European Mining Course, Master of Science (Technology)

You are eligible to apply in master's admissions if you have a bachelor’s degree. The bachelor's degree must be equivalent to 180 ECTS credits or three years of full-time study. The degree must give eligibility to apply for master’s degree studies at university in the awarding country. The awarding higher education institution has to be a recognised part of the official national education system of the country. It has to be accredited as a degree-granting higher education institution by the country where it is located or by a relevant international organisation (such as UNESCO).

You cannot apply to a master’s programme on the basis of a previous master's degree. Only bachelor’s degrees give eligibility for master’s programmes. Exceptions to this are ‘long-cycle’ master's degrees that have been granted without a bachelor’s degree, for instance, degrees awarded in Finland prior to the adoption of the two-cycle degree system in 2008 or licentiate of medicine degrees.

Additional degree can be included in your application

In addition to the degree granting eligibility to apply (i.e. bachelor's degree), you can include one other higher education degree (e.g., master's degree) to the section Other Higher Education Degree on the application form.

You must upload the required application documents of all the studies that you include in your application form. The same documentation requirements apply to all degrees. For further information, see Instructions for application documents below.

You can apply to the programme with an incomplete bachelor’s degree, provided that you will graduate by 31 July 2024. If you are accepted to the university, you must deliver a certified copy of your degree certificate by 15 August 2024 at 15.00 (3 pm, GMT +3). In case you are not able to graduate or fail to deliver your degree certificate by the deadline, your conditionally granted study right will be cancelled.

If you apply with an incomplete degree, note that it may not be possible to graduate during the summer months. You should look into the graduation schedules and requirements of your own faculty or school in advance.

Only studies included in an official transcript of records submitted with the online application form by the deadline can be taken into consideration in the evaluation. Updated transcripts or any studies completed after the deadline cannot be taken into consideration.

At Aalto University, a student may have only one valid study right towards a given degree. If the student accepts a new study right in a master's programme leading to the same degree (for example, Master of Science in Technology) at Aalto, the old study right will be cancelled.

The application form and links to it are available only during the application period. One applicant can have only one application form, do not fill in several forms.

• Link to the Application form

Once you have submitted your online application form, you will receive an automatic confirmation email with a request to submit the required application documents. Your application is incomplete until the required documents have been uploaded to the application system.

The deadline for the application documents is 7 March 2024 at 15.00 (GMT +2). All documents have to be uploaded to the online application form before the deadline. Documents received after the deadline are not considered. If an obligatory application document is not submitted as required by the deadline, the application will be rejected as incomplete. We recommend uploading all the documents as early as possible.

Obligatory documents to be uploaded to the application form (in PDF format)

1. Scanned colour copy of the original Bachelor’s degree certificate (This document requirement does not apply to applicants with an incomplete degree. If your degree is unfinished at the application phase, leave the upload attachment section for degree certificate blank. The degree must be completed by 31 July 2023.)
2. Scanned colour copy of the original official transcript of study records.
3. If your degree certificate and the official transcript of records are not in Finnish, Swedish or English, scanned colour copies of authorised translations.
4. Copy of a valid passport or an official government-issued identification card with photo and information on citizenship. Upload a copy of the personal information page of the passport only (not all pages).
5. Proof of English language proficiency. See the accepted language tests, other accepted methods of demonstrating English language skills and document instructions below.
6. If you are exempted from the tuition fee of Aalto University based on your residence permit, submit copies of both the front and back sides of your residence permit card in Finland. See the residence permit types that exempt from tuition fees at Scholarships and Tuition Fees page. The fee-exempting residence permit must be valid at the beginning of the academic year i.e., 1 August 2024. Read more about scholarships and fees in European Minining Course below in Scholarship and Fees.
7. Motivation letter. The motivation letter should be written in English. The maximum length of the motivation letter is about 4000 characters. The motivation letter should describe why you are applying to the study-option and why you would be a good candidate for the study option.
8. Curriculum Vitae.

See Instructions for application documents below.

The documents must be in Finnish, Swedish or English. If the original degree certificate or transcript of records was written in some other language, you must submit an official translation of the document.

The translation is official if it has been done by the higher education institution that awarded the degree or by a certified translator (authorised translator). The translations must have the certified translator’s stamp and signature.

