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GUILD GUIDE 2018 Content 3 • Welcome 4 • Aalto University and Student Life 6 • The Guilds of ENG 8 • What the Guilds Offer 10 • ENG International Team 13 • Message from Tutor 14 • Exchange Student Experience 15 • Learning Services 16 • Guilds of Otaniemi 18 • Presenting 20 • To Become a Teekkari 22 • AA-Clubs 24 • Survival 25 • Otaniemi Dictionary 26 • Map of Otaniemi 28 • Head Starts 30 • Checklist and Links 31 • First Week’s Schedule Thank you Aalto University School of Engineering for financing this guide Editing: Susanna Karlqvist, Karri Pönni, Iiro Vainikainen Pictures/Material: Old Guild Guides, Silja Yli-Juuti, Milla Partanen, Susanna Karlqvist, Ville Alasalmi, Petra Ekroos, Kimmo Saira, Teemu Vierros, Aukusti Kankaanpää, Katariina Kaskinen, Paavo Hietala, AYY/Rakennusinsinöörikilta/Koneinsinöörikilta/Maanmittarikilta picture gallery 2 Welcome Hello, In your hand, you are now holding the On the behalf of the three guilds of new Guild Guide of 2018. This guide is ENG: the Guild of Civil Engineers, the designed by the International Team of Guild of Mechanical Engineers and Aalto University School of Engineering, the Guild of Surveying Engineers, we or ENG, to introduce our guilds and would like to congratulate you on your student life in Otaniemi. study place and we are happy that you have chosen to come to Aalto! This guide has been made internation- al students in mind but we encourage We hope that you will settle in well and the Finnish students to read this guide enjoy your stay with us. through also - especially if you are not Welcome to Finland and Aalto Univer- familiar with teekkari culture or life in sity. Otaniemi - as it contains a lot of great information. ENG International Team, Suski, Karri and Iiro Check out also: www.ayy.fi/en/ www.into.aalto.fi 3 Aalto University and Student Life Welcome to the Finnish student life of Otaniemi, where people wear funny overalls and distinctive white, tasseled caps. Otaniemi is the heart of a thriving student community with various sovereign associations to represent you and guide you to- wards an amazing stay in Finland. The Aalto University Student Union (Aalto-yliopiston ylioppilaskunta, AYY) is a 15,000 members strong self-governing public student or- ganization whose status is defined in the Finnish Universities Act and all Aalto University students under- taking bachelor’s or master’s degrees are members of the student union. Students of most departments have founded their own associations over the years. Being a teekkari has 145 years of history and all ENG’s guilds are over 100 years old. So you can be part of a long history of student life! Nobody will force you, but par- ticipating in other activities besides your official studies will enrich the experience for everyone, first and foremost for yourself. Perhaps you too will become a true teekkari and get your very own tasseled cap! To become a true teekkari you have to show enthusiasm towards teekkari culture and participate in specific events. You will get more infor- mation once you get here :) 4 Structure of Aalto 5 The Guilds of ENG Since the Bachelor program reform The Guild of Surveying Engineers of 2013 the guilds of ENG have Maanmittarikilta, MK gone through changes. The reform mk.ayy.fi impacted the guilds as it mixed up the Bachelor programs studied in the School of Engineering and so on The Guild of Survey- changing the majors studied by each ing Engineers, guild. However, the guilds remain to founded in 1901, is the uphold their over 100-year-old tra- second oldest guild in Finland and one ditions and practices. of the smallest ones in Otaniemi. You can recognize a surveyor from their So don’t let the names of the guilds matte black overalls with a fuchsia fool you, when finding your guild coloured sleeve. but check the right one for you from the programmes lists! Master’s programmes: You can join to a guild online on REC - Real Estate Economics guild’s website or by coming to the SPT - Spatial Planning and Transporta- guild room. tion Engineering CS - Creative Sustainability USP - Urban studies and Planning in Real Estate Economics 6 The Guild of Civil Engineers The Guild of Mechanical Engineers Rakennusinsinöörikilta, IK Koneinsinöörikilta, KIK ik.ayy.fi kik.ayy.fi The Guild of Civil The Guild of Me- Engineers was chanical Engineers established in 1913 was founded in 1915, with the name and even with 103 Insinööriklubi, hence the abbrevia- years of history, it is the youngest guild tion, IK. Members of the guild can be in the School of Engineering. However, reconized from their dark blue overalls it is one of the biggest guild’s with over with an environment green sleeve and 1000 members. Members of KIK are a back pocket. known for their light pink overalls. Master’s programmes: Master’s programmes: IDBM - International