Guidelines for written reports

The guideline for report writing instructions for students of the School of Chemical Engineering. It is recommended that it be applied on the courses of the School of Chemical Engineering. However, since different areas of chemical technology may have varying practices, instructions deviating from this guideline or supplementing it may be given on the courses.

Course substitutions

Course substitutions in the School of Chemical Engineering can be found in the PDF table linked below. You can easily search for courses by downloading and/or opening the table in a PDF viewer.

As courses do not always have a direct substitute (e.g. there might be courses partly substituting an older course), please check with the planning officer of your programme or major for more details (see Contact section). Please note that you’ll need to include all requested substitutions in your study plan and depending on how old the course you're using for substitution, get them approved.

If you are looking for course substitutions in the new CHEM master's programmes, you will find them on the portfolio renewal student information page by the beginning of April.

Academic advising

The school appoints an academic advisor to each new student. Academic advisors are mainly professors and lecturers. An academic advisor is appointed for the duration of the whole degree, meaning two years for the master's programme. The Learning services support and coordinate the academic advising.

The aims of academic advising are to integrate students into the university community, facilitate the interaction between students and academic staff, increase students’ motivation and study progress as well support students at every stage of their studies. For students, academic advising is a good opportunity for discussion about studies and career options, getting opinions and ideas from an experienced person, discussing different possibilities and to give and get feedback.

Each new student meets their academic advisor already during the orientation week. Thereafter, the academic advisor usually invites the student for an individual meeting at least twice every year: each autumn and each spring. It is possible to organize more individual meetings, if needed. Academic advisors often arrange group meetings as well.

Academic advisors encourage the students in their studies and career plans. They follow the study progress, motivate, and offer support and advice. The student’s goals and study plan (HOPS) are a good basis for an individual meeting.

Topics for an academic advising discussion are e.g.:

• student’s life, wellbeing
• learning goals, study plan
• general study matters (course selection, minor, elective studies, etc.)
• progress of studies
• master’s thesis
• future plans, career options
• other matters the students are interested in

Academic advising is a part of a proactive safety net at the School of Chemical Engineering. In other words, the academic advisors report the meetings that have taken place to the Learning Services. If a student does not meet their academic advisor, the Learning services will contact them.

If you are not sure, who is your academic advisor, please, contact your planning officer.

According to the School of Chemical Engineering admission criteria, students who continued their studies from any Aalto technical school bachelor’s programme to a master's programme in the School of Chemical Engineering have the possibility to change the programme or major once during their master’s studies.

In the Chemical, Biochemical and Materials Engineering programme the same criteria are applied as in continuing from Bachelor’s programme to Master’s programme but that the required supplementary courses may be completed even outside the Bachelor's degree.

Students who have been accepted via Aalto Master’s admissions to the Master's Programme in Chemical,
Biochemical and Materials Engineering can only change the major by taking part in the Aalto Master’s programme admission process.

Students whose study right includes both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree are under certain conditions allowed to change the master's programme or major during their master studies. In most cases this change is possible once during the master studies. Changing programmes or majors is possible mainly within your school. Changing major subjects is also possible between schools within some of Aalto’s joint programmes.

Changing the programme or major is allowed if all the following conditions are fulfilled

1. You have started your studies on August 1, 2016 or later.
2. You fulfil all programme and school level requirements.
3. You are able to complete all of the required studies of your new programme (or major subject) during your remaining study time.
4. Your study right includes both bachelor's and master's degree. If your study right is only for the master's degree, changing the programme is possible only by applying again through master's admissions.

Application procedure:

1. Create a new personal study plan in Sisu for the new programme.
2. Contact the administrative contact person of the major or programme (planning officer or coordinator) and submit a free-form application for changing the programme or major.

If you fulfil all the criteria, your study right will be changed based on this approval.