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    This Space is used to administer the EIT Climate KIC Label Programmes at Aalto University. Please make sure that your setting notify you about new announcements.

    The label programme requires that you participate in five Spark! lectures. We notify students about Spark events with announcements on this page. Detailed information about Spark! lectures is updated in the <Spark! lectures> session. Please submit a short report per each Spark! you have done. More instructions on the Sparks assignment page. 

    • It's required to meet the following 6 requirements before to graduate from the Master's Programme:

      1. Enroll at one of our partner universities, in one of the specified Master degree programmes.

      2. Participate  in The Journey, our four week climate innovation summer school.

      3. Attend at least 5 of our series of thought-provoking talks and seminars (Spark! lectures), at least 2 out of 5 must be attended in person (on site or remotely).

      4. Register complementary courses focussed on climate innovation or enterepreneurship.

      5. Mobility

      spend 30 ECTS of your master programme outside of your home university, e.g. by doing an internship or thesis research abroad. International students don't need to do mobility abroad, but still need to do internship or thesis research. 

      6. Write your Master thesis on a topic related to climate innovation.

       


    • Please login your Salesforce account and update all the milestones you’ve completed and submit for approval. 

      How to validate each milestone:

      1. Journey – No need to do anything so far until CKIC central team provides more instructions

      1. Spark

      Official spark validation procedure: register for the spark participation, attend it, fill in the feedback form send by Climate-KIC, check if the spark is registered within a week.

      Unofficial spark validation: write a half or one page reflection and upload it as an attachment to the milestone. Same applies to watch spark recording, you can find the links in <Spark! lectures> 

       

      1. Complementary courses

      Fill in the information and upload your transcripts of records in each milestone.

      Design for Government is solely enough for 2 complementary courses.

      If you took DfG and won’t take another complementary course (you don’t need to but you can), please let me know, so I can inform CKIC to delete another milestone.

       

      1. Mobility

      Requirements for Finnish students are 6 months, for international students 3 months. Please check handbook 2019 for more detailed information. 

      These two milestones need documents – Signed confirmation of stay and confirmation of end. One form for both. Download here

      For mobility application and mobility report, you only need to fill in the online form on Salesforce.

      As for mobility grant, you will have to update your mobility application and submit for approval on Salesforce, and fill in the yellow highlights of ‘General mobility letter template’. Then send it to Mark. mark.hughes@aalto.fi 

      To receive the grant, please update confirmation of stay milestone with the signed form from organization and submit for approval, then email Mark. 

      1. Thesis

      Fill in the online form and upload your full copy of thesis. If the confidentiality of your thesis content is concerned, please contact Mark.