Alum Elina Valtonen: ‘Study broadly everything that interests you’
Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, and alum of the School of Business majoring in financial economics Elina Valtonen would do the same now as she did 20 years ago while studying: she would study a wide range of subjects that interest her and would also boldly venture into areas outside her comfort zone, as that is where the most learning happens.
Alumn Emily Johnson works with community engagement, a topic that led her to choose Master’s Programme in Aalto
Emily Johnson chose Aalto University after finding out that the Master’s programme director at the time specialized in her exact area of interest. In her Master’s studies she wanted to pursue skills to involve the community in the designing and planning process. Since graduating she has worked in a company that provides a community engagement platform made for planners.
Temporary pedestrian crossing replaces the underpass during the construction work
The Otaniemi underpass and its stairs will be replaced with a more accessible pedestrian and cycling connection.
Automation and artificial intelligence change the way we work and learn
Automation is not eliminating jobs, but rather changing the way people work and the skills they need.
Changes to the Universities Act confirmed: impact on Aalto University’s tuition-fee students
The changes to the Universities Act have been confirmed in November 2024, and the Aalto President has made a decision in August 2024 regarding tuition fee policies at Aalto University.
Unite! Research School: A Week of European Collaboration in Research
The first Unite! Research School brought together almost 200 doctoral and master's students as well as researchers from all nine Unite! universities.
Apply for grants from the Fabian and Jaakko Ahvenainen Fund - deadline 31 January 2025
Grants will be admitted in recognition of studies completed either in the field of bridge engineering or structural engineering and building physics, or as support for postgraduate studies in these fields.
A community where personal connections and career paths intertwine
Assistant professor of operations management Siavash Khajavi explains how studying Industrial Engineering and Management helps students develop hard skills through rigorous studies and soft skills through countless interactions and collaboration.
Interdisciplinary course in Lisbon on plastic-free oceans, apply by 15 January
The course takes place online from January to April 2025 and face-to-face in Lisbon, Portugal, in July 2025.
Trial use for American Chemical Society´s e-books
The books in trial use are available for reading until the end of September 2025.
Partnering with Nokia Bell Labs to support diversity in postgraduate studies
Nokia Bell Labs scholarships were awarded to women pursuing postgraduate studies in the School of Electrical Engineering and in the School of Science.
Summer School Alum Story: Teaching innovations through the approach of game design
This August, Héctor Merino travelled to Finland from Almassora, Spain in order to take part in the Game Design course at Aalto University Summer School.
CoDaS Master’s Programme in Communications and Data Science (Erasmus Mundus) – Application period open!
CoDaS is an international joint master’s degree programme offered by five European universities.
Apply now for FITech's spring courses!
There are nearly 200 free university courses available on themes such as renewable energy and digitalisation.
Summer School Alum Story: The impact of data is not underestimated in the Data Visualisation summer course
Meet Mrinal from New Delhi, India. With a bachelor’s degree in design and six years of professional experience in user experience and user design, Mrinal decided to enhance his skills by joining the Data Visualisation course at Aalto University Summer School.
Rent a meeting room on the Aalto University Â鶹´«Ã½ with just a few clicks – organise a meeting, workshop or event in Otaniemi
Aalto University Campus & Real Estate (ACRE) has opened a new online service of rental the meeting and event facilities located on Aalto University's Otaniemi Â鶹´«Ã½.
Summer School Alum Story: 'Creativity is a language that doesn't need words'
Driving change and new perspectives as part of the Radical Creativity course by Aalto University Summer School.
Artificial intelligence tools to support information retrieval
Artificial intelligence is also going to change information retrieval and many databases are developing their own AI-based add-ons.
Students carried out a study for the EY on gender representation in transaction services
The students analysed the future attractiveness of transaction services by interviewing female students of Industrial Engineering and Management, Finance and Accounting
