Where to get guidance and support?
Guidance and support for study planning, study wellbeing, and career reflections for Aalto students.
Supporting your study wellbeing, April 2023
Dear student! Aalto offers self-study materials, guidance and services that support student wellbeing. Below you will find more about the services available and links to useful materials.
- The main page of Aalto's guidance and support
- AllWell? questionnaire reaches 38% response rate
- Students’ Mental Health Day and the opening of the wellbeing route 19.4.
- Starting Point of Wellbeing offers students low-threshold counseling and guidance. For example, Aalto's study and career counselling psychologists can be reached without an appointment every day from 10-11 a.m. remotely.
- Personal Impact course offering, 2022-2023
- Courses, workshops and self-study materials for students
- The Best Thing Today is a podcast series by Aalto University’s psychologists
Starting Point of Wellbeing
The Starting Point of Wellbeing offers students easy access to counselling and advice on matters of well-being and study ability. The services available to you include drop-in (no reservation) advising/counselling sessions, peer support groups, and online materials. You can also make an appointment to receive individual counselling.
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Welcome to the Friends Program! Fall 2026
Want to make friends in Finland? If your answer is yes, then the Friends Program is perfect for you! We are looking for both Finnish and international students to join.
Apply to the University of Helsinki’s Swedish-language Nightingale mentoring programme!
Students at Aalto University can apply to University of Helsinki’s Swedish-language Nightingale mentoring programme that brings together higher education students and children who are between the ages of 9 and 12 and who live in Helsinki.
Back on track –workshop series 29.9. & 27.10.2026
Starting Point of Wellbeing is organizing a two-time peer support workshop series for those who have progressed in their studies more slowly than they hoped, or are returning to their studies after a break. The workshop is multilingual, and we use English as the common language.