You can apply for graduation when all courses required for the Master's degree have been completed and registered in Sisu. Exceptions to this are Maturity test (the abstract of your thesis) and Master’s thesis which you can submit for evaluation at the same time when submitting the graduation request.
Requests for graduation will be submitted by filling in a graduation request through your study plan in Sisu. Creating a study plan on Sisu is compulsory because Sisu generates the degree certificate based on both it and the graduation request.
When all studies required for the Master's degree are done:
- Answer the Survey for New Graduates in Technology. With this survey, Aalto University collects feedback on the studies and employment of new graduates. The survey is carried out in cooperation with the Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland - TEK, who will use the survey results to track the employment situation and salaries of recently graduated technology professionals in Finland.
- Make sure that your personal study plan is valid and approved. If needed, please update your study plan and apply for its approval before submitting graduation request.
- Submit the graduation request through Sisu. First please check the graduation schedule below. Apply for graduation by filling in a graduation request through your study plan in Sisu. Look at instructions how to request for graduation. The deadline for submitting the graduation request is the official date of graduation. Please also note, that you must be registered as an attending student to submit a graduation request and graduate.
- Download your electronic degree certificate. When the electronic degree certificate is available, you will be emailed a link through which you can download it. The link will remain valid for 30 days. More information: The electronic degree certificate.
- Sign up for the Graduation Ceremony. You will receive an invitation to the Graduation Ceremony by email about a month before the Graduation Ceremony.
- Your study plan is not in "deleted" -status (some older study plans might have a deleted status. In this case, create an entirely new study plan, add courses and apply for needed approvals first)
- The code of the master's thesis is correct. The master's thesis code must correspond to the supervisor's school / department so change the code in your study plan if needed.
- The most common codes are:
- ELEC.thes = For all ELEC supervisors
- Men.thes = Dpt of Mechanical Engineering
- CS.thes = Dpt of Computer Science
- If your supervisor is from none of these departments or you don't know the correct department, ask your supervisor. If it is still unclear, contact studies-elec@aalto.fi.
Master's thesis written in Finnish or Swedish
You will receive a degree certificate in Finnish / Swedish and get English translation of your degree certificate.
Master's thesis written in English
You will receive a degree certificate in English (the language of the degree) and either in Finnish or Swedish according to your choice.
If you want to receive the certificate in Swedish, please provide the information in the "Other info: Additional info on graduation" text field in the graduation request. Otherwise, the certificate will be printed in Finnish by default.
Students who, in their master’s degree studies, have shown excellent knowledge of the field as well as exceptional maturity and sense of judgment in their thesis, may have this recognised in their degree certificate with the phrase 'completed with honours'. The decision regarding awarding a degree with honours rests with the school. A degree may be awarded with honours if the weighted average grade of the studies (with the thesis) included in the degree is at least 4.00 and if the thesis grade is 4 or 5.
Aalto University has started issuing electronic degree certificates from the beginning of the 2025–2026 academic year, and all students who graduate on or after 1 August 2025 will receive an electronic degree certificate. The electronic degree certificate is generally available about a week after the official graduation date if your master’s thesis has already been approved. If you submitted your graduation request and applied for your master’s thesis evaluation at the same time, the degree certificate is generally available about a week after the Degree Programme Committee meeting. You will receive an email notification at both your Aalto address and your secondary email address when the certificate is available for download.
For detailed instructions on how to download the electronic degree certificate, see: /en/student-guide/the-electronic-degree-certificate-and-faq
Collecting your paper degree certificate (graduation before August 2025)
If you have graduated before August 2025 and have not picked up your degree certificate, you can pick up your certificate from the Learning Services. Also, someone else can collect your degree certificate from the Learning Services or it can be mailed to you, if you give a power of attorney for these purposes (certificates are mainly mailed only outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area). You can submit the power of attorney as a hard copy to Learning Services or as a scanned copy to studies-elec@aalto.fi.
School of Electrical Engineering arranges three graduation ceremonies every year. The programme includes music, a speech by the Dean, by one of the graduates and by a representative of TEK (Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland). After the ceremony coffee and cake are served. The estimated duration of the event is two hours. The dress code at the ceremony is dark suit. You may wear your technology student cap at the ceremony. Invitations will be sent to graduates by email around one month before the ceremony. For further inquiries please contact studies-elec@aalto.fi.
Schedules of Degree Programme Committee meetings and graduation
Degree Programme Committee meetings are organised once every teaching period and once in June and August. Please see below for the schedule for the dates of the Degree Programme Committee meetings and for the deadlines for applying for a thesis topic, approval of the thesis and Master's degree graduation. Please note that you can apply for graduation and master's thesis evaluation at the same time, if you have all other courses required for the Master's degree registered in Sisu.
The deadline for submitting the graduation request is the official date of graduation, which will be printed on the degree certificate. The dean will award the degree within about a week of the official graduation date if your master’s thesis has already been approved, or within about a week of the Degree Programme Committee meeting if you submitted your graduation request and applied for your master’s thesis evaluation at the same time. Once you have graduated and your degree certificate is ready, you will receive an email notification.
