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Required Documents

Application Documents

1. Officially attested copy of original Bachelor's degree certificate or certificate of studies that are equivalent to that. *   
   The studies must be completed by 31 July 2012.
   
   
2. Authorised translation of the degree (if applicable).    
   If your degree certificate is issued in a language other than English, you must submit an authorised translation of the degree certificate. **
   
   
3. Official transcript of university records listing your completed university studies.   
   
   University degree from Cameroon, Canada, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan and USA: Only official transcripts sealed by the university and sent directly from the university to Aalto University will be accepted. 
   
   University degree from Pakistan: If your degree was awarded in Pakistan, the degrees, transcripts and diplomas have to be attested by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in Pakistan. Each page of the transcript of records and the degree certificate/diploma has to be stamped and signed by HEC. 
   If your documents have been attested by HEC after February 2009, you can provide photocopies of the documents, the attestation can be verified from an online service. In case your documents have been attested by HEC before February 2009, you have two options: you can send the copies with the original attestation or send the copies of HEC attested documents which have been officially verified by a Notary Public. The verification by the Notary Public has to be original.
   
   
4. Authorised translation of the transcript (if applicable).   
   If the transcript is in a language other than English, an authorised translation of the transcript must be submitted.
   
   
5. Curriculum vitae.  
   A summary of your academic and work history with contact details.
   
   
6. A copy of passport or ID card.
   
   
7. Language test scores (to be submitted no later than 1 March 2012).  
   See more information on language test requirements and language test exemptions at Admission and Language Criteria.
   
   
8. Motivation letter.
   The motivation letter is part of your online application form. You can prepare the letter in advance (max. 4000 characters) and copy-paste it to the online form. In the letter of motivation, please outline your academic and professional reasons for applying for admission to the programme.
   
   
9. School-leaving certificate (high school or upper secondary school) and its translation (if necessary). This is required only if:   
   a) you have not yet completed your first university degree (B.Sc) or   
   b) you have an upper secondary education and a Bachelor's degree from a Nordic country and may be exempted from the language test requirement (please see Admission and Language Criteria).
   
   
10. Two recommendation letters; at least one academic recommendation is preferred. The recommendations should be written by a university professor or lecturer, namely by a person who has supervised you in either academic or employment capacity. The recommendations must be original: photocopies are not accepted.
    
    
11. Course descriptions of courses taken in the relevant subject areas: Numerical analysis, vector calculus, linear algebra, stochastics, probability, ordinary differential equations, basic programming skills, partial differential equations, physics, engineering applications.
    
    The academic evaluators would like to check the content of your courses as quite often the course titles in the transcript are not informative enough. To provide the course descriptions, please use the course descriptions form [.doc].  
    
    
12. Relevant letters of reference (work certificates) and other certificates of relevant activities (patents, publications).
    In case you have work experience or other activities that could support your application, include copies of these documents to your application. If you have publications, submit a copy of those.
    
    
13. GRE test is not compulsory for admission; however, high GRE scores are considered a merit. If you have taken a GRE test, please provide a copy of your test results.
    
    Please provide your full education history in case you have completed or started a second degree after the Bachelor's degree, i.e. provide also the officially attested transcripts and possible degree certificate of that degree.

* An attested or certified copy is a copy that bears an official stamp and signature of an authorised university official (degree administration / examinations office or equivalent department) at the issuing institution, or a Notary Public. Do not send your original documents as application documents will not be returned.

** The translations must be made by an authorised translator and submitted in original or as attested copies.