Exchange Experiences from CHEM Students
Are you interested in exchange studies? Aalto CHEM students tell their experiences from exchange.
Read about the exchange experiences of 5 Aalto CHEM students and get inspired to apply for exchange yourself. The application period for Japan is ongoing in November 2023, and the main application period for exchanges in 2024-25 is held in January.
Aalto CHEM exchange advisor Noora (kv-neuvoja-chem@aalto.fi ) spent her exchange semester in Mexico, read her story below.
The third story is about exchange in Lyon, France. This story is in Finnish.
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Funidata survey on students' use of digital services
The survey is open until Sunday 24 May 2026.Students’ opportunities for language learning to expand from autumn 2026
Founded in 2025, KiePe – Network for Language Centre Pedagogy, Teaching and Research – will broaden the range of language courses available to students at universities in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The KiePe network, composed of the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, the University of the Arts Helsinki, and Hanken School of Economics, will offer their students the chance to take elective language courses at any of the network universities in the future.Students will be able register for courses via the cross-institutional studies service (RIPA) from autumn 2026. By autumn 2028, the study paths of the network universities will be harmonised to some extent, which will make cross-institutional studies even easier.
Students wishing to take language courses outside their home university can register for language courses offered by the network universities through the cross-institutional studies service and view the course offerings on the universities’ websites. More detailed information about the course offering and registration practices will be provided in August 2026.
Campus restaurants’ opening hours during summer 2026
Campus restaurants have reduced opening hours during the summer holiday season.