Working experience as a part of your degree

Professional training course

You can include a maximum of 5 cr of practical training in your master’s degree. The training is done via the course ELEC-E7990 Professional training 2 – 5 cr. You should register for this course in Sisu. Practical training is included in the elective studies module in the degree.

We recommend that you participate in the course ELEC-E7990 Professional training after the first year of your master’s studies. However, the course is available at all times during the academic year.

You are responsible to find the practical training placement by yourself, and it should be approved by the course teachers beforehand as part of the preliminary assignment of the course.

On the MyCourses pages of the course, you can find more specific information about the practical training course.

Studies at other Aalto schools

As an Aalto University degree student, you can complete studies also outside your own field of study. Some of the studies require an application while other studies are open for all Aalto students. You can complete either individual courses or a minor outside your own field of study.

• Aalto University course catalogue
• Aalto University Minors Guide
• University Wide Studies

Studies in other Finnish Universities

JOO studies

If a student is registered as a degree student at a Finnish university, according to the national flexible study rights agreement (JOO), they are entitled to apply for a fixed term study right for single courses or minors at any other Finnish university. JOO studies should be integrated in the student’s degree at their home university. Bachelor's, master's and doctoral students can apply for the JOO flexible study right. The university can grant a right to study only for studies that are offered to JOO students, and only when the student’s home university has first endorsed the application.

Read here how to appy for the JOO flexible study right.