• Your study plan is not in "deleted" -status (some older study plans might have a deleted status. In this case, create an entirely new study plan, add courses and apply for needed approvals first)
• The code of the master's thesis is correct. The master's thesis code must correspond to the supervisor's school / department so change the code in your study plan if needed.
• The most common codes are:
  • ELEC.thes = For all ELEC supervisors
  • Men.thes = Dpt of Mechanical Engineering
  • CS.thes = Dpt of Computer Science
• If your supervisor is from none of these departments or you don't know the correct department, ask your supervisor. If it is still unclear, contact [email protected].

Master's thesis written in Finnish or Swedish

You will receive a degree certificate in Finnish / Swedish and get English translation of your degree certificate.

Master's thesis written in English

You will receive a degree certificate in English (the language of the degree) and either in Finnish or Swedish according to your choice.

If you want to receive the certificate in Swedish, please provide the information in the "Other info: Additional info on graduation" text field in the graduation request. Otherwise, the certificate will be printed in Finnish by default.

Students who, in their master’s degree studies, have shown excellent knowledge of the field as well as exceptional maturity and sense of judgment in their thesis, may have this recognised in their degree certificate with the phrase 'completed with honours'. The decision regarding awarding a degree with honours rests with the school. A degree may be awarded with honours if the weighted average grade of the studies (with the thesis) included in the degree is at least 4.00 and if the thesis grade is 4 or 5.

If you are unable to attend the ceremony, you can collect your diploma from the Learning Services ca. six weeks after your graduation date. Also, someone else can collect your diploma from the Learning or it can be mailed to you, if you give a power of attorney for these purposes (certificates are mainly mailed only outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area). You can submit the power of attorney as a hard copy to Learning Services or as a scanned copy to [email protected].

Power of attorney

Temporary diploma

When your degree has been registered to Sisu, you can download official transcript of records from Sisu. Your graduation date is visible in the transcript of records. In many cases, the official transcript of records is acceptable as a temporary diploma. If you however, need an official temporary diploma, you can request it from the Learning Services ([email protected]) after you have received a message from Sisu, that your graduation request has been accepted.

School of Electrical Engineering arranges four graduation ceremonies every year. The graduation ceremony is a formal event where the dean presents the diplomas. The programme includes music, a speech by the Dean, by one of the graduates and by a representative of TEK (Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland). After the ceremony coffee and cake are served. The estimated duration of the event is two hours. The dress code at the ceremony is dark suit. You may wear your technology student cap at the ceremony. Invitations will be sent to graduates by email around one month before the ceremony. For further inquiries please contact [email protected].

In addition to the School of Electrical Engineering graduation ceremony, an outdoor event “Graduation Party” will be organized on Wednesday 14 June 2023 at 17 for all bachelors, masters and licentiates who have graduated between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023 from Aalto University. Invitations to the event with registration link will be sent in April and May. So, remember to update your email address you’ll be using after the graduation in Sisu!
Read more about the Party at https://www.aalto.fi/en/gradparty.