Aalto University School of Business Exchange Student Handbook
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Exchange Student Handbook Esplanade, Helsinki, Visit Finland Photo Bank Contents Welcome 3 Welcome to the Aalto University School of Business! to the 4 Why come to Finland & Aalto University? 6 Finland Aalto University 8 Helsinki School of Business! 10 Aalto University School of Business 12 Studying at the School of Business 12 Degrees at the School of Business You have chosen to enrich your academic 13 Academic Calender curriculum and to gain new experiences by 13 Before Your Arrival spending a term or a year in our international 13 Courses Available to Exchange Students exchange program. We are sure that you will have 14 Study Guide for Exchange Students - ECTS Guide challenging as well as exciting opportunities 14 Language Test Requirements during your time at the Aalto University School of 14 Orientation Business and in Helsinki. 14 Course on Finnish Language and Culture 14 Transcripts This handbook is aimed at exchange students studying in the BSc. or MSc. programmes at the School of Business. The purpose of this guide is 15 Student Services at the School of Business to provide you with practical information that Accommodation 15 you will need before your arrival and during Facilities 15 your stay in Helsinki. It also provides you with addresses for some websites that you might find 16 AYY - Aalto University Student Union useful for finding more information. For detailed information regarding studies and courses at 17 KY - the Association of Economics Students in Helsinki the School of Business, please refer to the online course catalogue. We wish you the best of luck 18 Practical Information with your studies here, and hope that your stay in 18 Immigration Information Helsinki will be a very pleasant one! 18 Arriving in Helsinki 19 Weather International Student Services 19 Tips for the Winter 20 Free-time Activities 21 Post and Telephone 21 Currency and Banks 22 Transportation and Travelling in and from Finland 23 Things to Remember before You Leave Helsinki 24 List of Our Partner Universities 3 27 Contact Information Why come to Finland & Thoughts of our previous exchange students Aalto University? During my exchange in Finland I was able to I love the personal relation the teachers * enjoy the friendliness of Finnish people and * still have to students at Aalto! amazing cold winter that would not have been possible back home. The student life organized by KY was 10 reasons for choosing Finland * great. It was well planned and fairly Welcoming and comfortable environment priced! You want to enjoy clean and beautiful nature with 1. * in university, friendliness and availability of thousands of lakes and forests. Finnish people, and lovely Finnish nature. The tutors did an unbelievable job. Their 2. You want to try some new activities like winter * commitment and dedication to the swimming, ice fisching, ice skating, skiing. Highly professional professors, very capable exchange students was great to see. I will * fellow students, great university facilities! definitely encourage my school to develop Sauna, Visit Finland media bank 3. You love that things are well organized and you can a similar hands-on program. survive on English everywhere. It´s a great experience, you get to know and * make friends easily from many different The student association makes it much You are fascinated of Finnish things such as sauna, 4. places as well as to work with them in teams * easier to get adapted here and to get to Moomies, Angry Birds, Santa Claus. and learn from diffrent cultures, religions or know each other. International Student values. Services also provided all the help needed 5. You want to taste some Finnish delights such as Salmiakki, rye bread, cloudberry, reindeer, bear either with academic matters or with etc. The Business School was innovative with other personal issues. * practical approach, it had excellent service 6. You are interested in Finnish design such as and amazing people. Marimekko, Iittala, Alvar Aalto etc. 7. You want to experience four seasons, Northern lights & Midnight sun. 8. You want to meet really friendly, the most honest and the least corrupted people in the world! 9. You are bored of crowded places and want to enjoy the silence. Winter sports, Visit Finland media bank 10.You want to travel easily all over the Europe. Squeaky cheese & cloudberries, Visit Finland media bank Harbour, Helsinki tourist & convention bureau Guillaum Learning Hub, Aalto University media bank Finland - the hidden perl of the North More Information on Finland: This is Finland Finland is a Nordic country often described Finnish people are often said to be a bit Due to the geographical location on the www.finland.fi as a land of fascinating contrasts. For quiet and reserved. However, many of our great circle route between the continents, example, the darkness of winter is every exchange students have said that they were Finland also offers the shortest and fastest Statistics on Finland year balanced by Midnight Sun of summer. surprised by the