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Chemical engineering student Mauri Hartikainen: “With metallurgy, you can truly make an impact in building a sustainable future”
Mauri Hartikainen chose sustainable metallurgy as his Master’s major because he wants to be involved in developing clean technology solutions. What fascinates him most about metals is their almost limitless recyclability.
Languages, culture and communication courses in period V
The Language Centre offers a wide range of courses.
Chemical engineering student Karya Körükcü: 'I got the chance to join a project developing glucose biosensors for diabetics'
Karya Körükcü is making the most of her studies in Bioproduct Engineering at Aalto University. She dreams of an academic career in the fascinating world of chemistry.
Changes to be made in 2026 to student file retention after expiry of right to study
Read more about the changes to the retention period for files and emails
Summer School alum story: How Finnish happiness found its way to Japan
Summer School in Happiness Science gave Junko Motohashi a reason to slow down and reflect on her
personal life and career.
personal life and career.
BIZ Exchange infos in November
The January exchange application is approaching, and now in November it is worth coming to listen to exchange information at one of these four events. The options are available in Finnish, English, on Â鶹´«Ă˝ and online
Use your voice: 14 000 euros for student wellbeing
In autumn 2025, students were asked to come up with ideas on how the university should spend 14 000 euros to improve student wellbeing on Â鶹´«Ă˝. Now it's time to vote for the best idea to be implemented during spring 2026.
BioSustex PhD/Postdoc Meet to Exchange Insights and Strengthen Collaboration
On Friday, members of the PhD and Postdoctoral group involved in the BioSustex Project convened for a collaborative meeting to exchange research findings and experiences.
Chemical engineer Mikko Manninen: 'I want to see how biotechnology expertise can be applied in practice'
When Aalto University chemical engineering student Mikko Manninen chose biotechnology as his Master’s major, everything fell into place. He has found his field and is now working on his Master’s thesis at the company of his dreams.
New funding introduces health technology themes into FITech Network University's course offering
FITech Network University, a network of Finnish universities of technology coordinated by Aalto University, has been granted new funding that expands the network's course offering with themes related to health technology.
Call for doctoral student tutors, December 2025
Sign-up to be a tutor for new doctoral students as part of the Aalto Doctoral Orientation Days!
Hitesh Monga shaped his path in Aalto from a summer intern to a master’s graduate
Hitesh Monga, graduate from Communication Engineering master's major, shares the path that lead him to Aalto and beyond
Alum Nina Zhao: Curiosity has taken me far
Nina Zhao has graduated from the master's program in Global Management, and she currently works at EY People Advisory Services in New York.
Support for the transition to working life and insights into one's own skills
Participants of the latest mentoring programme Inka Vettenranta and Marek HudeÄŤek share their mentoring experiences.
Aalto University Excellence Scholarship Ceremony welcomed new Aalto University students with scholarships on Tuesday, October 21st
Aalto University welcomed its new batch of international students with scholarships at a ceremony held at the Aalto Design Factory Stage.
Master’s Programme in Communications and Data Science (Erasmus Mundus) – Application period open until 12.1.2026!
CoDaS is an international joint master’s degree programme offered by five European universities.
Practice your languages with the Unite! Language Tandems
Learn languages with another student from one of the nine Unite! alliance universities.
Colour stripping presented at BIO2 seminar
On June 5th, 2025, the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems at Aalto University hosted its annual BIO2 research seminar at the Aalto Design Factory.
Studies in Argentina with a TFK project
Interested in studies in Argentina? As a part of the TFK project “Community Communication Networks to Bridge the Digital Gap (CommuNets)” Aalto can send a student to complete studies in Argentina.