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HAIC Mobility Scholarships Available

Niina Idanheimo

Important! Before you apply for spring term 2021, please read Aalto University guidelines for exchanges during the academic year 2020-21 in case of COVID-19 affects the exchange!

To support the international mobility of computer science students at School of Science and especially studies in information security field, HAIC, offers an additional 500€ mobility scholarship on top of Aalto exchange scholarship for one semester exchange studies.

For application round 1-21 September 2020 there are five HAIC scholarships available. If more than 5 eligible applicants, the ranking of students according to “Academic index” (*see discription at the end of the page).

Eligible target groups

  • Double degree students in SECCLO-Master’s programme in Security and Cloud Computing
  1. SECCLO- self-funded master level students not benefitting Erasmus Mundus scholarship
  • Outgoing exchange students from the following programmes, only with these named majors:
  1. Students in Master’s programme in Computer, Communication and Information Sciences
    1. major security and cloud computing/security and mobile computing
  2. Students in Bachelor programmes
    1. Science and Technology (major computer science)
    2. Aalto Bachelor programme in Science and Technology (major data science)
      Criteria for Bachelor-level students:
    • completed CS-C3130 Information Security course in transcript by the time of the application
    • at least one information security course in the preliminary study plan for exchange
    • the draft study plan for exchange studies is approved by professor Tuomas Aura or Janne Lindqvist

Destination: target countries and universities

  • any university with which Aalto has an Erasmus or bilateral exchange agreement
  • SECCLO consortium universities (KTH, NTNU, UT, DTU, Eurecom) are recommended
  • free mover destinations are not eligible

General criteria and number of scholarships available

  • the applicant fulfills School of Science policy for international exchanges and is eligible for HAIC scholarships if selected to exchange destination and if fulfills HAIC criteria for scholarship (target groups)
  • HAIC do no select students to exchange destinations nor allocate Aalto scholarships but may grant this additional HAIC mobility scholarship for eligible students benefitting Aalto scholarship for exchange studies.
  • SECCLO students: your exchange destination is your exit university on 2nd year.
  • PLEASE NOTE: Students from other eligible programmes (than SECCLO) need to apply for the exchange place from the partner university of Aalto University during the Aalto exchange application periods. HAIC scholarship does not come with the exchange destination.
  • total number of available scholarships for the year 2020: 10 x 500€
    • if more than 10 eligible applicants, the ranking of students according to “Academic index”
    • Number of scholarships for each application round will be updated after the previous application round.

Application procedure:

*Academic Index: The academic index is calculated: credits / number of semesters attended x weighted Grade Point Average. The current semester is calculated to the semesters.