How the credits are registered?
When the examiner has evaluated the students’ course performance, the grades are registered in the student information system of the course host university. All the Helsinki GSE partnering universities - Aalto University, the Hanken School of Economics and the University of Helsinki - are using Sisu as their student information system.
Information about credit transfer for different groups of students is provided below.
Before taking and completing a course make sure that the credits can be counted towards your degree at your home university by checking which courses are included in your curriculum or contacting your home university’s student/learning services. All the PhD students are advised to contact their supervisors to be sure that the course credit can be counted towards their degree.
Aalto, Hanken and UH students - credits completed from academic year 2024-2025 onwards
If you have registered for a course through RIPA cross-institutional studies service with your Helsinki GSE network study right, your credits will automatically transfer to your completed studies in Sisu. You do not need to separately apply for credit transfer.
The completed credits will appear in your own SISU:
- Under "My Studies", if you have not added the course to your personal study plan before registering for the course. You can add the credits to your personal study plan in free edit mode:
- Aalto's Sisu instructions
- Hanken's Sisu instructions > Included credits in the major or minor subject
- UH's Sisu instructions> Please remember to apply for approval!
- In your personal study plan, if you have registered for the course through your personal study plan (see enrollment instructions).
If you need help with the credit transfer, please contact Jenni Rytkönen, firstname.lastname@aalto.fi. You can also contact your home university's student/learning services:
- Aalto - economics students: Elina Yrjänäinen, firstname.lastname@aalto.fi
- Hanken: TBA
- University of Helsinki - economics students, Anna-Liisa Auramo, firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi
Aalto, Hanken and UH students - credits completed before academic year 2024-2025
Apply for credit transfer
To transfer the completed credits towards your degree, please apply for credit transfer according to your home university’s procedures:
In Sisu, credit transfer is applied for either as substitution or as inclusion. If you don't know which one you should apply for, please contact your home university's student/learning services.
If you find a course of the same name in your curriculum, apply for a substitution. If not, apply for inclusion.
Note: Remember to attach a transcript of records to your application, see the instructions below.
If you need help with the credit transfer, please contact Jenni Rytkönen, firstname.lastname@aalto.fi. You can also contact your home university's student/learning services:
- Aalto: Elina Yrjänäinen, firstname.lastname@aalto.fi
- Hanken: TBA
- University of Helsinki, Anna-Liisa Auramo, firstname.lastname@helsinki.fi
FDPE students
Apply for credit transfer
PhD students in economics at the FDPE universities: University of Turku, University of Jyväskylä, University of Oulu, University of Tampere, University of Vaasa, and Åbo Akademi University can take the courses included in the Helsinki GSE and FDPE teaching cooperation suitable for PhD students:
Degree requirements typically contain core courses in economics:
- Advanced Econometrics (1-4)
- Advanced Macroeconomics (1-4)
- Advanced Microeconomics (1-4)
- and student-specific field courses in various areas of economics.
Before taking and completing a course make sure that the credits can be counted towards your degree by checking which courses are included in your curriculum and/or contacting your home university’s student services and/or your supervisor.
To transfer the completed credits towards your degree, please apply for credit transfer according to your home university’s procedures.
Note: Remember to attach a transcript of records to your application, see the instructions below.
Important: If you are planning to raise your grade, please apply for the credit transfer only after the grade is final!
PhD students at Foreign universities
Apply for credit transfer
PhD students in economics at the foreign universities can take the courses included in the Helsinki GSE teaching cooperation suitable for PhD students:
Before taking and completing a course make sure that the credits can be counted towards your degree by checking which courses are included in your curriculum and/or contacting your home university's student services and/or your supervisor.
To transfer the completed credits towards your degree, please apply for credit transfer according to your home university's procedures.
Note: Remember to attach a transcript of records to your application, see the instructions below.
Important: If you are planning to raise your grade, please apply for the credit transfer only after the grade is final!
How to order a transcript of records
If you cannot order a transcript in Sisu (e.g., your user account is not valid)
You can share information on your studies through:
- My Studyinfo is an official database maintained by the Finnish National Agency for Education. The My Studyinfo service enables you to restrict the information on completed studies you wish to share.
- Information can currently be shared in Finnish and Swedish.
- Logging in to the My Studyinfo service requires identification with an online banking ID, a mobile certificate or an identity card with a chip.
- NB! New information on completed studies can be accessed in My Studyinfo with a delay of a few days.
- If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Helsinki GSE’s coordinator Jenni Rytkönen, jenni.rytkonen [at] aalto.fi