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Admissions to Masters programmes School of Economics

Application steps and applicants guide to the online application system
Registration Filling in the application form Delivering the application to the university Monitoring your application status If your contact information changes during the process Registration Aalto Universitys application system can be found from https://apply.aalto.fi. You need to create a user account for the application system in order to be able to fill in an application form. 1. Register as a user of the application service by using Create a local user account. - Give an e-mail address that is only in your personal use. - The Admission Services uses e-mail to contact you during the selection process. It is very important that you give an e-mail address that is valid through the entire selection process. - Do not write anything else on the fields except what is asked. The information you give will be printed on the letter of acceptance exactly the way you write it on the registration form. - Please make sure that you write nothing but your address on the address field. Please give your name using capital initials, as Firstname Lastname. Do not use CAPS LOCK or any other than Latin letters (for example do not use or). Aalto Universitys internal users If you have Aalto Universitys WebLogin account, log in and enter your contact information in the User details view of the application system (System > User details). Otherwise your contact information will not show on your application form. You can move on to Filling in the application form. 2. After you have filled in the registration form, a confirmation e-mail is sent to your e-mail address. Activate your user account by clicking the link on the confirmation e-mail. The e-mail address you have given on the registration form will become your user name. The online application form is available during the application round, from 2 January 2012, 9 am (GMT + 2 hours) until 15 February 2012, 4.15 pm (GMT + 2 hours). After the application period has ended, registered applicants can follow the processing of their application and print out the form but they cannot modify their application.

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Filling in the application form You can find the forms from the system navigation by selecting Forms -> Application forms: Applications to Masters Programmes -> Economics and Business Administration -> Application for Masters Degree Programmes 2012 (Econ. and Bus. Adm.). 3. Fill in the online application form and follow the instructions to submit it. The admission requirements are explained at http://studies.aalto.fi/en/admissions/business/master/ - On the application form you will be asked about your target programme(s), personal contact information and your educational background. - Follow the instructions on the application form. By clicking the symbol you will get more information about a specific question. - Please note that you can apply only for the programmes you are eligible for. If it is stated on the programme name Only in Finnish you can apply for it only if you fulfill the language requirements for Finnish language. - Motivation letter is part of the application form: you can prepare it in advance (max. 4000 characters) and copy-paste it directly to the online form. Motivation letter is written in English. Accounting, Finance, Information and Service Management, and Marketing do not use motivation in their academic assessment. Management does, but the motivation letter is delivered in paper with other required enclosures. When applying to aforementioned degree programs, please write for example a line (-) in the box. - Your session will expire in 120 minutes if you dont keep it active. Unsaved data will be lost. - You can save your application form if it is incomplete, so it is possible to return to modify your application before submitting it. - After you have completed the application form, click the Save button. 4. When you are ready to submit your application form, click the Submit button on the Case details page. The application must be submitted in the system before the application deadline 15 February 2012 at 4.15 pm (GMT +2:00). 5. After you have submitted your application, you must print the form. You can do this on the Case details tab. Download the application as pdf file and print it (see picture 1). You cannot print the form before it is submitted!

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Picture 1: Download the application form

In some internet browsers you must first save the downloaded pdf file to your computer (right click pdf icon -> Save as) and open it from there before printing. Delivering the application to the university 6. Sign the printed application form and send it with all necessary enclosures to: Aalto University School of Economics Admission Services (Admissions to Masters degree) P.O.Box 21210 FI-00076 AALTO Finland If you use courier service (DHL, UPS, FedEx etc.), you need to give the street address: Aalto University School of Economics Admission Services (Admissions to Masters degree) Runeberginkatu 14-16 FI-00100 HELSINKI FINLAND (tel. +358 40 353 8114, +358 40 353 8104) The list of required documents and instructions how to deliver them can be found in http://studies.aalto.fi/en/admissions/business/master/#enclosures

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The paper application and all its enclosures must be received by the Admission Services no later than 29 February 2012 at 4.15 pm (GMT + 2:00 hours). Late applications will not be considered. Monitoring your application status 7. Once your application has been received by the Admission Services you will receive an e-mail notification. The Admission Services checks the application and only eligible applications will be sent to the academic evaluation in the degree programmes. Ineligible applications (e.g. if required documents are missing, the applicant is not eligible) are rejected at this stage. If your application is incomplete, you will be notified about it by e-mail. 8. You are yourself responsible for checking the status of your application and making sure that all required documents are delivered as requested by the given deadline. If you notice that some documents are missing from your application, you need to deliver them by the given deadline. You can monitor the status of your application in the online application system by logging in and choosing Monitoring application process on your Case details page (see pictures 1 and 2).

Picture 2: Accessing your Case details

9. During the selection process, the Admission Services is unfortunately not able to answer questions about the arrival of documents or comment on individual applications or their position. Use the online application system to monitor the status of your application. The application deadlines and information on publishing the results is available on the university website.

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If your contact information changes during the process 10. If your contact information changes during application period or the selection process, you are responsible for updating it in the online application system. You can update your information by logging in to the application system and selecting User details from the navigation tree on the left. You must confirm the changes with your password. Please note that if you change your e-mail address, your username will remain the same (i.e. the e-mail address you used when registering). 11. Please make sure that you keep your contact information updated during the whole process, also after the end of the application period. The Admission Services sends e-mail updates to the address you have given on the registration form. An official letter of acceptance is sent to accepted students to the address that is available in the user details.