Master’s Programme in ICT Innovation
Information and Welcome meeting 4.9.2013
Exit year students
Topics today
 Presentation of staff
 Degree structure and regulations
 Practical matters
 EIT ICT Labs Master School events and premises
 More information
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Aalto Staff (CS Building and TUAS / AVP)
Heikki Saikkonen
Professor, SDE & ES,
programme director
Thesis supervision
Vesa Hirvisalo,
Academic coordinator,
ES
ES courses
Håkan Mitts
Academic coordinator
SDE
SDE (and I&E)
courses
Jukka K. Nurminen,
Professor, DSS
DSS courses, thesis
supervision
Olli-Pekka Mutanen,
I&E Minor
responsible
I&E courses
…and several other course
teachers and professors (potential
Master’s thesis supervisors).
Administrative staff
Mika P. Nieminen,
Academic coordinator,
HCID
HCID courses
Marko Nieminen,
Professor, HCID
Thesis supervision
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Satu Jääskeläinen,
Academic
Coordinator, DSS
DSS courses
Petri Vuorimaa,
Professor, DMT
DMT courses, thesis
supervision
Aino Roms
Administrative
coordinator
Stefanie Schulz
Study advisor
Main contact point
for students (room
A225 or A218)
Exit year studies at Aalto
Courses completed according to the curriculum/learning agreement  all courses
finished by end of the year
 Courses from outside the curriculum (without professor’s approval) and elective
courses on top of the credit requirement are not included in the degree
Autumn: hunting for internship & thesis topic (+supervisor) found at latest in December
Internship & thesis writing starts in January
 Official confirmation of topic by March
Master’s thesis (+ I&E thesis) finished by end of June
 Maturity test & thesis presentation in May/June
 Thesis & evaluation approved in end of August
Graduation in end of August
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Learning agreements + schedules
Language course
 Option A: Pre-booked seats for English course (LC-something or Kiesomething) marked in your model schedules  confirm participation by
attending the first class
 Option B: Choose another English course independetly
 Option C: Take at least 3 ECTS of Finnish, apply for compensation with the
form at https://into.aalto.fi/display/enmastersci/Forms (return to Stefanie)
 Adjustments to learning agreement
 Possible – discuss with professor of the major (professor’s approval needed)
 Schedules
 Always follow the Noppa pages for updated information and course material
 If the model schedule becomes completely unsuitable for you, you can make
your own schedule by using the student-developed app: http://www.lukkarit.fi.
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Keys to success in EIT ICT Labs Master School
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Arrive on time in the beginning of the semester.
Prepare to study full-time.
Follow the curriculum.
Abide by the universities’ regulations and statutes.
Be proactive and independent in search for information – there
are always people here to help you, but encouraging students to
be independent and take responsibility is part of the core
ideology of Finnish universities.
 Be an active respondent to any feedback surveys sent to you
and participate in the development of the programme.
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 Should any problems occur…
 Notify your study coordinator immediately of any changes in
circumstances which may affect your ability to follow the
programme (i.e. you get sick and miss an exam and have to
retake it, or you must suddenly leave home for personal
reasons etc.)
 And if necessary, see a doctor immediately! Not only for your
own health and wellbeing, but also because notifications in
retrospective (“I was so sick last semester that I couldn’t attend
the courses”) don’t help.
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 Enrollment at Aalto
 By Finnish law, all university students must be members of
the Student Union, i.e. enrollment requires payment of
AYY fee
 You must be enrolled as attending at Aalto
always when you pursue studies to be
registered, i.e.:
 Exit year students: the whole exit year + the
next autumn semester (possibility for reimbursement)
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Health care and insurance
 FSHS student health care = first option always
 By paying the fee students are entitled to use the services of the Finnish
Student Health Service (FSHS)  http://www.yths.fi/en.
 Basic medical care, gynecologist, mental health care,
physiotherapists, and oral health care.
 Available during office hours only
 No hospital or emergency services
Public health care by using European
Social Security Card
 Tapiola health station is the closest
 Only for emergency treatments
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EIT ICT Labs Master School
insurance
 You can visit any physician available
(public or private)
 Pay first yourself, and claim for
reimbursement later
 EIT ICT Labs Master School Office and
study advisor Helena Törnkvist will help
you with insurance issues
 Insurance certificates coming up
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EIT ICT Labs premises and events
 Premises:
 Open Innovation House = your home
 Access cards are valid until 30 June, please remember to return yours to the Campus
and Facility services by that date!
 Open space = mutual trust and respect
 Events:
 Lunch talks
 Results Day 4 December
 Video Pitch Camp 10 September
 Internship Seminar 16 September
 Internship matchmaking 4 December
 Other internship-related events
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Who to contact?
Course assignments, exams, course and exam registrations  course teacher and/or
academic coordinator
Help with finding thesis supervisor and topic  academic coordinator
Help with finding internship  TalentMatch, Delia Popovic
Study plan, problems with studies, degree regulations, statements of estimated
graduation, progress reporting (thesis etc.), graduation formalities  Stefanie (A225 or
A218)
Transcripts, certificates of attendance, bus cards  Student Services (A225)
Scholarships, insurances, kick-off  Master School Office
 Ms Karin Högström, admissions@ictlabs.eu
 Ms Helena Törnkvist, studyadvisor@ictlabs.eu (insurances)
 Ms Jenny Lundin / Mr Magnus Lindqvist, masterschool@ictlabs.eu (scholarships)
 Prof. Carl-Gustaf Jansson (cgja@kth.se), Ms Marja Mustonen
(marja.mustonen@kth.se) (”major issues” regarding Master School rules)
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More information
 About studies in ICT Innovation at Aalto
(this presentation will be uploaded here):
https://into.aalto.fi/display/eneitictinno/H
omepage and EIT ICT Labs Master School
Yammer, Aalto group
 About the EIT ICT Labs Master School in
general:
https://www.masterschool.eitictlabs.eu/
 Generally about studies: Into portal
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Welcome
to study ICT
Innovation at Aalto
University!