FINLAND – AALTO, AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

School support:

Aalto University Career Services support CEMS students in finding an internship in many different ways:

• Organizing company presentations;

• Arranging an annual Career Fair;

• Running several workshops on finding employment in Finland;

• Individual career advice upon request to CEMS students;

• Support for internship in Finland and abroad;

• Aalto CareerWeb job board for all advertisements (jobs, internships, projects, etc.) outside the CEMS platform (into.aalto.fi/en/careerweb, accessible only with Aalto login)

• CareerWeb also hosts an abundance of useful job-hunting information & relevant links.

Contact:

Tanja Makkonen, Career Services Manager: tanja.makkonen@aalto.fi.

Legislation/Further information/Requested documents:

Information about the legislative conditions for receiving an internship in Finland can be obtained from the website of the Finnish Immigration Office (here).

More information on coming to work in Finland here.

Legally and technically the Finnish authorities commonly consider internships as employment (therefore the web pages talk only about “employment”). The work contract is signed between the student and the company (Aalto University does not act as a signing party).

Company support:

In general terms, companies consider CEMS internships like any other “summer employment” or “summer traineeships”. They select the students who fit their criteria and pay the salary according to their own practice. Aalto University has previously asked all CEMS partners about offering CEMS internship to students. They refer to summer trainee programmes as a solution. The most active time when companies are seeking summer interns is January-February, although summer jobs are available also later in the spring.

For graduates:

A person can get an internship in Finland even after graduating from the home university if she/he meets the qualifications as set by the company.