“THE MOST REWARDING, MOST INSPIRING, AND AT TIMES THE MOST RIDICULOUS EXPERIENCE.”

PDP ALUMNI

JOIN THE COURSE

The course is open to all Aalto students and is designed to be taken as part of Master’s studies, or when the student has equivalent skills and capacity in their field. Check out the course in Mycourses for updates.

 

The course lasts the whole academic year and is worth 10-15 ECTS. For students in partner universities, the application process is managed by local supervisors at their home university.

HOW TO SIGN UP

Registration

You should do the registration through Sisu.
The course code is: MEC-E3001

Access to Sisu

For students without access to Sisu, please contact the course staff.

Introduction lecture

Attend the first PdP lecture on 3.9.2025 at 15.15 and get to know everything about the structure of the course and its arrangements.

ALUMNI TESTIMONIALS

  • "During PdP, we had the opportunity to try new things and work on challenging tasks, at times it was difficult, but it was very rewarding and emotional when things worked, what I gained from teamwork is unique in PDP."

    Yuying Li “Espe” | Business | PdP 2018

  • "It is clear for us at Ericsson Finland that participating in PDP was a great decision: suddenly many students at Aalto are excited about an awesome company called Ericsson and we got to hear lots of new ideas and suggestions from students, some of which have greatly helped us. Furthermore, even if the WeBrew (developing an app for home beer brewing) project seems crazy and unrelated to Ericsson’s business, it actually implements a potential use case of our IoT offerings: one never knows what the next big hit will be!"

    Guzmán Álvarez | Ericsson

  • "Some of the main reasons that led me to participate in PdP were: long term project with a lot of freedom and flexibility where students make decisions and shape the outcome and final prototype while working in close collaboration with industry."

    Hazal Alkan | New Media | PdP 2018

  • "PdP is an interdisciplinary roller coaster!"

    Serpil Oguz | Design | PdP 2019

  • "In PdP you will learn things that you cannot learn anywhere else. It is not easy, but it might be worth it"

    Eero Prittinen | Electrical Engineering | PdP 2019
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