Career orientation and professional skills training studies are optional
- CSM90001 Advanced Work Experience 5 cr
- CSM90003 Leadership Training 5 cr
The credits for CSM900003 Leadership Training can be given for instance to a student who has participated in the leadership training for an army officer or for an army non-commissioned officer.
The Department in Computer Science offers salaried research assistant positions in a range of research projects. Successful applicants are required to have a Bachelor’s degree or gained around 150 credits of their studies, to be interested in research work and to be active in contributing to the projects. The research assistant positions are typically filled for periods between May and September. The exact start and end date depends on individual negotiations.
Credits for work experience in the field of information technology
Students majoring in computer science can complete their working life studies included in their degree on the basis of work experience in the IT field.
One month of full-day working corresponds 5 credits. The maximum amount of credits awarded is 10 cr, and it corresponds two months of full-day working. Note, however, that if you have already included 10 cr of work experience in your Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Helsinki, then the maximum amount of credits awarded for the Master's degree is 5 cr.
Students send a free-form registration application by email – with attachments – to kumpula-student@helsinki.fi. Add your student number to your application.
If the work has not been done during the Master's degree studies, the application needs to include arguments how the work experience has enhanced the completion of advanced studies and/or given perspective of the necessity of master's studies in the ICT sector.
The application should include employment certificates from the employers. The certificates should mention the duration of employment. They should also specify that the work was carried out in the IT field, and include the employer’s contact details. Work experience at the department of computer science is considered a half-time employment, if it includes studying, such as working with the Master's thesis (this is valid also for thesis working for an external employer). In order to assess the number of credits, it must be possible to convert part-time work to full-time. If this is not clear in the employment certificate(s), please explain in your email. You may also describe what kind of duties you had, and what methods, documentation techniques, programming languages and tools you used.
An application based on work in own company must be enclosed with a one-page document that includes the name of the company and its Y-identifier, brief descriptions of the businesses, the history of the company, and own roles and activities related to information technology in the company.