SSI2Joint International Master in Semiconductor ChipS Integration and Innovation (formerly Smart Systems Integrated Solutions)
Engineering and Robotics
Scholarship availableDeadline10 Jan 2027
Route
Where you study each semester.
Semester 1
- Aalto University, Espoo, FinlandMap of Espoo on OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)
Overview
Renamed successor of SSIs run by Aalto University, University of South-Eastern Norway and BME; cohort of up to 30.
- Field
- Engineering and Robotics
- Duration
- 24 months, 120 ECTS
- Degree
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- Teaching language
- English
- Universities
- Aalto University; University of South-Eastern Norway; Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Eligibility
- Degree
- Bachelor's (180 ECTS).
- Subjects
- Electrical engineering, electronics, computer engineering, physics, materials science, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering or a closely related discipline.
- Other prerequisites
- Evidence of basic electronics courses.
- Grades
- ECTS grade B or above, no grade lower than C.
- Final-year students
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
- English
- IELTS 6.5 with no component below 6.0; TOEFL iBT 92 with no component below 22 (4.5 on the new scale); or CEFR C1.
- English exemptions
- A bachelor's taught in English in Canada, USA, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, Australia or a Nordic country.
- Other languages
- Not publicly specified in the sources verified.
Documents
Bachelor's degree certificate / diploma Mandatory
Certified copy with English translation.
Academic transcripts Mandatory
With English translation.
English language certificate Conditional
CV / résumé Mandatory
Recommendation / reference letters Mandatory
Two, preferably from academic staff.
Additional test (GRE, GMAT, entrance test) Mandatory
Online competence test.
Interview Mandatory
Asynchronous video interview; live online interview for the strongest.
Deadlines and scholarship
- Scholarship
- Scholarship availableSubject to signature of the EU Grant Agreement, expected mid-November 2026; applicants will be told if the programme cannot proceed.
- Applications open
- 1 Oct 2026
- Deadline
- 10 Jan 2027
- About the deadline
- 10 January: Erasmus Mundus scholarship applicants and non-EU/EEA self-funded. 15 April: EU/EEA self-funded.
Sources
The official pages the requirements, deadlines and scholarship status above come from.
- SSI² programme site (opens in a new tab)read 21 Oct 2026
- USN: Semiconductor ChipS Integration and Innovation (opens in a new tab)read 21 Oct 2026
- SSI²: Admission (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- USN: Semiconductor ChipS Integration and Innovation (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- EACEA: Erasmus Mundus Catalogue (live capture 2026-10-22) (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026
- Erasmus+: EMJM call 2026, list of selected projects and participating institutions (PDF) (opens in a new tab)read 22 Oct 2026