Farewell!
10 December 2015, Study Coordinator Niina Huovinen
Get-together for exchange students returning home in December 2015
Please tell us…
what has been
the absolute highlight
and
the worst low point
of your exchange at Aalto
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Things to
take care of
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Paperwork
1. Transcript of records from Aalto University
• Not sent automatically. Ask from [email protected]
when all results in Oodi
2. Erasmus students:
Certificate of attendance/arrival/departure
• Your home university provides the form
• Departure date = date when academic activities end
Possible LA changes
Don’t let Aalto password expire > Have access to Aalto account
until end of December!
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Other things to take care of
• Clean your room
• Return room keys
• Terminate Finnish bank
account, if you have one
• Terminate Finnish mobile
subscription, if postpaid
• Join Aalto Alumni Network
Benefits of joining
Reverse
culture shock
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Reverse culture shock
You are
here!
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What does it mean?
• Normal and unavoidable to re–examine priorities and values
during exchange:
What do you think of your home country and countrymen?
• Prepare for changes, mainly in yourself. Reverse culture
shock may be more difficult & powerful than culture shock
during exchange.
• You may not be able to pick up where you left off:
Friends/family have moved on in their lives, things have
happened
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Old and new friends
• Don’t expect TOO much enthusiasm/interest
(nobody seems to really care about my “When I was
abroad…" stories)
> frustration, feelings of alienation, misunderstandings
• Don’t get upset! Be interested also in their lives.
• Network with those who share similar experiences:
1. International sections/clubs at university
2. Become a tutor for international students
3. Find ways to keep up language skills
(courses, international friends, internship abroad..)
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Make the most of it!
• Treasure the memories: make a photo album, save your blog
• Your experience changed you: Hold on to changes that were
for the better!
• Accept that it may take time to feel ”like home” at home
again. You’ll fall back into old routines, but things won't be
exactly the same.
>You’ve developed new attitudes, beliefs, habits, goals; see
things differently.
• Important: Incorporate positive aspects of international
experience with positive aspects of life at home.
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International
competence
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Know how to sell it!
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Language skills
Intercultural communication skills
Global awareness
Adaptability
Tolerance
Independence
Productivity
Resilience
Curiosity
Problem-solving skills
Decision-making skills
Time management
Money management
Increased initiative
Increased confidence and responsibility
Networking skills
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For example like this:
“During my exchange period in Finland, I studied in a multicultural environment with people from all
over Europe and Asia, for example. I learned to work well with people coming from different
backgrounds. Particularly useful was the interdisciplinary product development project course where
my team consisted of students who were not only from different cultural backgrounds but also from
different fields of study; engineers worked together with business and arts students.
During the project I learned to express myself clearly in English and to argue my point constructively.
This is a very useful skill in my field in which it’s important to get along also with people who disagree
with you.
Studying abroad has increased my self-knowledge, confidence and curiosity towards new things.
During my exchange at Aalto University I made useful contacts and learned networking skills. I
established many contacts and networks among local and international colleagues; I am still in touch
with them. This is beneficial professionally because it helps me keep abreast with international trends
in my field.”
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Highlights and
lowpoints
Highlights and low points
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Interested in
completing a whole
degree in Aalto?
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Master’s programmes at Aalto ELEC
• Application round for master’s programmes ongoing now!
• Application instructions online:
http://www.aalto.fi/en/studies/admissions/tech/masters_degree/
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Master's Programme in Automation and
Electrical Engineering
Three majors:
• Electrical Power and Energy Engineering
• Marko Hinkkanen, Matti Lehtonen
• Control, Robotics and Autonomous Systems
• Ville Kyrki, Valeriy Vyatkin
• Translational Engineering
• Tomi Laurila, Liisa Halonen
• Professor Anouar Belahcen
Master's Programme in Nano and Radio
Sciences
Five majors:
• Advanced Materials and Photonics
• Ilkka Tittonen, Erkki Ikonen
• Micro- and Nanoelectronic Circuit Design
• Jussi Ryynänen, Kari Halonen
• Micro- and Nanosciences
• Markku Sopanen, Harri Lipsanen
• Radio Science and Engineering
• Sergei Tretyakov, Antti Räisänen
• Space Science and Technology
• Anne Lähteenmäki, Esa Kallio
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Professor Jussi Ryynänen
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Master's Programme in Computer,
Communication and Information
Sciences
Eight majors (four of them have specialization tracks as well)
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Communications Engineering (Aalto ELEC)
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Jyri Hämäläinen, Jukka Manner, Heikki Hämmäinen
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Acoustics and Audio Technology (Aalto ELEC)
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Ville Pulkki, Vesa Välimäki
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Signal, Speech and Language Processing (Aalto ELEC)
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Mikko Kurimo, Paavo Alku, Visa Koivunen
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Game Design and Production (Aalto SCI)
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Computer Science (Aalto SCI)
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Software and Service Engineering (Aalto SCI)
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Mobile Computing, Services, and Security (Aalto SCI)
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Machine Learning and Data Mining (Aalto SCI)
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Professor Riku Jäntti
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Master's Programme in Life Science
Technologies
Six majors:
• Biosensing and –electronics (Aalto ELEC)
• Mervi Paulasto-Kröckel
• Bioinformatics (Aalto SCI)
• Biomedical Engineering (Aalto SCI)
• Biosystems and –materials (Aalto CHEM)
• Complex Systems (Aalto SCI)
• Human Neuroscience and –technology (Aalto SCI)
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Näkemiin!
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