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Students must register to courses in the registration period in order to participate and complete courses. is used for registration to courses.

• As a main rule, registration to courses starts 28 days before the period of the course starts and ends 7 days before the period (if the course has a limited number of spaces) or 7 days after the period starts.
• If a course has some other registration period, it can be seen in Sisu.
• It is the responsibility of the programme and teacher to inform of special registration times.
• NOTICE! The courses do dot always start in the start of the period. Still the registation to courses is before the period starts. For special reasons the registering period can differ from these guidelines, please check the times from Sisu.

NOTE: The courses offered by the Department of Film are piloting semester-based course registration. For the academic year 2025-2026, the registration periods for courses in the Department of Film are as follows:

• For the autumn semester (periods 1 and 2), registration is open from Mon 28th July to Mon 18th August.
• For the spring semester (periods 3 to 5), registration is open from Mon 17th November to Mon 8th December.

If you did not notice the different registration period for courses in periods 1 and 2 in Sisu, please contact the student services at studentservices@aalto.fi.

Registration for courses in Sisu - a quick guide

Detailed instructions on registering for courses in Sisu 

Decision of the Academic Committee on Arts, Design and Architecture of 16 June 2021.

The order of priority is as follows since August 9, 2021:  

1. Students of the program / major whose program / major studies include the course

2. Exchange students in the program / major for whose study plan the course has been approved

In addition, it has been possible to set quotas for the following students for the course

3. students whose course is part of a minor subject

4. students who have applied for the course through various mobility studies (JOO studies, separate studies, etc.)

The remaining places can be filled by students from the following target groups:

5. other ARTS students

6. Aalto students

Courses that are cross-disciplinary by default, can use the order of priority that is compatible with the course's learning objectives (eg. UWAS and elective art and theory courses offered by TAS). However, the university's obligation to organize the studies in a manner that allows the students to complete their studies within the normative duration of studies applies in these cases too. Quotas for different groups of students can be set for courses for a justified reason.

The order of priority does not override the teacher's right to set prerequisites for the course.

If the course is so popular that only some of the students in the program / major can be accepted, the university's obligation to arrange the studies in a way that allows students to complete their studies within the normative duration may be taken into account.

Will be updated. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Decision made in TSAK 4/2025:

The principles concerning programme change also apply to changing the major.

Changing the programme does not apply ÄûÃʵ¼º½ programmes, external joint programmes, or transferring to the majors in architecture, landscape architecture and art education. The possibility to change the programme or major does not apply to first-year bachelor’s degree students either.

Based on an application, a student may be granted the opportunity to change the programme within the school.

The condition for changing the programme is that the student has demonstrated the necessary skills and motivation for the programme they are applying to by completing relevant studies, as well as through any other required ways set by the receiving programme. The minimum amount of credits that can be transferred to the degree of the receiving programme or major is 20 ECTS. A master's student cannot apply for a programme change if they have already accumulated 60 ECTS in the previous programme.

How to proceed:

• Start preparing early and allow time for both discussions and application process
• Discuss your personal study plan with the Programme director of your current Programme
• Discuss your plans with the Programme director or a Head of major of the receiving Programme

• Prepare to complete the application by completing or requesting the following application attachments:

  1. A personal study plan showing how you plan to complete the degree in the receiving programme
  2. A statement from the head of major or programme director of the sending programme. If the statement from the sending programme's head of major or programme director is missing, the receiving programme will not process the application.
  3. portfolio
  4. a motivation letter
• Make an application here:

Applications are processed by the learning services of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, where the proposal for the receiving programme’s programme committee is prepared. The programme committee's task is to review the proposal and decide whether to support the programme change. The decision on the programme change is made by the dean based on the programme director's proposal. Applications will be processed within a reasonable time

Relevant considerations for the decision may include:

• The applicant's completed credits in relation to the receiving programme and overall degree
• The realism of the applicant's new study plan
• The student's ability to graduate within the target time
• The applicant's skills and motivation
• The capacity of the receiving programme (sufficiency of teaching resources)

A student changing the programme must relinquish their study right in the sending programme. The programme change can be made only once during studies. If the programme change is approved, an effort will be made to integrate the credits from the sending programme into the degree to be completed in the receiving programme.