
- Completed both primary and secondary education in English in an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or the United States (while residing in that country).
When applying for an exemption, English as the language of instruction must be stated unambiguously on the certificate (e.g., school leaving certificate / secondary-school final certificate, degree certificate or transcript of records). If there are several instruction languages, the document must clearly indicate the amount of studies taken in English.
Also note that a minimum of one half of the degree must be completed in a country and higher education institution that meets the requirements for exempting the student from taking an English language test.
Prepare to attach the following documents to your application:
- Bachelor’s degree certificate and transcript of study records (if you apply with incomplete degree, attach only the latest transcript of records)
- Curriculum Vitae – preferably 1 page, content and design free-form
- Motivation letter – preferably 1 page, content and design free-form
- Copy of valid passport or ID card with photo and information on citizenship
- English language test certificate
- Two Letters of Recommendation - can be from university or work – preferably 1 page, content and design free-form
If you apply for exemption from a language test certificate on the basis of completing long syllabus studies of English in at a secondary school in Finland, Sweden, Denmark or Norway you are required to present a general upper secondary education certificate, possible Matriculation examination certificate and/or vocational qualification certificate
Admission timeline
The admission process is coordinated by Aalto University. Link to the application form (Studyinfo.fi) appears on these pages when the application opens.
For studies beginning in the autumn of 2023, the admission timeline is as follows:
December 15, 2022 at 9 AM (UTC +2) | Application period starts and online application form in Studyinfo opens |
March 1, 2023 at 3 PM (UTC +2) | Application period ends and online application form in Studyinfo closes |
March 8, 2023 at 3 PM (UTC +2) | Deadline for application documents to be uploaded to application form |
March 2023 | Eligible applications undergo academic evaluation |
Beginning of April 2023 | Admissions results published |
30 days from publishing admission results | Deadline for accepting study offer |
May 26, 2023 at 3 PM (UTC +3) | Deadline for submitting certified (attested) hard copy documents |
July 31, 2023 | For applicants who applied with an incomplete degree: Deadline for graduation |
August 17, 2023 at 3 PM (UTC +3) | For applicants who applied with an incomplete degree: Deadline for submitting certified copy of degree certificate |
End of August 2023 | Studies begin with orientation week at first-year university |
Evaluation
All applications are academically evaluated by the consortium's partner universities. The candidates who meet the above requirements are ranked based on the their academic achievements. Admission is based on a joint decision by the admission board of the consortium.
Finland Scholarship for Master students
Non-EU/EEA applicants who are liable to pay tuition fees at Aalto University can apply for a Finland Scholarship (100 % tuition-fee waiver+ 5000 €). Nordic Master students who are subject to tuition fees at Aalto and who receive the Category A (100%) tuition-fee waiver for their first year of studies at Aalto may receive the Finland Scholarship. Students who come to Aalto as their selected exit (second-year) university in Nordic Master programme may not receive the Finland Scholarship.
Students selected to the programme starting their first year at Aalto University apply for Finland Scholarship along the Aalto University scholarship (tuition fee waiver) in application form.
Read more: https://www.aalto.fi/en/admission-services/scholarships-and-tuition-fees
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