Master’s Programme in ICT Innovation is a European double degree programme for students who want to know both the technical and entrepreneurial aspects of information and communications technology. The ICT Innovation programme follows the general structure of the EIT Digital Master School. It is a full-time two-year 120 ECTS master’s programme, combining a 90 ECTS technical part with a 30 ECTS standardised module on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E). The programme is completed by studying at two different universities in two countries. Graduates will receive a Master’s degree from both of these universities. Aalto University offers four majors within the ICT Innovation programme.

Master's Programme in ICT Innovation (EIT Digital) consists of major studies (60 ECTS), minor studies (30 ECTS) and master's thesis (30 ECTS). Major consists of mandatory technical courses, mandatory language studies, mandatory introduction course, and optional and specialised technical courses.

Major code: ELEC3055

Entry points:

• Aalto University
• Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
• University of Trento (UNITN)
• Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)

Exit points with specializations:

• Aalto: Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
• KTH: Intelligent Autonomous Systems
• UNITN: Autonomous Robotics Systems
• EURECOM: Sensing, Communicating and Processing Big Data for Autonomous Systems
• ELTE: Computer Science for Autonomous Driving

Curricula at partner universities

Professor in charge: Quan Zhou

Other professors of the major: Ville Kyrki, Arto Visala, Dominik Bauman

Objectives of the programme

AUS is a combination of computer science and electrical engineering. During the programme, students will gain new skills in both areas. In computer science, relevant skills include internet of things (IoT), machine learning, artificial intelligence and  machine vision. In electrical engineering, relevant fields are automation, control, robotics, embedded systems and communications. Students learn the latest theoretical knowledge and know how to apply their skills in practical real-life problems. Typical application areas of autonomous systems include autonomous vehicles, intelligent robots, instruments, industrial IoT and autonomous software systems.

Courses

Entry year, autumn semester

Compulsory major courses (19-24 ECTS)

^{* Language courses are offered in all periods. Entry students are recommended to take a language course in the spring semester. More information at Language studies 2022-2024.}

Compulsory I&E Courses (7 ECTS)

Optional major courses (0-5 ECTS)

Total: 31 ECTS

Entry year, spring semester

Compulsory major courses (0-5 ECTS)

Compulsory I&E Courses (17 ECTS)

Optional major courses (7-12 ECTS)

^{*) Remark: see compulsory major courses.}

Total: 29 ECTS

Total for the whole year: 60 ECTS

Note for exit year at partner university: According to Finnish legislation, a master's thesis is a public document and its contents cannot be confidential. Therefore, the material of the thesis must be chosen so that it does not include any information that could be classified as a business secret of the financing company.

Exit year, autumn semester

Aalto specialization – Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Compulsory major courses (4 ECTS)

Compulsory I&E Course (6 ECTS)

Optional major courses (20 ECTS)

Total: 30 ECTS

Exit year, spring semester

Total for the whole year: 60 ECTS

Major code: ELEC3059

Entry points:

• Aalto University
• University of Rennes 1 (UR1)
• Sorbonne University (SU)
• Roayl Institute of Technology (KTH)
• University of Trento (UNITN)

Exit points with specializations:

• Aalto: Mobile Networking and Cloud Services
• KTH: Networked Intelligence
• UR1: Smart City Services
• SU: Smart Mobility Systems
• UNITN: Beyond 5G

Curricula at partner universities

Professor in charge: Jukka Manner

Other professors of the major: Riku Jäntti, Raimo Kantola, Stephan Sigg, Hong-Linh Truong, Petri Vuorimaa, Yu Xiao

Objectives of the programme

The program on Cloud & Network Infrastructures (CNI) within the EIT Digital Master School is a unique offering that provides a holistic view on network and cloud computing and combines it with a minor on innovation and entrepreneurship. Students will be equipped with profound knowledge on network management, operation, and design on the one hand and cloud service and deployment models, implementation strategies, and application design on the other. The program also focuses on future directions of cloud computing, for example, in the fields of edge and fog computing as well as blockchains and distributed ledger applications respectively.