The Finnish National Agency for Education (www.oph.fi/en) maintains a register of authorised translators who are based in Finland.

A Diploma Supplement issued in English can be accepted as a translation of a degree certificate (issued in a language other than Finnish, Swedish or English), if it contains all the same information as the degree certificate (at least the name of the degree, the name of the institution awarding the degree, the date of awarding the degree, and the name of the student.)

A copy of a valid passport or an official government-issued identification card with photo and information on citizenship is an obligatory application document.

Driver’s license does not have information on citizenship and is therefore not accepted.

If passport or identification card has expired

If you do not have a Finnish personal identity code, a valid passport or an official government-issued identification card is required.

If you have a Finnish personal identity code, but do not have a valid passport/ID card, you can upload a copy of an expired passport/ID card or driver’s license to the application form. Your information can be checked from the Finnish Population Register with your Finnish personal ID number.

If name details are different in study documents and passport

If your name has changed after your studies and your name in the passport does not match your study documents, an official proof of name change is required. Submit a copy of an official document of your name change issued by a governing body. This can be, for example, a marriage certificate if your family name has changed in marriage.

If you have a Finnish personal identity code, it is sufficient to have the same code on the study documents and your passport. If your personal identity code has changed or it does not show for example on your transcript of study records, you need to submit a copy of an official document of your name change issued by a governing body.

If official identification card is issued in a language other than English, Finnish or Swedish

If your official identification card is issued in a language other than English, Finnish or Swedish, you must submit a translation of the document. You can translate the document yourself. The translation must be accurate.

Copies of study certificates (Bachelor’s degree certificate and transcripts of records) must be certified to be true copies of the original documents by the issuing university or a notary public. Each page must have the certifying official’s original signature, printed name, ink stamp and date. Copies of officially certified copies are not accepted, thecertifying official’s ink stamps and signatures must be original. A multiple-page certified copy must be certified on the front side of every page.

The deadline for the officially certified study certificates is 15 August 2024 at 15.00 (GMT +3).

We strongly recommend using a courier service (e.g. DHL, UPS, TNT, FedEx) for shipments from outside the European Union (EU) instead of regular mail. We recommend using a courier service also within the EU to be able to track your shipment.

If you send documents from outside the EU:

• Send the consignment of documents as a letter. Do not send it as a parcel.
• Do not determine a value for the letter when sending it to avoid customs clearance.
  If the country of dispatch requires the consignor to determine a value for the consignment of documents, mark the value as zero (euros or other currency).
• The goods description for the consignment should be, for example, documents.

If you send the documents by courier service, use the street address:

Aalto University, School of Engineering
Student Services
Otakaari 4
FI-02150 ESPOO
Finland
tel. +358 50 592 4182

Write “European Mining Course Admission” on the envelope.

If you send the documents by regular mail (not courier service), send them to the postal address:

Aalto University, School of Engineering
Student Services
P.O. Box 14100
FI-00076 AALTO
Finland

Admission is conditional until the certified hard copy documents have been received. Conditionally granted study right will be cancelled if the certified documents; or documents according to the country-specific document requirements; are not received in the required manner by the deadline.

The certified documents will be compared to the electronic documents uploaded to the application system.

Minimum score requirements:

• IELTS Academic: overall score 6.5, and writing score 5.5.

Aalto University accepts also IELTS Indicator (Academic) test and IELTS Online (Academic) test.
Only IELTS Academic tests are accepted. General-level tests are not accepted.

If you have taken several tests, the best official score that is still valid and received by Aalto University by the deadline will be considered in the admissions. You cannot combine scores from different test dates.

IELTS test results are valid for two years from the date of the test. For 2023 admissions, test results are valid if the test was taken on or after 16 January 2021. 
For 2024 admissions, test results are valid if the test was taken on or after 16 January 2022 [added on Feb 22 2024].

Submitting the IELTS scores

The official language test scores must arrive at Aalto University Admission Services by  7 March 2024 15.00 (GMT +2).

