Aalto Community

When you register for attendance for the autumn term, the health care fee is paid as part of the student union membership fee. However, the responsibility for organising student health care for university students and collecting the health care fee will be transferred to Kela on 1 Jan 2021. Therefore, in the spring of 2021, the Student Union will no longer charge the FSHS fee in connection with the membership fee. The FSHS will continue to provide student health care services and they will be available to those who have paid the health care fee. As of 1 Jan 2021, international exchange students, doctoral students, students in continuing education or tailor-made education will not be covered by the FSHS student health care. Further information: yths.fi

Associations and student culture

Association activities and events are an essential part of Aalto’s student culture. Highlights of the year include Wappu events, anniversaries, Shrove Tuesday celebrations and many other events starting right from the orientation week. AYY has more than 200 associations that organise activities ranging from sports to music and games to other hobbies. New students are more than welcome to join the associations. You should keep an open mind for different opportunities and get to know the associations in the upcoming events!

Advocacy and interest representation

AYY represents students in the university’s decision-making bodies and promotes the interests of students in society. Through the student representatives elected by AYY, students have the opportunity to influence the decisions made at the university. AYY’s highest decision-making body is the Representative Council, which is elected by vote. In the elections, all AYY members can vote and run as candidates.

Other services

In addition to all this, AYY offers its members various services and opportunities ranging from a design calendar and scholarships to a wide range of volunteer positions. AYY also has numerous saunas, event venues and recreational facilities that members can rent. Some facilities are free of charge.

Aalto Community

Aalto community offers Aalto students great opportunities to take part in all kinds of interdisciplinary events and activities, for example through guilds. Keep your eyes open and explore also events outside of the KY bubble to enjoy interdisciplinary encounters!

Arkkitehtikilta

The Aalto University Guild of Architecture is a student organization especially for students of architecture, landscape architecture and interior architecture. It functions under the student union, AYY. The Guild was founded in 1908. However, it is rather known for its creative mindset than conservative traditions. Among the most important missions of the Guild are advocating the students interest and organizing a myriad of events from sports events to theatre visits and wine and cheese evenings to sitsi parties. You can recognise our members from broken white overalls at Wappu, and during other times from dark clothes or striped shirts.

Athene

Information networks combines economics, technology and human. The people graduating from the study programme are interdisciplinary multi talents willing to learn more and who can solve complex problems of information society and cooperate in the working life. The studies emphasize group works and problem-oriented learning. The studies are strongly in connection to working life and students have the chance to complete real-life corporate cases already during their studies. The studies are also flexible and it is possible to design the studie

Fyysikkokilta

The Guild of Physics was founded in 1947 and currently has around 600 members consisting mainly of Engineering Physics and Mathematics programme’s students. In addition, there are students from the Quantum Technologies Bachelor’s programme in English. The most common place to bump into our guild members is at the halls of the Undergraduate Centre where our guild room is also located. In events, you can recognise members of our guild from natural white overalls with a letter Phi shaped logo in the back. s to the direction you want.

Inkubio

Inkubio is the guild for bioinformation technology students in Aalto University. You may recognise inkubites from red-brown overalls with self-made cow patches. The atmosphere in our guild is warm and all new members are welcomed. Our important values are ecology, tolerance and community. The guild arranges all kinds of activities for its members in the areas of culture, sports, working life and, also, partying. Last year we arranged a whopping 103 events. A good place to bump into inkubites is in our guild room which is like another home for many of us.

Kemistikilta

The history of the Chemistry Guild begins in 1891, making it the oldest guild in Aalto University. The Guild’s symbol is a white neon atom. The Chemistry Guild brings together students interested in chemistry, biochemistry and process engineering. The easiest way to find members of the Guild is to visit the guild room, where you’ll also find our traditional games: corona, marjapussi and pärkänheitto. You may also come across our Guild magazine, Tisle.

Koneinsinöörikilta

The Guild of Mechanical Engineers, Koneinsinöörikilta ry or KIK, is a student organization for mechanical and civil engineering students, and energy engineering students who have started before 2012, in Aalto University School of Engineering. The guild was founded in 1915 and it has about 1000 members. Koneinsinöörikilta organizes a large number of events, parties, excursions and evenings with companies. It also takes care of new students, offers services, takes part in developing new ideas for students’ delight and takes care of students’ interests towards the departments and faculty. You’ll recognise us from our visible, unique and masculine pink overalls, same coloured crawler tractor mascot Tela-Vera and joyful, loud ”Yy, kaa, KO, NE!” -shouts.

