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Aalto University's AllWell? student well-being survey is open annually to all second-year Bachelor's and first-year Master's students. Approximately 4 700 students receive the survey every February. This year, the survey is open from 30 January to 13 February 2025. The survey is answered anonymously, and individual responses cannot be identified when the results are processed. Every response to the survey is meaningful.

Examples of improvements made: example study paths and teacher tutors 

Programmes decide on their own actions based on the responses to the AllWell? survey. In 2023, improvements included the development of an orientation day for a Master's programme and, in some programmes, better cooperation between academic and subject associations. In the past year, work has continued on both previously launched and entirely new areas for improvement.

The Department of Information and Service Management (ISM) has carried out example study paths in both the major and the Master's programmes: ISM and Business Analytics, in cooperation with the subject club Aalto Business Technology.

‘The purpose of the example study paths is to show students how to combine different courses to create a package that suits them and their interests, and how to schedule this package for different years. For example, students interested in supply chains and sustainable development will find a large number of interesting courses on this topic in the 'Sustainable Supply Chains' pathway, as well as a number of supporting minors at both bachelor and master level,’ says Professor Juuso Liesiö.

‘The example study paths also encourage students to start their career in the subject, in a clear role,’ adds student Jonatan Nuutinen, representing the Aalto Business Technology.

Matti Sarvimäki, Professor of Economics, says that in their subject they have adopted the practice that each student has his or her own tutor, with whom the student meets alone at least once a half an hour.

‘The tutor takes the initiative to organise the first meeting and after that the student can request another meeting whenever he or she needs one. The purpose of the meetings is to give students the opportunity to discuss both study planning and wider career planning with the tutor. At the same time, we get to hear from each of our students about their learning experiences, which helps us develop our programme.’ 

‘Another improvement is that we introduced a Zulip chat platform for some of our courses to complement the traditional tutorial sessions. For example, in the Basics of Economics course, students can ask for advice via chat on issues that are unclear during the weekly exercises and lectures, and teaching assistants try to answer questions quickly,’ continues Matti Sarvimäki.