1. Upload a PDF copy of your IELTS test report to your application form, if you have received the report already.
2. Mark your Test Report Form (TRF) number carefully to your application form. Make sure to type the number correctly. Your TRF number is required for verifying the scores.
3. If you have taken the IELTS Indicator test, mark your IELTS Indicator Score ID to the application form.
4. Send your electronic test report to Aalto University in the test administrator's service.
   - When booking the test, you can choose Aalto University as the Recognising Organisation to make your score available to Aalto University. The department is "Admission Services".
   - If you have already taken the test, contact your test centre and request the test administrator to send your electronic test report to Aalto University. See the instructions for sending IELTS results to nominated organisations (electronically) on the test administrator website.

The results are verified electronically.

Minimum score requirements:

• TOEFL iBT (Internet-based Test): 92, and 22 for Writing or
• TOEFL PDT (Paper-delivered Test): Reading 22, Listening 22, and Writing 24

Aalto University accepts also TOEFL iBT® Home Edition test.
Only TOEFL iBT or PDT tests are accepted, for example TOEFL Essentials or TOEFL ITP tests are not accepted.

If you have taken several tests, the best official score that is still valid and received by Aalto University by the deadline will be considered in the admissions. You cannot combine scores from different test dates, e.g. TOEFL MyBest scores is not accepted.

TOEFL test results are valid for two years from the date of the test.
For 2024 admissions, test results are valid if the test was taken on or after 16 January 2022 [updated on Feb 22 2024]. Note that the test administrator ETS does not send TOEFL results after they have expired.

Submitting the TOEFL scores

The official language test scores must arrive at Aalto University Admission Services by 7 March 2024 15.00 (GMT +2) directly from the test administrator. Only official test scores sent by the test administrator are accepted.

1. Request your official score report to be sent from the test administrator to Aalto University reporting code 7364 (Score Report Recipient).
   A department code is not required (or you can choose any department). Aalto University will receive all results sent with the reporting code 7364. Make the reporting request early enough.
2. Type your TOEFL iBT Appointment number to your application form (to "Language proficiency" section of the form). The number has 16 digits (e.g. 0000 0000 xxxx xxxx).
   Note that this is not sufficient for submitting the score, you must request the official score report to be sent with the Aalto University reporting code well in advance of the deadline.

The scores must be received electronically directly from the test administrator by the deadline. Unofficial score reports sent by applicants will not be accepted. The scores are usually available within 1 to 2 weeks of sending the score report request. Contact the test administrator if you have questions about score delivery times.

Aalto University receives the scores via ETS® Data Manager service.

Minimum score requirements:

• Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE A): 62, and 54 for Writing

PTE test results are valid for two years from the date of the test.
For 2024 admissions, test results are valid if the test was taken on or after 16 January 2022 [updated on Feb 22 2024].

If you have taken several tests, the best official score that is still valid and received by Aalto University by the deadline will be considered in the admissions. You cannot combine scores from different test dates.

Submitting the PTE scores

The official language test scores must arrive at Aalto University Admission Services by  7 March 2024 15.00 (GMT +2).

PTE test scores must be sent via the test administrator’s electronic service.

1. Log in to your PTE account and send your results to Aalto University in the test administrator’s service.
2. Mark your Score Report Code to your application form (to "Language proficiency" section of the form). 
   The Score Report Code contains 10 characters that are letters and numbers. The code can be found at the top of the report under your name.

Minimum score requirements:

• C1 Advanced (formerly known as Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English, CAE): A,B or C
• C2 Proficiency (formerly known as Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English, CPE): A,B,C or Level C1

No other Cambridge language tests than C1 Advanced (or CAE) and C2 Proficiency (or CPE) are accepted.

For C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency tests, electronically verifiable tests taken after 2005 are accepted.

Submitting the C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency scores

The official language test scores must arrive at Aalto University Admission Services by  7 March 2024 15.00 (GMT +2).

1. Upload a PDF copy of your C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency results report to your application form ("Language proficiency" section on the application form).
2. Mark your test taker's ID number (e.g. ABC1234567), Reference number (e.g. 173YU0034522) and Statement of results number to your application form.
3. Log into the language test administrator's service and share your test results to Aalto University.

The results are verified electronically.

English proficiency can be demonstrated with a higher education degree in an English-medium programme completed at a university or university of applied sciences in:

an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or the United States while residing in that country while studying.

