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  • Welcome to the DoD Master’s Thesis Seminar 2024-2026 page!

    This MyCourses page is the main center for Master's thesis activities in the Department of DesignHere you find the latest information related to the thesis process.  

    This page replaces the ‘MA Thesis Portal 2021-’ page and the separate thesis-related program/major pages.

    IMPORTANT: This page provides instructions for students who start their thesis work after 1.8.2024. Students who started their thesis work before 1.8.2024—which means that they had their thesis topic approved before 1.8.2024—follow the completion timelines that they have agreed upon with their supervisor.


    This page includes the following sections: 

    1. DoD Thesis Basics: covers what is an MA thesis at DoD, types of theses, thesis completion paths & deadlines. 
    2. Stages of Thesis Process: gives instructions for each stage of the thesis process.
    3. Thesis Seminar course sections for each implementation, which include course-specific instructions, materials, and assignments. You can see the implementation you are enrolled in.
    4. Study program/major sections – CoDe, CoID, FACT, CS, and IDBM – which include program/major-specific instructions and materials. You can only see your program/major.
    5. Started before 1.8.2024: includes links to information about thesis for those who started thesis before 1.8.2024.


    This page is run by the Department of Design and the DoD MA Thesis coordinator Emilija Veselova. If you have questions, please contact her: name.lastname@aalto.fi.

    Program/major-specific sections are coordinated and updated by the head of the program/major and other designated staff.  If you have questions that are specific to your program/major, please contact:

    • CoDe: Julia Lohmann
    • CoID: Severi Uusitalo
    • FaCT: Maarit Salolainen
    • CS: İdil Gaziulusoy
    • IDBM: Nuria Solsona

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