Sculpted Realities
Advanced sculpture art exhibition
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Aalto University and its partners organise hundreds of events every year, open to alumni, partners and the general public. You can also find the exhibitions below, after the events.
Event highlights
Design After the Cuts
As design functions face cuts and restructuring worldwide, Arianne Miller invites the community to examine the identity crisis, celebrate resilient practices, and imagine more lasting, human-centered models for public-sector innovation.
Alumni, Celebrate Wappu with us!
Welcome to experience Aalto University's May Day spirit
School of Science Alumni May Day Sima
Kick off May Day with SCI alum and staff!
Alumni Wappusimat at the School of Business on 30.4.2026
Welcome to the School of Business and Aalto EE's Wappuevent!, Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
25.4. 19:00 & 26.4. 15:00 The Drama
26.4. 17:00 Crash
26.4. 18:50 Project Hail Mary / Operaatio Ave Maria
25. - 26.4. 11-18 V盲re, Otaniementie 13, Otaniemi
25.4. 18:00 Musiikkitalo, Helsinki
27. - 29.4. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: electrical power and energy engineering, accounting, computer science
27.4. 14:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
:
Partial multiplicities of the eigenvalues of the Sylvester resultant matrix
27.4. - 9.7. 10:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Consistent clustering in tensors block models
29.4. 14-17 V盲re, Otaniementie 13, Otaniemi
Prosperous late-stage careers: new insights from the Senior Talent project at Aalto University
29.4. - 27.5. 14:15 Wednesdays online or Maarintie 8, Otaniemi
Gap-ETH-Tight Algorithms for Hyperbolic TSP and Steiner Tree
29.4. 14:15-17:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
- Getting unstuck in innovation
Tua Bj枚rklund, Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering - Computer vision: From research labs to the real world
Juho Kannala, Department of Computer Science - How to create value from wastewater?
Anna Mikola, Department of Built Environment - How AI can help your team develop soft human skills
Niina Nurmi, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management - Doing business on a finite planet: Management and sustainable resource use
Samuli Patala, Department of Management Studies - 3D printing 鈥 Sustainability in manufacturing
Mika Salmi,Department of Energy and Mechanical Engineering - Converting CO2 to chemicals with the help of microbes
Silvan Scheller,Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems - Rethinking organizational 鈥渃ontrol鈥 through deliberations
Vikash Sinha,Department of Accounting & Business Law - Civic and bioregional wrinkles
Gianni Talamini,Department of Architecture - Taboo and tragic trade鈥憃ffs: Making values explicit in decision processes
Eeva Vilkkumaa, Department of Information and Service Management
29.4. 17-19 online & Demos Helsinki, Mechelininkatu 3d, Helsinki
Design Interrupted: Design After the Cuts
30.4. 12-13:30 A Grid, Otakaari 5, Otaniemi
SKlubi & School of Electrical Engineering
30.4. 12-14 Sm枚kki, J盲mer盲ntaival 1, Otaniemi
Declaration of Wappu rowdiness (about 13:50) and other events
30.4. 14:30 Otaniemi
Alumni Wappu May Day celebrations around the campus for alumni
- School of Business & Aalto EE, Ekonominaukio 1
- School of Chemical Engineering, Marsio, Otakaari 2
- School of Engineering, Design Factory, Puumiehenkuja 5
- School of Science, B hall, Otakaari 1
until 30.4. Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Sculpting Time 鈥 a contemporary sculptureexhibition
Until 30.4. 102,0 MHz
broadcast season
1.5. 17:00 L枚nnrotinkatu 29, Helsinki
2.5. 12-16 Zurich lake, Switzerland
Vappu Aalto Alumni & Friends Picnic
, Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
2. - 3.5. 17:15 The Devil Wears Prada 2
until 3.5. H盲meenlinna Art Museum
Kehyskertomuksia: 24 fps / Reframing Cinema exhibition
4.5 - 9.7. 10:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
* 4. - 18.5. Seminars on analysis and geometry: Hardy Inequalities and Liouville Theorems for Elliptic PDEs
* 5.5. Latent efficient price recovery in ETFs: A simulation study, Aalto Stochastics & Statistics Seminar
* 5.5. Mathematical physics seminar
* 7.5. Algrebra, Number Theory and Applications seminar
* 13.5. Interpolating Sobolev spaces on domains: full vs. homogeneous norms, Seminar on analysis and geometry
* 18. & 25.5. Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics seminars