A minimum of one half of the degree must be completed in a country and higher education institution that meets the requirements for exempting the student from taking an English language test. Note this requirement if your degree includes many transfer credits or you have an international double or joint degree.

The language of the degree must be stated unambiguously in the degree certificate or its appendix, or in the transcript of records or other official document issued by the awarding institution.

If there are several instruction languages, the document must clearly indicate the amount of studies taken in English. It is not sufficient, if the document states, for example, that the language of instruction is English and French.

Note the requirement of residing in the country while studying. A degree completed at an offshore campus outside the listed countries is not sufficient for proving your language skills even in case the degree is awarded in one of the listed countries.

Upload to the application form:

1. Scanned copy of the original degree certificate
2. Scanned copy of the original official transcript of study records
3. If the language of the degree is not stated unambiguously in the degree certificate or transcript of records, an official document of the language of instruction issued by the awarding institution.

The documents must be uploaded to the online application form by  7 March 2024 15.00 (GMT +2).

If your degree is still incomplete at the application phase, the degree must be completed and you must graduate by 31 July 2023. A copy of the degree certificate must be submitted according to the instructions by 17 August 2023 at 15.00 (3 pm, GMT +3).

After the publication of admission results, the admitted applicants must submit certified (attested) hard copy documents by the given deadline.

English proficiency can be demonstrated with primary and secondary education in English in:
an EU/EEA country, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or the United States while residing in that country.

A minimum of one half of the degree must have been completed in English in a country listed above to be exempted from taking an English language test.

Upload to the application form:

1. Scanned copy of your school leaving certificate / secondary-school final certificate
2. English as the language of instruction must be stated unambiguously on the certificate. If the language of instruction is not indicated on the certificate, upload another official document issued by the institution stating the language of instruction.

The documents must be uploaded to the application form by 7 March 2024 15.00 (GMT +2).

After the publication of admission results, the admitted applicants must submit certified (attested) hard copy documents by the given deadline.

An English language test is not required if you have earned or will earn a higher education degree at one of the European Mining Course partner universities (Aalto University, RWTH Aachen University, or Montanuniversität Leoben).

A minimum of one half of the degree must be completed at this university. Make sure to note this requirement if your degree includes many transfer credits or if it is an international double or joint degree.

Upload to the application form:

1. Scanned copy of the original degree certificate
2. Scanned copy of the original official transcript of study records

The documents must be uploaded to the online application form by 7 March 2024 15.00 (GMT +2)

If your degree is still incomplete at the application phase, the degree must be completed and you must graduate by 31 July 2024. A copy of the degree certificate must be submitted according to the instructions by 15 August 2024 at 15.00 (3 pm, GMT +3).

Note that some of these fees only apply to the semesters which you physically study at the respective universities and some for all the four semesters.

The fees presented above are the ones for academic year 2023-2024 and they are subject to annual changes.

• AALTO: The membership of the student union is mandatory and payment of the fee is a pre-condition to enroll as attending. You must enroll as attending at least on your 1^st and 4^th semester, because this is when you actively study at Aalto. Enrolment as attending on the 4^th semester is mandatory irrespective of location, because the Master’s thesis is always supervised and submitted to Aalto. Enrolment as attending is mandatory also when you receive a mobility scholarship granted by Aalto University, for example, on the 2^nd semester at Aachen. The fee amount is subject to annual changes. More information of the annual enrolment and student union membership fees is available here.
• RWTH: No student union fees
• MUL: The student union fee must be paid for all the four semesters when you are enrolled in the programme. The amount is subject to annual changes. More information on MUL page.

• AALTO: Finland has tuition fees for citizens of countries other than those of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. The fee is 15 000 EUR per academic year (7 500 EUR per semester). With certain residence status, some non-EU/EEA students may be exempted the tuition fee. Others are eligible for scholarships (see more information below). Covering the tuition fee with scholarship, exemption, or payment is a pre-condition to enroll as attending. The tuition fee applies to your 1^st semester and, if you choose to do your Master’s thesis at Aalto, to the 4^th semester and possible further semesters until you graduate. More information here.
• RWTH: No tuition fees
• MUL: The tuition fee applies to your 3rd semester and, if you choose to do your Master's thesis at MUL, to the 4th semester. Regular students from non-EU/EEA countries who have a residence permit other than that for students pay the fees of EU/EEA students. Regular students who are citizens of the least developed countries are generally exempted the tuition fee and only pay the students' union membership fee. This applies to students from Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Yemen, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Kiribati, the Comoros, Congo (Democratic Republic), Laos (Democratic People's Republic), Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, the Maldives, Mali, Mauretania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, the Solomon Islands, Zambia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania (United Republic), Timor-Leste, Togo, Chad, Tuvalu, Uganda, Central African Republic. More information here.

