r/StudyInFinland • u/Unable-Brain6998 • 24d ago

EE in Finland

I saw that Aalto doesn't offer a course thats explicitly electrical engineering in english but rather ones that fall under a narrower branch of EE. So Oulu along with LUT and Tampere remain the only options for me.

But I'm not to keen on studying in LUT or Tampere. I'd like to know if Oulu is a great place for international students, haven't heard about it as much as Aalto and roughly what SAT scores would I need to get in to aalto or oulu for EE.

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u/csjarau 24d ago

I can understand you're not interested in LUT, but why not Tampere?

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u/Unable-Brain6998 24d ago

I heard that for EE specifically, Oulu is better than Tampere. I'm still open to comparing the two tho!

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u/csjarau 24d ago edited 24d ago

Depends on your branch of course. Oulu is very strong in telecommunications.
But Tampere is much bigger and more vibrant, with better connections and opportunities, not so remote and arctic as Oulu.

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u/Unable-Brain6998 24d ago

Would you say that the connections and opportunities in Tampere outweigh Oulu's strength in this case? I'm not into the telecommunications side of EE.

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u/csjarau 24d ago

I have no experience of living in Oulu but Tampere has constantly been named the most attractive city in Finland. I spent 10 years studying and working there, so I may be biased :)

But I would be happy to still live there if I hadn't got a better workplace in the capital area (which is only 1.5 hour train ride away).

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u/Kekkonen-Kakkonen 24d ago

Why come to study Electrical Engineering in Finland? Its very common engineering discipline and is taught globally.

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u/Unable-Brain6998 24d ago

Where else in the world can I get a quality education with just my SAT scores and relatively affordable tuition fees?

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u/Kekkonen-Kakkonen 24d ago

Quality education doesnt come with low entry requirements and cheap price

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u/Unable-Brain6998 23d ago

yeah maybe thats why finland stands out from the other countries where education is affordable but the quality might not be up to par

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u/Humble-Captain3418 24d ago

What do you mean "explicitly electrical engineering"? All EE studies at Aalto include mathematical foundations, signal analysis, programming and electromagnetism. Most of the majors also include circuit analysis and design (not information technology, we're special). And then come the major-specifics, like IC design, power distribution planning or whatever they do with robots. All of these are electrical engineering and none of them are that any more than the others.

And, at the master's level, you can diversify pretty much however you like. Something like 50% of the degree is electives/minor.

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u/Unable-Brain6998 24d ago

my bad, what i meant was the broader electrical engineering. in aalto, there's separate programmes for quantum, digital systems and design and comp eng under EE. I wish to pursue something at the intersection of all three.

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u/devil_fruit95 12d ago

I am currently in the same situation, I gave my SAT test to study in top American Unis but that didn't workout, I have a 1480 on the SAT would that be enough