Courses

Entry year, autumn semester

Compulsory major courses (9 ECTS)

^{* Language courses are offered in all periods. Entry students are recommended to take a language course in the spring semester. More information at Language studies 2022-2024.}

Compulsory I&E Courses (7 ECTS)

Optional major courses (select 22 ECTS over two semesters)

^{* In 2022-2023 the course code is ELEC-A790102.}

Entry year, spring semester

Compulsory major courses (5 ECTS)

Compulsory I&E Courses (17 ECTS)

Optional major courses (select 22 ECTS over two semesters)

Total for the whole year: 60 ECTS

Note for exit year at partner university: According to Finnish legislation, a master's thesis is a public document and its contents cannot be confidential. Therefore, the material of the thesis must be chosen so that it does not include any information that could be classified as a business secret of the financing company.

Exit year, autumn semester

Aalto specialization – Mobile Networking and Cloud Services

Compulsory major courses (14 ECTS)

Compulsory I&E Courses (6 ECTS)

Optional major courses (select 0-10 ECTS)

Total: 30 ECTS

Exit year, spring semester

Total for the whole year: 60 ECTS

Major code: SCI3115

Entry points:

• Aalto University
• Technical University Eindhoven (TU/e)
• Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
• Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
• Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)
• Polytechnic University of Milan (POLIMI)
• University Paris-Saclay (UPS)
• Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)
• University of Rennes 1 (UR1)
• University of Twente (UT) and University of Turku (UTU)

Exit points with specializations:

• Aalto: Machine Learning, Big Data Management, and Business Analytics
• ELTE: Real-time Data Analytics
• KTH: Distributed Systems and Data Mining for Big Data
• TU/e: Business Process Intelligence
• UCA: Multimedia and Web Science for Big Data
• UPM: Infrastructures for Large Scale Data Management and Analysis
• UPS: Natural language Processing
• University of Trento (UNITN): Big Data Variety and Veracity
• UR1: Artificial Intelligence & Data Mining for Business Intelligence
• UT: Data Science for Persona Information
• UTU: Medical Data Science

Curricula at partner universities

Academic coordinator: Wilhelmiina Hämäläinen

Other professors of the major: Rohit Babbar

Objectives of the programme

The Aalto specialization aims to provide students a versatile and diverse set of skills for managing very big data, extracting knowledge from data, learning models and making inferences, creating meaningful visualizations to interact with data, and using data-driven methods in business analytics and intelligence, as well as in other applications. These are all necessary skills for becoming a successful data scientist, one of the top professional careers world-wide. An ideal candidate to the Aalto specialization is mathematically inclined, technically proficient, has entrepreneurial spirit, and interest in solving real-life problems.

Follow this link to view the Data Science Mobility map.

Courses

Entry year, autumn semester

Compulsory major courses (14 ECTS)

^{* Language courses are offered in all periods. More information at Language studies 2022-2024.}

Compulsory I&E Courses (7 ECTS)

Optional major courses (select at least 12 ECTS over the two semester)

^{*The course codes may vary and have additional numbers in the end, e.g. CS-E400201, CS-E400202, etc. Check these in Sisu.}

Entry year, spring semester

Compulsory major courses (10 ECTS)

Compulsory I&E Courses (17 ECTS)

Optional major courses (select at least 12 ECTS over the two semesters)

^{*The course codes may vary and have additional numbers in the end, e.g. CS-E400201, CS-E400202, etc. Check these in Sisu.}

Total for the whole year: 60 ECTS

Note for exit year at partner university: According to Finnish legislation, a master's thesis is a public document and its contents cannot be confidential. Therefore, the material of the thesis must be chosen so that it does not include any information that could be classified as a business secret of the financing company. More information about Master's thesis process for Aalto entry students here.

Exit year, autumn semester

Aalto specialization – Machine Learning, Big Data Management and Business Analytics

Compulsory major courses (9 ECTS)

Compulsory I&E Courses (6 ECTS)

Optional major courses (15 ECTS)

*The course codes may vary and have additional numbers in the end, e.g. CS-E400201, CS-E400202, etc. Check these in Sisu.