4.5. 17-18:30 online (& Ekonominaukio 1 for School of Business alumni and supporters)
Better Business 鈥 Better Society seminar: Finland's Unemployment and AI
5.5. 14-16 Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniem
CAOS Workshop - Ostranenie as a technique for thinking, creativity, and research
6.5. - 31.12. 14-14:45 CS building, Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Mind meets Machine Seminar series
* 6.5. Dr. Verena Zimmermann, ETH Zurich: Better Together? - On designing Successful Expert-AI Collaboration in Cybersecurity
* 20.5. Dr. Annika Svedholm-H盲kkinen, Helsinki University
* June Dr. Heiko Hecht, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
6. - 27.5. 14:15 Wednesdays online or Maarintie 8, Otaniemi
* Computational aspects of disks enclosing many points
* Filter Banks: from Low-Rank Representations to Deep Models for Efficient Time Series Forecasting
* Recognizing Subgraphs of Regular Tilings
* Capaciated Fair-Range Clustering: Hardness and Approximation Algorithms
6.5. 15-16 CS building, Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Computer Science Talks: Measuring polarisation in social media
6.5. 17-18:30 Dipoli, Otakaari 24, Otaniemi
Aalto Alumni Strategy Circle After Work:
Working with and selling to the public sector
7. - 8.5. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: engineering physics, automation and control engineering
8.5. 9-17 Design Factory, Puumiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi
Gala
8.5. 15:30-16:30 Marsio, Otaniemi
Aalto Junior: Science Theatre - Kaupunkisuunnittelu ja fiksut talot (in Finnish)
8.5. 17-20 Kipsari, V盲re, Otaniemi
ARTS Alumni and Student Career Event
8.5. 18-23 Otaniemi
Professors Rock!
9.5. 17:00 Cajsan Helmi, Helsinki
11.5. 14-16 online & Music House, Helsinki
(in Finnish)
11.5. 17-18 Online
Meet the Professor Ivan Vujaklija - Bionic engineering: Bridging biology and robotics
11.5. 17-19 online & Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniemi
Design Interrupted - Noortje Marres: The struggle for interdependence: On the impossibility of co-existence in postnormal societies
12. -28.5. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: computer science, mathematics and statistics, automation and control engineering, radio science and engineering
12.5. 15-17 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Doc+ Dialogues: Creativity, Collaboration & Customer workfor doctoral alumni, researchers and postdocs
14.5. 19:00 Ritarihuone, Helsinki
until 17.5.Taidehalli, Helsinki
- The 20th anniversary exhibition of the Association of Finnish Fine Arts Foundations
18. - 25.5. 14:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
* Michael Yang, Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics seminar
* Tuomas Kelom盲ki, Algebra, Geometry and Combinatorics seminar
20.5. 11-12 Kide, Konemiehentie 1, Otaniemi
Qual+ seminar: Why should we study industries, and how?
20.5. 12:30-13:30 School of Business, Ekonominaukio 1, Otaniemi
Identity Work as Strategy: Rethinking Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Media Work - Research seminar with Sven-Ove Horst
20.5. 13-15 Think Corner, Yliopistonkatu 4, Helsinki
20.5. 18-20:30 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
21.5. 16-17:30 online or Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Founder Talks: Tom Hale, CEO, Oura
21.5. 17-20 BMW Welt, Munich, Germany
Aalto Alumni Event - The beginning of a new era, autonomous driving and new materials
21. - 23.5. Otaniemi
School of Business Ceremonial Conferment 2026
22.5. Otaniemi
(for IEM students, alumni and staff)
22.5. - 11.10. Art museum, Kasarmintie 9, Oulu
exhibition
25.5. Zurich, Switzerland
Aalto Alumni afterwork
28.5. 18:15 Ritarihuone, Helsinki
KYL choir concert:
JUNE
1.6. - 25.8. Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
* 1.6. Heegner Points and the Gross-Zagier Formula
* 9.7. Prof. Timothy Trudgian
* 25.8. Prof. Guillermo Mantilla-Soler
1. -5.6. Otaniemi
Public Defences e.g: computer science, mathematics and statistics
2.6. Rakentajanaukio 4, Otaniemi
Civil Engineering Day
2.6. 10-12:30 & 3. - 4.6. 9-12:30 Konemiehentie 2, Otaniemi
Experiences of Digitalized Healthcare open lectures
3.6. 17:00 Lasaretti, Kasarmintie 13b, Oulu
Aalto alumni get-together
9.6. 18-20:30 Ambassador's Residence, London, UK
Finnish universities' alumni get-together
10.6. 17:30 Art & History Museum, Brussels, Belgium
exhibitionopening for alumni and friends in the 9-13.6.