Design Business AAE - Advanced Energy Solutions Management GEO - Geoengineering CIV - Building Engineering GIS - Geoinformatics MEC - Mechanical Engineering WAT- Water and Environmental Engi- Nordic Master in neering - Maritime Engineering EMMEP - Cold Climate Engineering Nordic Master in - Environmental Engineering - Innovative Sustainable Energy Engi- neering 7 What the Guilds Offer The Guild Room The guild room can be called a heart of the guild. It’s a place where the mem- bers of the guild can be found almost at any time of the day (sometimes even when they are supposed to be some- where else). As a member of the guild, the guild room offers you many kinds of benefits ranging from coffee and comfy sofas to a study area with computers and study materials. Usually someone from the guild board will also be there to help you with official matters, such as joining the guild or buying overalls, badges and song books. ENG Weekly News The guilds of ENG provide a weekly newsletter email for our international students. There you can get information about events and other news. You will learn some useful Finnish phrases too. When joining the guild, you can sub- scribe to the letter. The Events Parties, sitsis, cruises... You name it! The guilds organize many kinds of events during the academic year. Sit- sit is an academic dinner party where the night starts with a complete dinner and ends with an afterparty. The main focus is not on eating, but on enjoying singing, good drinks and great compa- ny. The parties often also involve going to sauna, which is something that you should test at least once. 8 Divisions Each guild has several divisions that are there for all those who want to take part in the action without tying themselves down too much. Whatever you want to do, there’s a division for it: sports, cul- ture, mechanical workshop, writing the guild magazine, singing… Each divi- Overalls sion also has a coordinator or a director Overalls are the distinctive clothes that who guides these activities and keeps in Finnish students wear in specific events. contact with the guild’s board. They will enable you to join the action and not worry about dirtying your own clothes as they will preserve you from the harsh Finnish weather and possible crawling on the ground. The overalls are a great way to integrate in the student life in Otaniemi so we recommend you all to get them. After that you can start collecting badges and fill your overalls with them making them more personal. Badges will be sold by the guilds, asso- ciations and in most of the events. Re- member that when you’re wearing the overalls you‘re representing both your Excursions guild and Aalto University. Excursions masters of the guilds reg- ularly organize company visits around Finland and even abroad. Company visits usually entail a company pres- entation as well as a tour around their site. Often after the official part there is a meal or sauna involved. Excursions are a great way to get a feel for the in- dustry of your own field and make con- tacts. 9 ENG International Team -MK- Hi everyone! My name is Iiro and I am the Master’s I have myself experience in both ex- Student Captain in the Guild of Sur- change studies and been admitted to veying Engineers, so in other words for the university as master’s level degree those who study Spatial Planning and student. By my own experiences I can Transportation Engineering, Real Es- say, that studying abroad - no matter tate Economics and Creative Sustaina- how short or long time - is the best de- bility. I am myself 25 years old and start- cision one can make. ing my seventh year (although only two As Master’s Student Captain I am a of those have been in Aalto University) member of the board of the Guild of of studies and I currently have roughly Surveying Engineers. In addition to one year of Transportation Engineering that, I am chairman for the association studies left. I feel that have clearly found Linkki (more on that later in this guide) my call profession, as my hobbies most- and a founding member and vice chair- ly include travelling around on trains man of Polytechnical Sauna Society. watching football. Waiting already to see you all in the au- tumn! Iiro Vainikainen +358 40 410 7806 [email protected] Telegram: @MaisteriMestari 10 ENG International Team -IK- Hello! My name is Susanna or Suski as most Together with Karri, Iiro and the whole people call me and I’m the Master of In- International committee of Aalto Uni- ternational Affairs of the Guild of Civil versity I will organize different kinds of Engineers. In other words, I’m the Mas- events for you during this study year, ter Captain for all the international stu- introduce you to Teekkari life and do dents and Finnish Master freshmen for my best to make your time in Otaniemi the year of 2018-2019 that study in one truly memorable.