EVENTS The KY Year is filled with various types of events. There’s definitely something for everyone, whether you’re looking to improve your sushi wrapping skills or go bar hopping in Kontula. Remember to join the Telegram channel KY Events to stay up to date!
Orientation week and mursujaiset Orientation week is not only about adapting to the academic world, it’s also about getting to know KY and Aalto, our associations and what they have to offer. This includes events ranging from getting to know our community and Otaniemi through Otasuunnistus, Aalto Party and Aalto Amazing Race, to getting to know your fellow mursus at Jäänmurtajaiset, Mursujaiset, and Mursu Party or Meet Your Masters, if you are an incoming Master’s mursu. The whole Orientation week is filled with amazing events for you to meet new people in and gain a grasp of what being a student at Aalto University School of Business is all about. KY, as well as the orientation week, is not only about the boozy nights. To ensure this, KY’s Sports and Wellbeing Committee LiHy organizes a playful sports event, Mursu Championships, where tutor groups compete against each other. This is also one of the many places where you can get
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to know KY’s sports associations. At Mursu Expo on orientation week’s Friday you will get a chance to learn more about KY’s clubs, subcommittees, committees, subject clubs and everything else KY has to offer. Get to know the actors beforehand by reading this Guide! The highlight of the fall, and your KY years, is Mursujaiset. The 24-hour experience is an academic baptism for all new BIZ students, but we won’t reveal too much beforehand! Save the date, 16.9. (and maybe the day after), because this is something you do not want to miss.
Autumn Festival The highlight of October, and the week you get to take your brand new overalls out for a stroll for the first time, is the Autumn Festival. The Festival begins with the traditional pub crawl III-Kierros which is followed by the glamorous, simultaneously held Boston Night and Masters’ Night. During the week KY also commemorates its’ volunteers during Honor’s Night. The week culminates in the legendary Sillis,
