Master info letter, May 2024

Graduation 

You can apply for graduation when all the required credits and your thesis are registered. If you intend to graduate in June, apply for graduation on 3rd of June at the latest. Your thesis must be submitted for evaluation on Monday 20 May 2024 at the latest. Please note that it is not possible to graduate in July. After June 3rd, the application for graduation opens in August. Everyone who applied for graduation during the spring is welcome to participate the graduation ceremony on 14 June. 

If you cannot finish your studies before 31.7.2024, you can continue Master studies at the Haaga-Helia Open University of Applied Sciences. Read the instructions on the website below the headline ‘Completing Studies of a Discontinued Master´s Degree at Haaga-Helia’. Enrolment for Open UAS can be made after 24th May. Remember to inform your thesis advisor and teacher responsible for your specialisation if you are continuing your studies at Open UAS. 

June maintenance break for IT systems affects summer studies 

Maintenance work on telecommunications equipment in Haaga-Helia's data center during Midsummer week will cause extensive interruptions in ICT services between 18.6.-24.6. During the break, Moodle, Peppi, Wihi, Lukkarikone and study guide, among others, will not work on campus or remotely. Teams, OneDrive, Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint will work. If you are participating in the summer implementation, download the materials you need due to the Moodle break to a place you can access. 

Enrolment for autumn –24 studies 

The specific timetables for autumn 2024 will be published on 8.5. in Timetable tool (Lukkarikone). The enrolment for autumn 2024 begins on 15 May at 8.00 and ends on 23 May at 16.00. The second enrolment begins on 3 June at 8.00 and ends at 16.00 on the Friday of the week before the implementation begins. Check the updated course offering for the next academic year on the website. Below you will find a reminder about implementation types and additional codes. 

Implementation types:                                                                                           

• CONTACT - teaching on campus at a specifically scheduled time 

• ONLINE - scheduled meetings online 

• VIRTUAL - totally virtual, no meetings 

Additional codes: 

• BLENDED - in addition to the actual implementation method, there are also online studies and/or independent virtual studies in an e-learning environment 

• EVENING - on weeknights 

• WEEKEND - all teaching is on weekends 

• NONSTOP - an implementation that students can complete at their own pace during the course of the implementation. 

• INSTRUCTED - virtual implementation in which the student completes tasks in an e-learning environment according to their own schedule. There are no scheduled classes or other online meetings. The student may choose to participate in guidance and feedback sessions provided by the teacher. 

Enrolment for attendance/non-attendance 2024-2025 and right to study 

Students have to enroll for attendance/non-attendance each academic year. Enroll as present or absent for the following academic (2024-2025) year in Peppi during 2 April–14 June 2024. Master student’s right to study is 6 semesters = 3 years. At the beginning of studies the statutory study time of 2 years is entered in the personal study plan (PSP). If the student's statutory study time has been fulfilled and the student is still attending the fourth semester, a one year's extension to complete student’s studies is automatically added to PSP. In this case, the study time in PSP is also updated from two years to three years. 

3AMK autumn studies and a new way to enroll 

3AMK autumn study program is now published on the 3AMK website. As a degree student you enroll now for 3AMK's autumn studies in Peppi using the cross-institutional enrollment service. With the renewal, you can view 3AMK studies in Peppi, add the 3AMK courses to your PSP and enroll for the studies. The course offerings will be available in Peppi on 6th of May. You can view the studies on the 3AMK website and note down the course code to facilitate your enrollment. Read more here. All Master level courses can be found here. 

Master seminars in the autumn 2024  

In the Master seminars, topics for theses are brainstormed, and in addition, the graduating students present their thesis.   

Master seminars take place on the following Mondays from 17.00-19.00:  

• September 9th in Finnish  

• October 28th in English  

• November 25th in Finnish 

The teachers responsible for specialisations inform the students separately about the seminar agenda and place.  

Thesis workshops in the autumn 2024

The thesis workshops support the planning and implementation of the Master thesis and are intended for all Master students. Participating in the workshops is voluntary and does not accumulate study points, but according to the feedback, they are useful at every stage of the thesis. Thesis workshops will continue in September and enrolment for thesis workshops will begin in August. The timetable for thesis workshops will be published on June’s Master info letter. 

Moodle workspaces 

The Moodle workspaces will be moved to the archives 7 months after the end of the course. If you want to use the materials/files at a later stage, always remember to save the files after the implementation has ended. 

Spring Networking Day 

Join Haaga-Helia's Spring Networking Day 8.5 from 14.00 to 15.30 in Room 1010 on Haaga-Helia's Pasila campus. This event is about making connections and learning valuable networking skills that can benefit you in your future career. During Haaga-Helia Networking Day, we will have a mix of networking activities designed to connect students. Sign up here.  

Master thesis 

The thesis should be started at the beginning of the third semester i.e. second study year the latest. You can find support and information from Master thesis web page and on the Applied Design Research course. If you want to start your thesis before summer there are still places left on summer Applied Design Research implementation (RDI2HM101-3034 virtual).