Total: 30 ECTS

Exit year, spring semester

Total: 30 ECTS

Total for the whole year: 60 ECTS

Major code: SCI3020

Entry points:

• Aalto University
• Royal Institue of Technology (KTH)
• University Paris-Saclay (UPS)
• University of Twente (UT)
• Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
• Polytechnic University of Milan (POLIMI)

Exit points with specializations:

• Aalto: Cross-Device Interaction
• KTH: Physical Interaction Design and Realization
• UPS: Situated interaction
• UT: Intelligent systems
• UPM: Accessible and Adaptive Interaction
• University of Trento (UNITN): Cognitive Interaction

Curricula at partner universities

Academic coordinator: Mika P. Nieminen

Other professors of the major: Marko Nieminen, Petri Vuorimaa, Arto Hellas

Objectives of the programme

Human Computer Interaction and Design (HCID) focuses on the study, design, development and evaluation of novel user interfaces and interactive systems taking into account human aspects, at the cognitive and sensory-motor levels, technological aspects, as well as business aspects.

New ICT technologies are transforming our daily lives. Smart devices (mobile phones, PDAs, tablet computers), smart products (car, navigation) and smart environments (ambient intelligence) are enabling new services such as navigation, information providing, learning, making reservations or buying of goods are delivered.

Increasingly, the interaction with these devices is not through simple buttons or keystrokes but with more flexible and intuitive interaction methods such as multi-touch, speech, gestures, and with advanced display systems such as augmented and virtual reality. Smart devices and services are also able to show intelligent behaviour recognizing intentions of the user and anticipating the user’s needs. These technologies are central in Human-Computer Interaction and Design.

The design of intuitive user interfaces, however, is not only a matter of the right technology but also a matter of good interaction design: study user’s social and cognitive behaviour in relation to using technology, taking the user as a central driver for design, designing for the right user experience, and testing and evaluating the design within context, are keys to understanding and designing successful user experience.

Follow this link to view the Human Computer Interaction and Design Mobility map.

Courses

Entry year, autumn semester

Compulsory major courses (14 ECTS)

^{* Language courses are offered in all periods. Entry students are recommended to take a language course in the spring semester. More information at Language studies 2022-2024.}

Compulsory I&E Courses (7 ECTS)

Optional major courses (select at least 12 ECTS over the two semesters)

Entry year, spring semester

Compulsory major courses (10 ECTS)

Compulsory I&E Courses (17 ECTS)

Optional major courses (select at least 12 ECTS over the two semesters)

Total for the whole year: 60 ECTS

Note for exit year at partner university: According to Finnish legislation, a master's thesis is a public document and its contents cannot be confidential. Therefore, the material of the thesis must be chosen so that it does not include any information that could be classified as a business secret of the financing company.

Exit year, autumn semester

Aalto specialization – Cross-Device Interaction

Aalto University offers a specialisation in Cross-Device Interaction with courses on various design and user interface development techniques embarking from web and mobile development towards post-desktop interactions with virtual or augmented reality. Human interaction capabilities and goals largely remain the same even if the used interaction device and implementation methods evolve. 90’s early experimentations with mobile code (Java) have changed to responsive design and mobile-first culture of information consumption. Through developments in sensors, algorithms, and computer graphics we are waiting for the consumer break-through of augmented reality and 3D user interfaces.

Compulsory major courses (14 ECTS)

Compulsory I&E Courses (6 ECTS)

Optional major courses (select at least 10 ECTS)

Total: 30 ECTS

Exit year, spring semester

Total for the whole year: 60 ECTS

According to the degree regulations at Aalto University, students must take at least 3 ECTS of foreign language studies for the degree. In Master’s Programme in ICT Innovation the students may choose between an English course, fulfilling both oral and written requirements (o,w) or 3 ECTS of Finnish or 3 ECTS of Swedish courses. The compulsory foreign language course may also be completed at the partner university under certain circumstances (e.g. KTH).

For exit students, we recommend the English course LC-1310 Academic Communication for MSc Students (o,w). For entry students, we recommend the English course LC-1317 Integrated Project Communication for MSc students (o,w). Taking any other course may lead to problems of recognition at the partner university. Taking the Finnish or Swedish course(s) as part of the degree are agreed in your HOPS. 

Note:

• If you are entry or exit student of POLIMI or UPM, we strongly recommend taking the above listed English courses to avoid problems with recognition of your credits.
• Exit students are recommended to enroll for a language course already in period I. The language courses are very popular and despite the courses aimed for EIT students, if there are more students enrolled than there is room for, the students will be drawn, and there is no guarantee that you will be selected on the course.
• Courses with code ALC-xx, e.g. ALC-7210 Finnish 1, are open university courses, that require a separate course payment. Be careful that you select the correct course!

According to studies, even basic knowledge in Finnish is a significant asset in the job market in Finland.

Students who have have excellent command of English, according to their personal judgement, may choose 3 credits of Finnish or 3 credits of Swedish courses instead.

If you want to include Finnish or Swedish courses in your HOPS, you have to select 3 ECTS of them. You can take either one Finnish/Swedish course of 3 ECTS, or three courses of 1 ECTS each. The course(s) can be of any level.

Even if you take Academic Communication in your degree, consider taking some basic Finnish courses as extra, keeping your personal resources in mind.

Check the supply of courses in Finnish here and courses in Swedish here.

KTH has a compulsory methodology & communication course in their ICT Innovation curriculum (7,5 ECTS). All entry or exit students at KTH must complete either AK2036 Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications (Natural and Technological Science) or II2202 Research Methodology and Scientific Writing. Both courses have equivalent learning outcomes to Aalto's course LC-1310 Academic Communication for MSc students. Thus, KTH students don't have to take any language course at Aalto and can select 3 ECTS more optional courses in their technical major curriculum.

• KTH entry students: Please indicate the language course (code, name, credits) you have completed on your HOPS under the section "Entry year at partner university" in your major.
• KTH exit students: Please indicate the language course (code, name, credits) you commit to complete on your HOPS under the section "Exit year at partner university" in your major. Note: You can take a language course at Aalto as well, and you can include it in your HOPS, but the exemption does not work vice versa - even if you have a 3-ECTS language course from Aalto, KTH will not exempt you from the requirement of taking one of the above mentioned courses.

Other EIT Digital universities don't have similar compulsory courses, but Aalto exit students who have completed an intermediate / advanced level language course at their entry university can contact the Learning Services of the programme (ictinnovation(a)aalto.fi) for the possibility of using this course for the compulsory foreign language course requirement.

If you have completed your Bachelor degree at Aalto or some other Finnish higher education institution, you have probably completed the compulsory foreign language course as part of that degree. Please check your degree certificate and transcript with the programme's planning officer (not necessary for Aalto BSc students). If you have completed the compulsory foreign language course in your BSc degree, you don't have to take the compulsory foreign language course in this programme and instead and you can select 3 ECTS more of optional courses in your technical major curriculum.

In the compulsory foreign language studies the focus is on the key written and oral skills needed in the world of work and in the student’s own field of study. The language studies are at an intermediate to advanced level, at a CEFR level of B1–B2 or higher. B2 is the level required for English. All compulsory foreign language courses are to be taken in a single language.

Courses that meet the degree language requirements are marked (o) for oral skills, (w) for written skills, or (o,w) for both. Check the course offerings to see which ones meet the foreign language requirement of your degree.

Further information on relevant courses and methods to complete them is available from the Language Centre: Compulsory Foreign Language.

Introduction course is a compulsory course for all majors in Master's Programme in ICT Innovation (EIT Digital Master School). The course is divided into two editions:

1) SCI-E1011 Academic Skills (1 ECTS) for entry (1st year) Master's students

2) SCI-E1012 Career and Working Life Skills (1 ECTS) for entry (2nd year) Master's students.

Compulsory I&E courses during the entry year and entry summer

Compulsory I&E course during the exit year

Total: 30 ECTS

Summer school if a mandatory compenent the the I&E minor. Summer school is completed in the summer following the entry year. Summer school is registered in the entry year university and it is counted towards the entry year studies.

More information about summer schools is available on EIT Digital's website.