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Step by step 

1. Contact your home university's international office for information on your university's internal application procedure. Your home university nominates the candidates for exchange by sending a nomination to the Aalto school they have an agreement with. Nomination from your home university is not yet the final admission decision, that is made by Aalto University after processing the application you submit ɫɫ��.
2. Aalto exchange coordinator will send the link to the online application to the nominated students. 

3. Fill in the online application form and submit it by the deadline with all the required documents attached. 

   It's important that you only submit one online application form. If there is a problem with the form or you notice that you've made a mistake, please contact the exchange coordinator of the Aalto school you have applied to instead of submitting a new application. 

4. Your Learning Agreement/Study Plan will be checked only in the Aalto school that you have applied to. You may be asked to make changes to your course choices either before or after you are accepted for exchange by Aalto University.

5. The electronic Letter of Admission (or rejection letter) will be sent to you by email from the application system Moveon within six weeks after the application deadline. If you have not received any information by that time, please contact the exchange coordinator at the Aalto school you applied to. 

   When you have received the Letter of Admission, please inform the coordinator at your home university about the decision (following the instructions of your home university). 

You must attach the following documents to the online application 

• Official Transcript of Records in English (i.e. list of all the courses you have completed). Note: if you are a Master's student include your Transcript of Records for your Bachelor's degree as well, and combine them into one pdf file.
• Preliminary Study plan or Learning Agreement approved by your home institution
  • Erasmus+ students should use the Erasmus+ Learning Agreement form provided by their home university or print their Online Learning Agreement as pdf.
  • All other exchange students can use their home university’s form or the Aalto study plan template found below (pdf)
• Confirmation of your English language skills:
  • an official test certificate (e.g. IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, Cambridge, German Abitur, DAAD, OLS)
  • or a statement by an English language teacher, other professor or exchange coordinator stating that your English skills are equivalent to at least B2 on the to study in your subject area
  • or a statement that you are studying in a programme taught entirely in English (non-English speaking countries)
  • only students, whose mother tongue is English or the home university is located in USA, Canada, Australia, Ireland, UK, Singapore or Hong Kong (and the language of instruction is English) are exempted from providing a confirmation of language skills
• Curriculum Vitae in English
• Copy of passport or ID card 

Make sure that the file names only include latin alphabet and no special characters.

Aalto University Schools of Technology require at least two to three years of Bachelor's studies before exchange as most of the courses taught in English are on Master level. Bachelor level students are allowed to select Master level courses as long as they fulfill the course specific prerequisites. 

Please read both the general Studies page and the school-specific Studies page before making your study plan. Study Plan/Learning Agreement is preliminary and you need to be prepared to make changes, if necessary. It's important to write also the course codes in the Study Plan/Learning Agreement. 

You should follow the instructions of the school you intend to study at Aalto. Please read the instructions on how to choose your courses: 

• Studies at the School of Chemical Engineering
• Studies at the School of Electrical Engineering
• Studies at the School of Engineering
• Studies at the School of Science

We do not necessarily need the signatures from your home university in the application stage, if you have trouble getting them. You are however responsible for making sure that your home university approves your course choices. 

Your Aalto exchange coordinator will sign your Study Plan/Learning Agreement after you have been accepted by Aalto University. We will send the signed copy with comments on your course choices to you after the admission decision has been made. 

The full study load for Aalto University degree students is 30 ECTS /term, please prepare your plan for approximately this number of credits. Remember to keep in mind the instructions and restrictions regarding choosing courses of your Aalto school. 

If your home university uses OLA 

In addition to the sending institution (automatically your home university) and the receiving institution Aalto University, use the following details: 

• Sending sub-institution (compulsory field in our system): your home university faculty or department
• Receiving sub-institution/faculty/department: the Aalto school you will apply to  
• Receiving contact person (and receiving administrative contact): see contact details below 

Your Aalto exchange coordinator will approve the OLA in the system later after your admission by Aalto University.

If OLA is not available to you yet  

Upload a Learning Agreement or Study plan to your application. You may need to create an OLA later, but your home university will instruct you on this. 

After reading the application instructions, fill out the online application form (link will be sent to you by email). Note the following: 

• Register to the online system with your name and email and create a password.
• Choose “Aalto University - Incoming Exchange Application” (NOT the Aalto University - Incoming Freemover Application).
• You can fill in the application only during the application period
• Give your personal email address when filling in the application form (and double check the spelling). You will receive all communications to this email, including the Letter of Admission.
• Your mobile phone number in the international format is needed for Aalto IT account activation later.
• You can save the application and continue it later. 

Once you submit the application, you can download a pdf copy for yourself (note the passport/ID image often shows incorrectly but we can view the image in the system correctly). You can no longer make changes after you have submitted the application so if you notice that something is incorrect, please contact your Aalto exchange coordinator. 

You can find information about applying for housing on our website Housing for exchange students. 

We recommend that you apply for Hoas exchange student housing as soon as they open their application 

• for autumn term starting from 1 April
• for spring term starting from 1 October 

For all other housing providers, please see their links and how/when to apply on the Housing website. 

Orientation for exchange students is held at the beginning of January 2026. Exact schedule will be confirmed later. You should plan to arrive in time to attend the orientation. 

See full academic calendar 

* = the official dates for your exchange at Aalto. You can use them if asked by your home university. Spring term 2026 studies begin on 5 January and end by 5 June. The exact end date of your exchange period depends on which courses you select and their schedule. Exact end date will be confirmed at the end of your exchange.