How to enroll in the courses?

According to the Helsinki GSE teaching cooperation agreement Bachelor's, Master’s, and PhD students in economics (including YET, AGERE and AGFOREE students and exchange students) at Helsinki Graduate School of Economics partnering universities – Aalto University, the University of Helsinki and the Hanken School of Economics – are allowed to take courses in economics at the three universities mentioned before. Also PhD students in economics at foreign universities and 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 suitable for PhD students. It is also possible for Master’s and PhD students at the Helsinki GSE partnering universities majoring in other disciplines than economics to enroll in these courses.

Deadlines for applying Helsinki GSE study rights for period 2 courses

  • at AU: October 12, 2022
    • Period 2 begins on October 24, 2022
  • at UH: October 23, 2022
    • Period 2 begins on October 31, 2022
  • at Hanken: October 12, 2022
    • Period 2 begins on October 24, 2022

If you miss the deadline and/or the course you are willing to take has already started, you can start the course by attending the lectures, but please contact Helsinki GSE’s coordinator Jenni Rytkönen (firstname.lastname@aalto.fi) asap

Please note that all students must meet the course prerequisites. The course prerequisites are announced on the course Sisu page. The study right/access to the course may be denied if you do not meet the prerequisites or if the number of participants is exceeded.

Please note you are advised to apply for the study rights well in advance before the start of the teaching period because it takes time to process the application. Study right does not come into effect automatically after filling in the form. No study rights will be granted in July.

In summary

1. Get to know the course offering:

2. Make sure you are able to include the studies in your degree at your home university by checking which courses are included in your home university’s curriculum. For more information, please see the individual course pages and

3. To be able to register for the courses not arranged by your home university you must firts apply for a study right from the course host university by filling in:

4. After getting your study right at the course host unversity, you can activate your IT username: with the username you can enroll in the courses in the course host university's Sisu and log into the teaching platforms (MyCourses, Moodle), for more information please see:

5. Please remember to transfer the credits to your home university after completing the course. More information can be found here:

Instructions for Aalto University students

  • You can enroll in the course normally in Aalto's Sisu

    If you are not majoring in economics or if you can’t find the course in your study structure, please enter the course as an optional course in your primary study plan in Sisu, so that you can proceed to register for the course. Please check beforehand if the course credit can be counted toward your degree.

  • Note: you must first apply for a study right for the course:

    Privacy notice

  • The day after your study right has been registered you have been automatically generated a digital identity in the course host university and you will receive a message from the UH/Hanken student services informing you on how to activate your IT account.

    Note: Remember to register for the course in Hanken's/UH's Sisu

    If you don't receive the info message for some reason you can try to activate your IT account with these instructions:

    Please also note that if you are not an UH student you can't extend the validity period of your IT access in the UH intranet Flamma as said in the message sent by the UH Center for IT/Helpdesk but using the activation tool for new user accounts

  • Please note that to be able to register for a course:

    • You must have a valid study right at the course host university
    • You must have created a primary personal study plan (HOPS) based on your study right
    • You have added the course for which you are enrolling to your HOPS

    NB! Please remember to transfer the credits to your home university after completing the course

Instructions for Hanken students

  • You can enroll in the course normally in Hanken's Sisu

    Instructions on how to enroll in the courses in Hanken's Sisu

    If you are not majoring in economics or if you can’t find the course in your study structure, please enter the course as an optional course in your primary study plan in Sisu, so that you can proceed to register for the course. Please check beforehand if the course credit can be counted toward your degree.

  • Note: You must first apply for a study right for the course.

    Helsinki GSE study right application form for BSc/MSc/PhD students in economics (including economics exchange students, BSc courses are not available for exchange students)

    Study rights will be granted for all the courses included in the cooperation at once for two years (or the duration of the exchange period) but no longer than the validity period of your degree study right at your home university. You can also apply for one year extension to the study right by submitting this application.

    Helsinki GSE study right application form for MSc and PhD students in other disciplines/programs than economics

    Study right will be granted for the courses you specified in the application form two years but no longer than the validity period of your degree study right at your home university.

    Privacy notice

  • The day after your study right has been registered you have been automatically generated a digital identity in the course host university and you will receive a message from the Aalto/UH student services informing you on how to activate your IT account.

    Note: Remember to register for the course in the AU's/UH's Sisu

    If you don't receive the info message for some reason you can try to activate your IT account with these instructions:

    Note: that if you are not an UH student you can't extend the validity period of your IT access in the UH intranet Flamma as said in the message sent by the UH Cneter for IT/Helpdesk but using the activation tool for new user accounts

  • Aalto's Sisu

    Instructions on how to enroll in the courses in Aalto's Sisu

    University of Helsinki's Sisu

    Instructions on how to enroll in the courses in UH's Sisu

    Please note that to be able to register for a course:

    • You must have a valid study right at the course host university

    • You must have created a primary personal study plan (HOPS) based on your study right

    • You have added the course for which you are enrolling to your HOPS

    • Please remember to transfer the credits to your home university after completing the course (link to credit transfer page)

Instructions for University of Helsinki students

  • You can enroll in the course normally in the University of Helsinki's Sisu

    Instructions on how to enroll in the courses in UH's Sisu

    If you are not majoring in economics or if you can’t find the course in your study structure, please enter the course as an optional course in your primary study plan in Sisu, so that you can proceed to register for the course. Please check beforehand if the course credit can be counted toward your degree.

  • Note: You must first apply for a study right for the course.

    Helsinki GSE study right application form for BSc/MSc/PhD students in economics (including economics exchange students, BSc courses are not available for exchange students)

    Study rights will be granted for all the courses included in the cooperation at once for two years (or the duration of the exchange period) but no longer than the validity period of your degree study right at your home university. You can also apply for one year extension to the study right by submitting this application.

    Helsinki GSE study right application form for MSc and PhD students in other disciplines/programs than economics

    Study right will be granted for the courses you specified in the application form two years but no longer than the validity period of your degree study right at your home university.

    Privacy notice

  • The day after your study right has been registered you have been automatically generated a digital identity in the course host university and you will receive a message from the Aalto/Hanken student services informing you on how to activate your IT account.

    Note: Remember to register for the course in the AU's/Hanken's Sisu

    If you don't receive the info message for some reason you can try to activate your IT account with these instructions:

  • Aalto University's Sisu

    Instructions on how to enroll in the courses in Aalto's Sisu

    Hanken's Sisu

    Instructions on how to enroll in the courses in Hanken's Sisu

    Note: To be able to register for a course:

    • You must have a valid study right at the course host university

    • You must have created a primary personal study plan (HOPS) based on your study right

    • You have added the course for which you are enrolling to your HOPS

    Note: remember to transfer the credits to your home university after completing the course (link to credit transfer page)

Instructions for FDPE students

Instructions for PhD students at Foreign universities

Privacy notice

The data asked in the application form is required by the host university in order to create study rights, to register course credits in the university’s data base, to transfer the credits to your home university, and also to communicate with you on these matters. More information on the purpose and legal grounds for the processing of personal data etc. can be found in the Privacy notices of the universities:

Teaching periods at the Helsinki GSE member universities

Period 1 begins:

  • at Hanken on August 29th, 2022
  • at Aalto University and at the University of Helsinki on September 5th, 2022

Teaching periods: