Nordic Five Tech
Nordic Five Tech is a strategic alliance of the five leading technical universities. Find courses offered by these universities at N5T website.

NORDTEK
NORDTEK is a network of the Rectors and Deans of the Technical Universities in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The members represent 27 universities. Find courses offered by these universities at NORDTEK website.

Unite!
Unite! is an European University alliance of innovation, technology and engineering. It has nine partner universities, who offer courses to Unite! member universities' students. Check out the courses at Unite! metacampus platform.

Courses at Aalto University

You can find information about the courses taught at the doctoral programmes of the Schools of technology in their curricula.

• School of Chemical Engineering doctoral curriculum 2022-2024
• School of Electrical Engineering doctoral curriculum 2022-2024
• School of Engineering doctoral curriculum 2022-2024
• School of Science doctoral curriculum 2022-2024

The course descriptions, teaching times and more information about the courses are available in the student information system Sisu. You can browse course information in Sisu without logging in.

The curricula 2022-2024 is valid until 31.7.2024. The course information for curricula 2024-2026 is published in April 2024 and the teaching schedules are published in June 2024.

Course codes

• The first letters of the course code indicate the School offering the course: CHEM - Chemical Engineering, ELEC - Electrical Engineering, ENG - Engineering and SCI - Science. 
• The following letter indicates the level: L=doctoral course, E=Master's course
• The letter D at the end of the name of the course indicates that the course is suitable for doctoral students, even if it would be primarily a Master's course.
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Mode of teaching

Most courses at Aalto University are taught on campus. The teaching mode is indicated in the course description of the course in Sisu. In case a doctoral student from a partner university wishes to take a course which requires attendance in person on campus, they are themselves responsible for any incurring costs and travel arrangements.

How to apply?

Doctoral students in our partner universities from the networks mentioned above can apply to complete doctoral courses at Aalto University free of charge. Students are accepted to these courses if capacity allows and if they meet the required prerequisites, as estimated by the teacher in charge. A study right towards doctoral degree in one of our partner universities is a basic requirement.

If you fulfil the requirements you can apply for a non-degree study right for a doctoral course by filling out the application form below and sending it by email to [email protected]. Please attach a certificate of student status from your home university indicating your study right towards a doctoral degree. There are no application periods, but we recommend that you apply at least 2 months before the start of the course.

Students from Aalto

If you are a doctoral student at Aalto University wishing to take courses in one of our partner universities from the networks mentioned above, please see instructions here: Courses from other Finnish or foreign universities.