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A personal study plan (HOPS) is made in the student information system

For instructions on how to make a personal study plan, please see Making a personal study plan (HOPS) in the Sisu instructions. The study plan will be checked by the study coordinator and if required, by the professor in charge of the programme. You will receive more information and guidance for making your study plan at the latest during orientation week. You will enroll to courses through your primary study plan.

The study plan is a binding agreement to both parties: the student and the university. It grants the student with a right to study according to the approved, official personal study plan, but at the same time, obliges the student to follow his/her study plan.

Your personal study plan is a tool for you that helps you to plan your studies and keep track of their progress. When you have considered your goals, chosen the courses accordingly and drafted a realistic and target-oriented schedule for completing these studies, you have a map for making your plans a reality. Also, you will not able to register for courses without a study plan.

When you have completed your studies, you will apply for graduation based on your approved personal study plan and the degree certificate will be prapared based on these studies. In order to succeed in your studies, please keep your study plan up-to-date and contact Student services if you have any questions. Remember that it is always possible to update the personal study plan later on, so do not worry, your personal study plan does not have to be the final plan.

The personal study plan is done in the beginning of your studies, but note that it is beneficial for you to start planning your studies well in advance.

• Check the course offering from the CYBERSURE curriculum.
• Next consider what your own interests and goals are, what do you want to learn and what skills to develop during your studies.
• It is good to keep in mind that your study time is limited. CYBERSURE programme is completed in two years, and therefore you have to complete at least 30 ECTS per semester.
• It is rather likely that as your studies proceed, your plans may change for one reason or another. The study plan can – and needs to be – always updated according to your own situation and goals.

If you want to discuss your plan with someone or if you need guidance, you can always contact the student services.

If the status of your HOPS is "against the rules" or "approval required" send it for approval and add comments to justify your choices. If you are granted approval to replace a compulsory course with another one or if you are taking a course from outside of the list of courses in CYBERSURE curriculum, please send the confirmation of the major professor by email to your study coordinator (unless the course is extra and will not be included in your degree. In this case, please justify in the comments).

CYBERSURE events

• CYBERSURE events will be listed here.

Career and other events (participation is recommended) 
 

• Career and other events will be listed here.

Past events will be listed here.

Introduction will be added here. Internship is voluntary part of CYBERSURE programme.

CYBERSURE students are responsible for finding their own internship positions, but you will receive support from academic and administrative staff and Aalto Career Services.

• Please see Career Design Lab pages for services provided by Aalto University Career Services: , appointments for personal career guidance and career planning, job hunting guides, recruitment events and so forth.
• Please attend career and recruitement fairs, list of events is updated at Key dates.
   

Please note that:

• Minimum length of the internship is one month and maximum three months.
  • Two weeks of working full-time equals 1 ECTS credit.
  • If work is part-time, then 80 hours of work equals 1 ECTS credit.
  • You can also combine periods of full-time and part-time work. In all cases, the work certificate attached to your credit application will need to specify the duration/hours worked.
     
• Internship should take place in Finland, in other consortium university country (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Austria or France) or in other EU country.
  • If you plan to take a position outside of EU country, please contact programme coordinator in advance.
  • Consortium associate members are highly recommended organizations for internship, please see the list of associate members at
  • It is recommended to take the internship outside Aalto University, but an internship at Aalto University Department of Computer Science is also allowed.
  • Erasmus Mundus scholarship recipients: scholarship holders spending part of the EMJMD course in their legal country of residence are not entitled to benefit from the monthly subsistence allowance for this period. The monthly subsistence allowance is not given to scholarship holders from a partner country for the EMJMD periods exceeding three months spent in any partner country (thesis preparation, internship, etc.).

1. The internship is a voluntary part of the first-year studies in CYBERSURE. Therefore, you should notify the study coordinator/planning officer once you have found your internship position. This information will be collected through a Webropol survey which is sent in autumn. You do not need to inform about your internship before receiving the link to the survey.
2. During the internship: you can write a learning diary on a weekly basis. Your diary will help you to write the reflective final report, which you will attach to your credit application (see instructions below for the final report).
3. If you have done the internship outside of Finland, please choose the SCI.itra code on your study plan (this code is for internships completed abroad).
4. After the internship, you must return the documents listed below. . See section "Submitting the application".
    
   • practical training application
   • certificate from the employer. The certificate must state the duration of the employment period, if it was a part- or full-time position, and a list of your duties. In the case of a part-time job, the weekly hours must be specified.
   • final report. See instructions below.
5. Submit your credit application as soon as you have completed the internship or (date to be added) at the latest in one PDF file by email to planning officer. Do not submit the report in MyCourses.

Instructions for the final report on your work experience

Your can use your learning diary as the basis for your final report of the internship. The purpose of the report is to tie your work experience into your studies. Your final report should be free-form, but NOT in bullet point format. Please use the CYBERSURE template. The length of the report should be 1-2 pages. You should reflect upon your experience and the following questions:

• What skills did your duties require?
• How did you benefit from the knowledge and skills gained during your studies?
• What new skills did you acquire?
• What development areas you now find in your skills based on your work experience (e.g. skills related to the substance of your field, communication skills, language skills)?
• How are you planning to develop these areas during your studies?
• How was the work experience relevant to your plans for the future (which direction you want to develop professionally, what do you want to achieve in your career, what kinds of matters and duties you find interesting)?
• What ideas for development do you have concerning your work duties in light of the things you have studied so far?

We will transfer all the credits that count towards your degree at the partner university. You need to have at least 60 ECTS from NTNU, 30 ECTS from Aalto and 30 ECTS from the thesis in order to graduate from both universities.
If you take extra courses at NTNU, be aware that you cannot use them to take less credits at Aalto – you will still need to complete 30 ECTS (and thesis) in order to graduate here. The scope of the degree is 120 ECTS. If you take extra credits from Aalto, they will be left out of the degree, but you may receive a separate transcript of them as you graduate.

We will transfer all the credits that count towards your degree at the partner university. However, at least 50% of the scope of the degree must be completed at Aalto meaning at least 30 ECTS studies + 30 ECTS from thesis. If you take extra courses and receive more credits than in the curriculum, be aware that you cannot use them to take less credits at another university.
The credit transfer between the two universities will be handled by the administrative staff. We will translate each individual course grade of NTNU inÄûÃʵ¼º½ grades according to the scaling table below. Note that failed courses cannot be transferred because Aalto cannot give credits for failed courses. Note also that the summer school is part of your entry year studies at NTNU according to the CYBERSURE degree structure, i.e. you should get 60 ECTS including the summer school at NTNU. 

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