friendliness, hospitality flight connections between Europe and www.stat.fi There are four distinct seasons and even and honesty of the Finns. Practically almost Asia. during a rather short exchange semester everyone in Finland speaks English and Finnish Meteorological Institute the nature changes its uniform completely. we definitely encourage you to get to know Finland is land of interesting contrasts, (weather forecasts) local people in addition to other exchange untouched nature and thousands of lakes. www.fmi.fi Finland is also known as the home of sauna students. Here urban and rural are balanced into and Santa Claus. Companies such as Nokia something unique. Welcome to discover it Visit Finland and Rovio (Angry Birds) originated from the yourself! www.visitfinland.com country. In addition to urban and modern infrastructure, there are large rural areas P.S. There are no polar bears in sight. Centre for International Mobility and plenty of untouched nature in Finland. (CIMO): Information on education, training and youth issues www.cimo.fi Facts about Finland: Why not learn some Finnish? Capital: Helsinki www.donnerwetter.kielikeskus. Area: 338 000 km² (10% water, 70% forests) helsinki.fi/finnishforforeigners Population: 5.5 million Populat. density: 17 people / km² Offic. languages: Finnish and Swedish Europe, Google maps Religions: Lutheranism (79%), Eastern Orthodoxy (1%) Independence: 6 December 1917 Time zone: GMT + 2 hrs 7 Summer night, Visit Finland media bank, Elina Sirparanta Helsinki More Information on Helsinki: The official website of Helsinki Helsinki is nowadays a major urban Helsinki is a dynamic hub for international www.helsinki.fi center and the northernmost capital of the business and 70% of foreign companies European Union. According to most quality operating in Finland are located in Helsinki. Map of Helsinki with a search funtion of life indicators, Finland and Helsinki are This is one of the reasons why Helsinki for street addresses: amongst the best places in the world to live. has gained importance from political, www.kartta.hel.fi It is a green city – both in terms of its natural educational, financial, and cultural point of public spaces as well as our attitude toward view. Useful information on Helsinki the environment. www.discoverhelsinki.com Helsinki has excellent connections to City of Helsinki Stockholm (Sweden), St. Petersburg (Russia) www.hel.fi and Tallin (Estonia). Furthermore, it only takes a few hours by plane to visit many other Information on sports activities in European cities such as London, Paris and Helsinki Madrid. www.hel.fi/liv The Helsinki metropolitan area, also known Information and brochures: Helsinki tourist & convention bureau, Sakke Somerma as Greater Helsinki, includes the city of Helsinki City Tourist Information Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Visiting address: Pohjoisesplanadi 19. It is a home to about a million people. There Tel. + 358 (0)9 3101 3300 are many green areas, commercial districts Helsinki day, Helsinki tourist & convention bureau, Lauri Rotko E-mail: [email protected] and offices in Greater Helsinki, including the Web: http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en headquarters of Nokia and Rovio. Uspenski cathedral, Helsinki tourist & convention bureau, N. Sjöblom Facts about Helsinki: Capital: since 1812 (found in 1550) Area: 715,49 km² Population: 614 074 Populat. density: 2 814 people / km² Native languages: Finnish (84%), Swedish (6%), other (10%) Warmest month: July, mean temperature 17.7°C Coldest month: January, mean temperature –6.8°C Symbol plant: Maple Symbol animal: Squirrel Töölö bay, Helsinki tourist & convention bureau, Hannu Bask 8 9 Aalto University School of Business Established in 2010, Aalto University is a countries to be awarded the “triple crown” new university with centuries of experience. accreditation – AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS It has been created by a merger of Helsinki – which only less than 60 other universities School of Economics, Helsinki University in the world have achieved. The School of Technology and University of Art and of Business is a member of CEMS, the Design Helsinki. Aalto University School Global Alliance in Management Education, of Business is the leading business school a dynamic organization of 26 leading and largest of its kind in Finland. Based on universities around the world, which was both high-quality scientific research and ranked the world’s second best master’s intensive company relations, we provide our program in International Management by students with an education that combines the Financial Times in 2011. Since 2001, the extensive theoretical studies and experience School of Business has also been a member of real business life. Case studies, business of the global Partnership in International projects and visiting faculty from all over Management (PIM). Learning Hub at Aalto University School of Business the world enrich the curriculum. The School of Business is situated at the Töölö campus, We offer several programmes from which right in the center of the city.