• AALTO: The student healthcare fee is a mandatory access fee to healthcare services. It must be covered always when you enroll as attending. However, EU students who are covered with social security in another EU country may apply for exemption. Further information at https://www.kela.fi/healthcare-fee-for-students-in-higher-education.
• RWTH: Social contribution fees
• MUL: No other mandatory fees

Students liable for paying tuition fees and not exempted are eligible to apply for Aalto University scholarships. The scholarships are granted at the admission and applied on the application form. The scholarships are granted to a limited amount of the best selected non-EU/EEA students. The scholarship is either a 100% or a 50% tuition fee waiver. It is granted for the 1^st semester and, conditionally, for the 4^th semester, in case the student decides to do the Master’s thesis at Aalto. If the student’s graduation is delayed beyond 4 semesters, they may apply for an additional semester scholarship for the 5^th semester. After this, the student must pay the tuition fee, irrespective of physical location.

Finland Scholarships awarded by Aalto University are part of the national Finland Scholarship programme funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture. Finland Scholarship programme runs from 2022 to 2024. Non-EU/EEA applicants who are liable to pay tuition fees at Aalto University can apply for a Finland Scholarship. The scholarships are granted to the best applicants at the admission and they can be applied with the application form.

More information at https://www.aalto.fi/en/international-students/tuition-fees-and-scholarships.

• AALTO: As Aalto is the first institution for all students, no mobility scholarships can applied for the 1^st semester.
• RWTH: During your 1^st semester, you will receive instructions to apply for a mobility scholarships for your 2^nd semester at RWTH Aachen. The scholarship is awarded by Aalto. More information will be provided to the enrolled students.
• MUL: During your 2nd semester, you will receive instructions to apply for a mobility scholarships for your 3rd semester at MUL. The scholarship is awarded by RWTH Aachen. More information wille be provided to the enrolled students.

Federation of European Mining Programmes (FEMP) supports EMC students with scholarships, helps with industrial connections, and gathers together the hundreds of EMC alumni. Read about FEMP on FEMP page. More information of available scholarships will be provided to enrolled students.

It is possible to submit a written request to rectify the admission decision within 14 days of the publication of the results. The purpose of the written rectification request procedure is to allow applicants to appeal against the admission decision on the grounds of a possible error in the decision-making, and thereby have an erroneous decision corrected. An admission decision may only be rectified if Aalto University has made an error in the admission procedure and the error in question entitles the applicant to have the admission decision rectified. The procedure is not for requesting feedback or additional information on the admissions results.

Your request for rectification has to contain the following information:

• the study option that the rectification request concerns
• the decision you wish to have rectified
• a description of how you want the university to rectify its decision
• the grounds for your rectification request
• your contact information (full name, email address)
• written authorisation to your representative (if you use a representative)

Decisions on scholarships are final and cannot be appealed against.

All requests for rectification of admission decisions must be delivered to the University Registry within 14 days from the publication of admission results, either to the Registry’s email address [email protected] or by post to its postal address: Aalto University, Registry, P.O. Box 11000, 00076 Aalto, Finland.

According to the ‘one student place per term in higher education’ policy, applicants who are offered admission to more than one degree programme beginning in the same academic term at a Finnish university or university of applied sciences may only accept one offer of admission. The policy applies to all degree-granting higher education programmes, whether applying through: joint application procedures, separate admissions procedures, or applying to doctoral education (to earn a licentiate or doctoral degree).

If you are offered admission to more than one degree programme in different admissions for studies starting in autumn 2023, you can only accept one of them. It is not possible to switch to another study place. The acceptance of a study place is binding.