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Deadline for applications
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Degree programme committee meeting date
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Graduation ceremony |
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| Tue 31.12.2024 | 27.1.2025 (AAE 20.1.2025) | 10.4.2025 at 16:00 |
| Mon 27.1.2025 (only for those who have already had their master's thesis approved and registered in Sisu) | No meeting | 10.4.2025 at 16:00 |
| Mon 24.2.2025 | 17.3.2025 | 11.6.2025 at 16:00 |
| Mon 31.3.2025 (only for those who have already had their master's thesis approved and registered in Sisu) | No meeting | 11.6.2025 at 16:00 |
| Mon 28.4.2025 | 19.5.2025 | 11.6.2025 at 16:00 |
| Mon 26.5.2025 | 16.6.2025 (AAE 9.6.2025) | 25.9.2025 at 16:00 |
| Mon 30.6.2025 (only for those who have already had their master's thesis approved and registered in Sisu) | No meeting | 25.9.2025 at 16:00 |
| Thu 31.7.2025 | 18.8.2025 | 25.9.2025 at 16:00 |
| Mon 25.8.2025 (only for those who have already had their master's thesis approved and registered in Sisu) | No meeting | 10.12.2025 at 16:00 |
| Mon 29.9.2025 | 20.10.2025 | 10.12.2025 at 16:00 |
| Mon 27.10.2025 (only for those who have already had their master's thesis approved and registered in Sisu) | No meeting | 10.12.2025 at 16:00 |
| Mon 24.11.2025 | 15.12.2025 | 31.3.2026 at 16.00 |
| Wed 31.12.2025 | Janury 2026 | 31.3.2026 at 16.00 |
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Deadline for applications
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Degree programme committee meeting date
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Graduation ceremony |
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| Wed 31.12.2025 | 19.1.2026 | 31.3.2026 at 16.00 |
| Mon 26.1.2026 (only for those who have already had their master's thesis approved and registered in Sisu) | No meeting | 31.3.2026 at 16.00 |
| Mon 16.2.2026 | 9.3.2026 | 10.6.2026 at 16:00 |
| Mon 30.3.2026 (only for those who have already had their master's thesis approved and registered in Sisu) | No meeting | 10.6.2026 at 16:00 |
| Mon 27.4.2026 | 18.5.2026 | 10.6.2026 at 16:00 |
| Mon 25.5.2026 | 15.6.2026 | tba |
| Mon 29.6.2026 (only for those who have already had their master's thesis approved and registered in Sisu) | No meeting | tba |
| Fri 31.7.2026 | 17.8.2026 | tba |
| Mon 31.8.2026 (only for those who have already had their master's thesis approved and registered in Sisu) | No meeting | tba |
| Mon 28.9.2026 | 19.10.2026 | tba |
| Mon 26.10.2026 (only for those who have already had their master's thesis approved and registered in Sisu) | No meeting | tba |
| Mon 23.11.2026 | 14.12.2026 | tba |
| Thu 31.12.2026 | Janury 2027 | tba |
After graduation
If you graduate in the beginning of a term and you are able to change your enrolment status from attendance to non-attendance before the enrolment period ends, you can apply for a membership fee refund from the Student Union.Those who graduate later during the autumn term can apply for a refund on the following term’s membership fee, i.e. for the spring term.
Your study right at Aalto University ends on your graduation date. Because the digital student card Frank App deploys a real-time system in verifying your student status, you cannot continue using the Frank App after you have graduated. If you have a plastic student card, it is valid until the end of your AYY membership period. However, note that if you have a plastic student card and you apply for reimbursement of the membership fee, you must visit your School’s Student Service point with your student card. The Student Service point will record the change and remove the academic year tag on your student card. Further information
- When your right to study ends, remove all the software that the university has provided for home use, unless otherwise stated in the license agreement of the software.
- Return all borrowed study material and equipment.
- Return all keys and access badges.
- The right to access Aalto University IT services will remain valid for two months after your graduation, after which it will be removed. The user ID may no longer be reactivated after that, since access rights depend on having a valid right to study.
- Remember to make a copy of the files in your university-provided home directory (network drive) and cloud services (e.g. Google Drive) for yourself, as the files in your home directory will be removed once your access rights expire.
- Any messages sent to a closed Aalto e-mail account will not be delivered. If you have used your Aalto University e-mail address to create user accounts for other services (e.g. Apple ID or Dropbox), please remember to replace the Aalto address with your personal e-mail address in those services.
- Please note that you may be bound by a confidentiality obligation even after your graduation, if you have, for instance, gained access to secret information while in a position of trust at the university.
Aalto University graduates' degree information is saved automatically in Aalto's alumni and partner system (CRM) after the graduation.
By joining , the digital network, you can update your contact details, keep in touch with fellow graduates and current students and you can obtain @ mailbox.
Further infomation: aalto.fi/en/alumneille (aalto.fi) or alumni@aalto.fi
National career monitoring survey is conducted by Career Services of Finnish Universities. The target group in Master's survey is alumni who graduated five years ago and in Doctoral survey alumni who graduated three years.
Please take time to respond when you get the survey after graduation, your response is highly appreciated! It will provide current information from the working life that can be utilized in the development of teaching and research. Additionally, students who are still deciding on their studies and job opportunities value the information gained from the career paths of graduates.
For more information: /en/collaboration/aalto-university-graduates-in-working-life
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