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Welcome to Aalto University School of Engineering! Börje Helenius Mirka Jalonen Päivi Kauppinen

Monday 5. 9. Main Building, B-hall 12. 00 12. 30 12. 45 13. 10 13. 30 13. 50 3. 00 Course Introduction Study essentials/enrolment for courses; Oodi+My. Courses Heikki Salko Library Kirsi Heino, Aalto Learning Center Study skills Minna Nevala, Study Psychologist, Aalto LES Scientific Writing Maurice Forget, lecturer Aalto Language Center Plagiarism Maurice Forget, lecturer Aalto Language Center Guilds AYY student life

Tuesday 6. 9. Otakaari 4, hall 213 9. 00 Communication in an international team Maurice Forget, lecturer Aalto Language Center 9. 30 Group work skills Minna Nevala, Study Psychologist, Aalto LES 10. 00 Presentations skills Maurice Forget, lecturer Aalto Language Center 12. 00 Lunch 1 pm Aalto opening ceremony 3 pm Aalto Party 3. 15 Group photo, Amfi (tutors will guide)

Wednesday 7. 9 +Thursday 8. 9 Master´s programme orientation 9 am Map nro Programme Location/room Building Technology Rakentajanaukio 4, room R 3 2 Cold Climate Engineering (Nordic Master) Otakaari 4 8 Creative Sustainability - M. Sc. Degree in Technology Innopoli 3 D room 2, Vaisalantie 8 Energy Technology European Mining, Minerals and Environmental Program (EMMEP) Puumiehenkuja 5, hall 118 6 Rakentajanaukio 4, room R 2, Thu 8. 9! 2 Environmental Engineering (Nordic Master) OIH Building, room A 116, Otaniementie 19 B Geoengineering Rakentajanaukio 4, room R 5 Geoinformatics Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering (Nordic Master) Maritime Engineering (Nordic Master) Mechanical Engineering Real Estate Economics Innopoli 3 D room 1, Vaisalantie 8 Innopoli 3 D room 2, Vaisalantie 8 8 35 Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering Aalto Built Environment lab, Urban Mill Betonimiehenkuja 3 E 26 Water and Environmental Engineering OIH Building, room A 116, Otaniementie 19 B 32 Otakaari 4 , k 1, room 203 b 11 -12 am! Social weekend, Trondheim 16 -17 Sept. K 1 room 215, Otakaari 4 35 32 2 35 8

Friday 9. 9. Introduction to University Services Otakaari 1, U wing, 1 st floor, lecture hall U 2 (Mellin) 9: 00 -9: 15 Introducing the day’s programme and schedule Niina Huovinen, 9: 15 -9: 25 Welcome to Aalto University! Eero Eloranta, Vice President 9: 25 -9: 35 Interdisciplinary studies in Aalto Elina Kähkönen, Teacher in charge of Aalto. Naut and Marketing Communications Coordinator of Aalto Ventures Programme 9: 35 -10: 35 We have many differences in common Paul Westlake, writer and stand-up comedian 10: 35 -10: 55 Aalto IT Services Jaakko Salonen, Development Manager at Aalto IT Services 10: 55 -11: 05 Sports Services Jenni Sillantaka, Customer service supervisor from Unisport 11: 05 -11: 15 Language studies Pauli Kudel, Vice Director of Aalto Language Centre 11: 15 -12: 45 Lunch break 12: 45 -12: 55 Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Aalto Antonio Nikolov, PR Manager of ESN Aalto 12: 55 -13: 05 Library services Kirsi Heino, Information Specialist at Aalto University Library 13: 05 -13: 15 Students’ Health Care Services 13: 15 -13: 35 Student Union AYY Milla Ovaska, International Affairs’ Specialist at AYY 13: 35 -15: 00 Services Fair In the lobby outside the lecture hall. Ask more about the services you’re interested in!

Aalto University • • • School of Arts, Design and Architecture (Arabia) School of Business (Otaniemi and Töölö) School of Chemical Technology (Otaniemi) School of Engineering (Aalto ENG) (Otaniemi) School of Electrical Engineering (Otaniemi) School of Science (Otaniemi)

New Master Students Autumn 2016 at Aalto School of Engineering • 229 new Master´s students (177 international) • 88 new incoming exchange students for one semester or for one academic year • 45 double degree students for one term or for one academic year • 45 different nationalities!

School of Engineering in Figures 2015 • • • Degree students 3602 International MSc students 17% Doctoral students 575 International Doctoral students 20% Professors 59 Incoming exchange students 136 • Outgoing exchange students 110

Degree Programmes at Aalto ENG Building Technology Energy Technology Geoengineering Geoinformatics Mechanical Engineering Real Estate Economics Spatial Planning and Transporation Engineering Water and Environmental Engineering Creative Sustainability - M. Sc. Degree in Technology Nordic Masters (Cold Climate, Energy, Environmental, Maritime) EMMEP Possibility to choose courses from School of Electrical Engineering, School of Chemical Technology and School of Science + Language courses

Credit system and work load • 1 Aalto University credit = 1 ECTS = 27 hours • includes contact hours (lectures, excercises), and also assignments and home work • BSc degree = 180 credits, 3 years • MSc degree = 120 credits, 2 years • Fulltime study load is 30 cr per semester and 60 cr per academic year.

Aalto University grading scale 5 4 3 2 1 (excellent) (very good) (satisfactory) (sufficient) A B C D E Courses may also be assessed as passed or failed. Failed attempts are registered in the study register but they do appear in the official transcript of records.

Some key contacts • • • Ms Saara Sokolnicki, Manager, International Affairs Mr Börje Helenius, Programme Planning officer Ms Mirka Jalonen, Programme Planning officer Ms Päivi Kauppinen, Programme Planning officer Ms Reeta Kalliomäki, School’s Student Service Desk studies-eng@aalto. fi firstname. familyname@aalto. fi

Thank you for your attention! All the best for your studies at Aalto! eng. aalto. fi