CSG weekly mail 20/2025

Pack your bags – the legendary Kotimaan Pitkä excursion is back for the first time since Covid!

What is Kotimaan Pitkä?
Kotimaan Pitkä is a five-day excursion across Finland along a mystery route X – leaving participants guessing the destinations until the very end! The journey takes place by bus, departing on Thursday morning, September 10th, from outside the Undergraduate Centre in Otaniemi (Otakaari 2). Return is on Sunday evening, September 14th, to the same spot. The trip program will unfold piece by piece during the adventure. Expect group activities with fellow students, fascinating company visits, casual exploring of destinations, and a healthy dose of culture to spice up the bus rides.

What is an excursion?
Excursions are trips organized by the Guild to destinations chosen by its members. Programs may include visits to local student organizations or companies, discovering local culture, and of course plenty of fun in true teekkari spirit.

The trip costs no more than €140. Each additional participant lowers the total cost, so bring a friend along!

Registration opens on the guild website on Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, at 16:00.

A quota of 10 places is reserved for freshmen. The trip will be organized if at least 30 participants register.

WHAT? Kotimaan Pitkä 2025
WHERE? Mystery Route X in Finland
WHEN? September 10–14, 2025
WHY? Because nothing beats the atmosphere on a bus trip!
HOW MUCH? Max €140
WHAT’S INCLUDED? Bus rides, accommodation, and meals

More info on telegram ​@artopv or email arto.paasiviita[at]tietokilta.fi

The CS Guild's semi-annual ball, Välimuistinnollaus, is approaching, and it's time again to give recognition to those who have worked for the guild.

Based on the proposals, the guild's Acknowledgement Group presents merit badges to be awarded to the board, which accepts the proposal.

The nomination form is open until the evening of 7.9.!

Aalto Afterparty is starting the academic year explosively by gathering partygoers under blinding neon lights in Dipoli! Tune your time machines to 2.9.2025 and come enjoy the 80s spirit in Dipoli!

Throughout the evening, period accurate artists will be taking the stage, and the night will be headlined by the king of 80s music, Dingo!! The atmosphere will complemented by other program and activities as well. Stay tuned to the event's Telegram channel to keep track of ticket sales, program and artist reveals!

WHAT? Aalto Afterparty
WHERE? Dipoli, Otakaari 24
WHEN? 2.9.2025 20:00
PRICE? 16€
DC? Overalls and/​or 80s
TICKETS? Here! Ticket sale starts 27.8. at 3pm
MORE INFO? t.me/​+WeHINkl1zTtiODA0

Still got that summer festival groove going? Want to enjoy live music with your friends? Did all the summer fun drain your wallet?

Homma ok! Come enjoy a free music festival at Servin Mökki on Sunday, September 14th. The program ranges from jazz to pop, DJs to rock, all day from 1 PM to 11 PM.

Check out the detailed schedule here.

The legendary Product Development Project is coming again!

“PdP is the most rewarding and ridiculous experience in the university”

Product Development Project (PdP) is a 9-month long interdisciplinary project course (10-15 ECTS), where each team gets a company sponsor, access to Design Factory facilities and a 10 000€ budget to turn their ideas into reality. Sponsors joining this year include Genelec, Lappset, Carbo Culture, City of Espoo, HUS, Saab, Wärtsilä, Lumo Analytics, Vaisala, Sako, Aurora Propulsion Technologies and many others.

We won’t shove your head full of theory – instead we give you a chance to put it into practice and build something tangible, that may end up becoming an actual product. Each year, patents have been filed and jobs have been found. Fun is a mandatory part of the course, and we have some secret traditions…

The course will culminate with the PdP Gala in May, where each team gets to reveal their prototypes to the world and 600-1000 visitors. You can check out this year’s Gala and projects here: https:/​/​pdp.fi/​gala25/​

We welcome Master’s students from any field (TECH, ARTS, BIZ) as well as 3rd year ARTS Bachelor’s students. 

Sign up here: https:/​/​sisu.aalto.fi/​student/​courseunit/​aalto-CU-1150972529-20240801/​brochure and join the first lecture on September 3rd at Aalto Design Factory.

Aalto University will host the Unite! Dialogue event in Otaniemi, Espoo, from 6–9 October 2025. We are hiring students as event assistants. Around 350 participants from different parts of Europe are expected to attend.

Unite! (University Network for Innovation Technology and Engineering) is a network of nine European universities. The network aims to strengthen student and staff mobility and promote the development of high-quality joint European higher education. The Dialogue is a working conference held twice a year by the Unite! alliance. During the Dialogue, working groups meet to plan projects and initiatives to be carried out.

We are looking for students to assist with the event arrangements. Tasks include preparing and cleaning the premises, setting up signage, IT support, guiding participants, and other assistance duties. The work amounts to about 20 hours per student, mostly between 6–9 October. The payment is 18 €/​hour. About 16 students will be hired.

More information about the Unite! alliance:
On Aalto’s website: https:/​/​www.aalto.fi/​en/​collaboration/​unite-university-alliance
On Unite!’s own website: https:/​/​www.unite-university.eu
More information about the tasks: lasse.kukkula​@aalto.fi or on telegram ​@lassekukkula
APPLY HERE: https:/​/​forms.cloud.microsoft/​e/​Tx9FaZcmLs

Come kick off DASH's brand-new Bits event series!

Join us for the very first DASH Bit with Aly Metwaly, a Transformation Manager at Nokia and Startup Advisor/​Investor, to explore how design thinking and AI can turn ideas into real impact.

In Aly’s own words: the goal is clear – less talk and more tools you can put to work the very next day.

The session will have an inspiring keynote as well as an interactive mini-workshop where AI becomes your teammate.

When: 4.9.2025 at 18:00–20:00
Where: The Stage, Design Factory, Otaniemi

Sign-up opens here on 25.8. at 12:00 –seats are limited.

Ps. Don’t wanna miss any of our event? Join the DASH Community channel!

Karate basic course begins Sep 8th! In Honbu we combine traditions of karate, a wide range of martial arts, practical self defence and having fun – come and train karate in a wonderful company!

1-2-3's to for the basic course:

1) Register to Nimenhuuto (honbu.nimenhuuto.com » check in to the basic course green ones on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) using your email so we can send you more info

2) Come to the training on Monday September 8th!

3) Pay the course fee 50€ (holvi.com/​shop/​karateseura-honbu/​ in October, September trainings are free!)

More info at www.honbu.fi!

Welcome!

Come and chat about student life!

Would you like to share thoughts and experiences about student life with other students? Feel free to join Nyyti’s group chats on Discord! Don’t worry about spelling or writing fluency – the most important thing is that you’re there!

The English-language group chats are organized twice during the fall semester. Chat is anonymous and free of charge. Nyyti’s volunteers or staff members will always be there to chat with you. Mark the Upcoming Chats in Your Calendar: 
- 18.9. Excited, nervous, stressed – studying with mixed emotions?
- 6.11. How to find friends?

More information about Nyyti’s chat you can find on our website.

LGBTQIA+ in Higher Education peer support sessions

Welcome to join our English-speaking online safer space peer support sessions!

Peer support sessions are for international LGBTIQA+ students in higher education, and we wish to share the queer joy among every one of you. Hangout is an ideal place to discuss about experiences of minority stress as an international LGBTQIA+ student and share your heart and mind with others.

More information and registration on Nyyti’s website.

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