Student mobilityat Aalto University- science andengineering

Mari Dagnall and Jenni TulensaloInternational Relations OfficersSchool of Science, School of Electrical Engineering

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• Student mobility at Aalto University• Outgoing students• Incoming students and services for

international students at Aalto University

Organization in international affairs is decentralized

Schools take care of theexchanges and Erasmusstudent agreements as whole

International Relations (IR) focuseson advancing internationalization(strategic development,partnerships,multicultural campus,mobility, student journey)

The aim:the internationalisation ofstudents is more than just oneterm exchanges.Projects, intensive courses,summer schools, study programs,student activities, extra curriculaactivities…

…Global competence

Outgoing Student Mobility (Exchange and Placements) 2011

Eeva LyytikäinenAalto / IR

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OUT TOTAL 827

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Incoming Student Mobility (Exchange) 2011

Eeva LyytikäinenAalto / IR

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IN TOTAL 845

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More than 300 university partners in Erasmus(140 engineering, 110 Art, Design & Architecture and 80 Business)and ~ 120 bilateral agreements

Aim is to some what reduce the number of agreements in Europe.

Challenges: student housing(especially in the autumn),cross diciplinary course offering

Bilateral partnersin technology and engineering 1/2CHINA• Southwestern University of Finance and

Economics (SWUFE)• Beijing University of Posts and

Telecommunication (BUPT)• Tsinghua University, Beijing• Zhejiang University, Hangzhou• Fudan University, Shanghai• Peking University - School of Electronics

Engineering & Computer Science, Beijing• Tongji University, Shanghai

JAPAN• Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto• Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo• University of Tokyo, Tokyo• Waseda Universtiy, Tokyo• Tohoku University, Sendai• Kanazawa University, Kanazawa• Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya• Chiba University, Chiba

HONG KONG• The University of Hong KongINDIA• Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceKOREA• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and

Technology (KAIST)SINGAPORE• Nanyang Technological University (NTU)• National University of Singapore (NUS)TAIWAN• National Taiwan University of Science and

TechnologyTHAILAND• Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Bilateral partnersin technology and engineering 2/2

AUSTRALIA• Queensland University of Technology,

Brisbane (QUT)• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

BRAZIL• Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

CANADA• Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal• Lakehead University• University of Calgary• York University

MEXICO• Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudious Superiores

de Monterrey (ITESM)• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

(ITAM)

RUSSIA• St. Petersburg State Polytechnical

University (SPbSPU)• Bauman Moscow State Technical University

(BMSTU)• Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University

"LETI"• Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU)

UNITED STATES• Stanford University (Summer School)• Michigan Technological University• Iowa State University

URUGUAY• Universidad de la República

• Erasmus, Nordtek/Nordplus• N5T – Top Nordic Universities• Cluster - Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research,

12 leading European universities in Science and Engineering• GE4 – Top Engineering Network of 35 American, 17 Asian, 12 Latin American universities• Magalhães network for Latin America

Argentina: Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos AiresBrasilia: Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroChile: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chilen

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MaríaUniversidad de Chile

Panama: Universidad Tecnológico de PanamáMeksiko: Instituto Poltécnico Nacional

Student exchange networksin technology and engineering

OutgoingExchangeStudents

(in addition to academic studies)

• To grow academically, personallyand ethically

• To develop higher level of globaland intercultural competence

• To become better prepared for any career,particularly international career

• To develop greater function fluency of foreign language

Objectives of studying abroad

Outgoing exchangestudents• (Main) Options for our students

Student exchange both onbachelor’s and master levelProgrammes for major studies inpartner universityto complete Master’s thesis abroadInternship abroadDouble Degree Programmes

• Three application rounds: February,September, November

• Students aim to complete30 ECTS per semester

• Generally expected to be able to study inthe language of the host university

• Aalto students go to:GermanyUnited StatesFranceSweden

Students come to Aalto from:Germany (96)France (94)Spain (81)Singapore (41)

Current trends with outgoing students• Growing interest towards Asia and

long distance exchanges• Exchanges on both bachelor and

master’s level, courses included forboth levels

• Traineeships abroad in importantrole in the schools of science andengineering

• 2012: 59 students, 2011: 60 students• IASTE-program (International Association for

the Exchange of Students for TechnicalExperience, covers 80 countries)

• CERN (10-15 students/year)• Vulcanus to Japan (Between EU and Japan,

one week Japan-seminar, 4 months intensiveJapan language course, 8 months in Japanesecompany)

• CIMO training programmes• UROP (Undergraduate Research

Opportunities Program)• Aalto Science Institute – ASci

Aalto supports along the way

Adequate funding for all outgoingstudents (1500 eur / 2500 eur)

Learning agreements: each selected courseplaced on degree structure when planning theexchange studies

no delay in studies smooth compensation procedure after return

Departure orientation:documents, taxation, health care, budgetting,emergencies or problems during the exchange,intercultural communication and culture shock,aims for exchange, preparing for re-entry,

Return orientation workshop:Challenges of re-entry,Global Competence, “Stay Global”

IncomingExchangeStudents

Studies available for exchange studentsSchools of CHEM, ELEC, ENG, SCI

• 2/3 courses must be selected from the partner school, 1/3can be selected from another engineering school

• Courses offered by School of Arts, Design and Architectureor School of Business are restricted at the moment

• Cross-disciplinary courses available for exchange students:• Aalto courses• Product Development Project @ Design Factory• Sustainable Global Technologies• ETC

• Majority of MSc-level courses are in English• Individual arrangements possible in Finnish-taught courses• Final Projects (10, 15, 30) upon agreement, not guaranteed.

Language requirement is usually more strict

Courses in EnglishMaster’s programmes taught in English in technology andengineering 1/2• Degree Programme in Engineering Physics and Mathematics

• Master's Degree Programme in Brain and Mind

• Master's Programme in Bioinformatics

• Master's Programme in Bioproduct Technology

• Master's Programme in Communications Ecosystem

• Master's Programme in Communications Engineering

• Master's Programme in Creative Sustainability - M.Sc. Degree in Technology

• Master's Programme in Electrical Engineering

• Master's Programme in Foundations of Advanced Computing

• Master's Programme in Geoinformatics

• Master's Programme in Machine Learning and Data Mining

• Master's Programme in Managing Spatial Change

• Master's Programme in Micro and Nanotechnology

• Master's Programme in Mobile Computing - Services and Security

• Master's Programme in Physics of Advanced Materials

• Master's Programme in Process Systems Engineering

• Master's Programme in Radio Science and Engineering

• Master's Programme in Real Estate Investment and Finance

• Master's Programme in Service Design and Engineering

• Master's Programme in Service Management and Engineering

• Master's Programme in Strategy - M.Sc. Degree in Technology

• Master´s Degree Programme in International Design Business Management

• Master´s Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering

Courses in EnglishMaster’s programmes taught in English in technology and engineering2/2

EIT ICT Labs Master School• European Institute of Innovation and

Technology• Technical major, minor in Innovation &

Entrepreneurship, double degrees with sixother leading European universities in ICT: –Berlin, Eindhoven, Helsinki, Paris, Stockholmand Trento

• Including global companies, leading researchcentres

Erasmus Mundus Programmes• EMMEP - Erasmus Mundus Minerals and

Environmental Programme• Environomical Pathways for Sustainable

Energy Systems - SELECT• euSYSBIO - Erasmus Mundus Master's

Programme in Systems Biology• NordSecMob – Master’s Prgramme in

Security and Movile Computing• SpaceMaster - Master’s Degree

Programme in Space Science andTechnology

Versatile laboratoryfacilities to put

theory into practice (fromnanoscale to high

voltage…)

• Also exchange students can engage themselves in severalacademic and entrepreneurial activities:

Possibilities in Aalto for exchangestudents

Services for international students• Orientation week at the beginning of the semesters• Every exchange student has a student tutor• Welcome Desk at the airport• Aalto University aims to provide housing for most of the

exchange students applying before the deadline• Study councelling at Schools’ student services• Language courses by the university language

center• Student cafeterias almost in every building

providing student meals for 2.35 euro:also á la carte dishes and always at leastone vegetarian meal option

• Sharetribe & own recycling centeron campus: enables the exchange ofvarious favors and tools betweenthe users

• Student activity: Guilds and Student Union

Services by Student Union AYY• Student health care service• Sports activities• Student restaurants• Discounts in public transport, long-distance

buses & trains• Discounts in museums, stores etc.• Rentable venues for events• Rentable van• Recycling center in student village• Bike rental for exchange students• Survival kits for exchange students• Rights counselling• Aino Magazine

Sports for everyone,in every kindUnisport• Both indoor and outdoor sports Centres in

Otaniemi campus• Swimming hall in 10 minutes from campus• Basic services :

- GYM- Group excersices- Ball Sports

• Additional services:- Courses- Individual services- Club activities- Wall Climbing- Customised services- Series and tournaments

• Prices: from 3.5e/ visit to 25e/one month and89e/12 months

• Services are offered in six different locations

• 17 special status associations withmembers varying from 200 to 2000– Represent students of a certain

field of study (in engineering: Guilds)• 200 other associations

– Sports– Music– Culture– Politics– Hobby groups

• International students’ associations– Mosaic – organizes multicultural events– Erasmus Student Network (ESN)– International Degree Students’ Committee (IDSC)– International Students’ Association (ISA)

Activities in Aalto Community

Strong community

Close relations between themanagement and students

Everything’s possible in Aalto…