Maanmittarikilta

The Guild of Surveying Engineers is known as the most family-like guild in Otaniemi. It was established in 1901, which makes it the oldest student guild in Finland to still receive new students every year. The guild is especially for students in the degree programs of Built Environment, Real Estate Economics, Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering, and Urban Studies and Planning. The guild educates its new students about teekkari life, arranges fun activities and supervises members’ rights. You can recognize the guild members from matte black overalls with fuchsia red left sleeves.

Prosessiteekkarit

The Association of Process Engineering Students (Prosessiteekkarit or PT) is a university association founded in 2012 that receives the freshmen starting their studies in the Chemical Engineering bachelor’s programme including the new English bachelor’s programme. The PT overalls are blue with red, blue, and yellow stripes decorating the sleeves and legs to represent the school’s old guilds, which used to accept freshmen. The PT logo, a Bourdon tube pressure gauge, can be found on the back of the overalls.

Puunjalostajakilta

The Forest Products guild (PJK) was founded in 1945 and it’s the Guild for the students interested in more traditional forest based industries, such as paper, cellulose and mechanical wood engineering, and also newer bioproducts, such as bioplastics. You may recognize the Guild members from yellow sleeve on our blue overalls. If you wish to meet Guild members you can visit our guild room for a game or two of our name game: Siantappo.

The Guild of Civil Engineers (IK) gathers all students of energy, environmental and computational engineering under one roof, acting as a student association and looking after the students’ interests. The Guild plans and organizes cultural benefits, sports activities and a wide variety of parties. The Guild also organizes lots of events for the university freshmen. The Guild handles much of the informing of its members on topical things and events, handles relations between different faculties, guilds and the corporate world, affecting academic matters as well as day-to-day activities.

Sähköinsinöörikilta

Aalto University’s Guild of Electrical Engineering is an association of electrical engineering students in Aalto University. The guild was founded in 1921 and it has now more than 500 members who are studying electrical engineering or are otherwise interested in the guild. The purpose of the guild is to serve the interests of its members at Aalto University and at the School of Electrical Engineering (ELEC). The guild also takes care of the well-being of its members, promotes professional skills and maintains teekkari spirit.

Teknologföreningen

Teknologföreningen is a swedish-speaking student nation at Aalto University with over 800 members from different branches of Aalto. The official language is Swedish but we have a rising amount of students speaking other mother tongues and therefore TF is a great place to learn Swedish and meet people from all over Aalto. To become a member you only have to have an interest for Swedish and TF. TF has increased cooperation with KY and is part of the Student Centre project together with KY and AYY. By joining TF, you can join our activities, get your own key to our building and use our member facilities such as saunas and cottage. Our tutors and the Phuxivator (Freshman captain) are here to help you and to make sure that everybody feels welcome at TF.

Tietokilta

Tietokilta ry (TiK) is the guild for computer science and data science students. Tietokilta is one of the biggest guilds with receiving over a hundred computer science freshmen a year and even more exchange and degree students. Main purposes of Tietokilta are to do advocacy both in the university and student union level, do corporate cooperation and organize free time activities for our members varying from cooking evenings to trips abroad. The easiest way to get to know our guild is to visit our guild room at the Computer Science Building.

Vuorimieskilta

Vuorimieskilta is a subject organization for students of Materials Science and Technology, founded in 1947. The Guild organizes a wide variety of recreational events, helps develop the degree program, and builds a close community among students. Although Vuorimieskilta is one of the smallest in Otaniemi, we are known in the Aalto community as a unique, loud and visible guild. For many members of the guild, this small community has brought lots of memorable moments and close friends. As actors, we are a very active outfit and things are done with always smile on ours faces.

Come along

New friends, skills and experiences. Hard work and rewarding results. Wappu festivities in overalls, the Annual Ball in an evening gown or a tailcoat. Taking part in KY activities grants you opportunities like these and much more! Looking back at your student years, you’ll surely prefer remembering not only auditoriums and lectures at Aalto BIZ, but also the hands-on experience and lifelong friendships gained while studying. Diverse activities are at the heart of KY. Without various sorts of activities arranged by KY’s volunteers, there would be no KY at all – and without newcomers like you, KY would have no future. The following pages introduce you to volunteer positions and associations at KY and give instructions for joining them. Turn the page and come along!