11.6. Otaniemi
Honorary doctors' talks
JULY
10. - 11.7. Alvar Aalto park, Otaniemi
AUGUST
29.8. 17:00 Sibelius Hall, Lahti
29.8. 18:00 City Hall, Mariehamn, 脜land
SEPTEMBER
1.9. 13-15 Otaniemi
Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year 2026-2027and meetings of alumni who started50 years ago
1.9. - 31.10. Marsio & V盲re, Otaniemi
Designs for a Cooler Planetexhibition and events
2.9. 17:00 Stockholm, Sweden
Aalto Alumni event
16.9. 10-12 online & Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
The Nordic Tipping Point
19.9. 10:30-14 Otaniemi
Espoo Rantamarathon (discount for Aalto alumni, students and staff)
online
Meet the professor webinars
2.10.
(for IEM students and alumni)
6.10. & 10.11. 17-18:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Aalto Ahaa open lectures (in Finnish)
9.10.
(annual gala for IEM students and alumni)
20.10. 9-18 Dipoli, Otaniemi
23.10. & 27.11. Marsio, Otaniemi
Aalto Junior: Science Theatre
28.10. 14:15-17:30 Marsio, Otakaari 2, Otaniemi
Tenured professors' Installation Talks
11.11. Espoo Cultural Centre, Espoo
12.11. 11-17 Dipoli, Otaniemi
Aalto Talent Expo (for students and recruiters)
25.11. 19:00 Uusi Paviljonki, Kauniainen
27.11. 18:00 Espoonlahti Church
28.11. Catapult campus, Singapore
Aalto Alumni Event
- Back to Work Sessions:
- FCAI webinar serie:
- Aalto 10 - Alumni Studio & Science show (in Finnish)
- Better Business 鈥 Better Society seminar series
- Philosophy and system thinking lectures by professor Esa Saarinen (In Finnish)
- (In Finnish)
- Podcasts in English e.g.
Cloud Reachers about Future of learning
Magnificent life by Esa Saarinen
Discover Finland & Working in Finland
Operations Leadership with Gautam Basu
Future-led Learning
Painting energies
In Finnish e.g.:
罢测枚尘补迟办补濒濒补 - Lauri J盲rvilehto hosts alumni and students,
Puttonen & Vilkkumaa- asiaa paremmasta busineksesta,
Alustatalouden faktat ja myytit
Kuituus,
Kahvit n盲ppikselle
Ratkaisujen tarpeessa
Ent盲 jos...? - Pirjo Sanaksenaho ja Tiina Heikka
Kest盲v盲t tekstiilisysteemit
Paras hetki p盲iv盲ss盲
Osaamisen Aalloilla
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Exhibitions
Sculpting Time 鈥 a contemporary sculpture exhibition
Sculpting Time is a group exhibition by six artist-teachers that reimagines sculpture for an age shaped by speed and technology.
The exhibition "Our land, for all" explores personal and national identity
The 20th anniversary exhibition of the Association of Finnish Fine Arts Foundations, opened at Kunsthalle Helsinki, asks: whose stories is Finland built from? The exhibition has been curated by PhD, docent Annamari V盲nsk盲.
H盲meenlinna Art Museum鈥檚 exhibition brings artworks to life through film
H盲meenlinna Art Museum will open a new exhibition Kehyskertomuksia: 24 fps / Reframing Cinema, produced in collaboration with the Aalto University Department of Film ELO.
Public art collections at Aalto University
The aim of public art across Aalto is to create a vibrant environment for experiencing the world through various perspectives and for embracing imagination, intuition, and exploration.
Aalto galleries and exhibition venues
How can we make space for unexpected ways of looking at the world? Galleries and exhibition venues are co-produced spaces for action, bringing together the knowledge, content, vision, and passion of different agents.
V盲re Exhibitions
V盲re Exhibitions, School of Art, Architecture and Design
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Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025 exhibition
Aalto University鈥檚 biggest annual exhibition presents visionary cross-disciplinary work. Come explore prototypes, experiments and solutions.
Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 鈥 Exhibitions
What don't we see even though we should 鈥 or could? Explore the exhibitions of Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 to discover what Aalto students and researchers should be made visible.
DIALOGUES 鈥 Creating New Textile Futures by AaltoTEXTILES
Life 1.5 鈥 an exhibition of planet-friendly materials, fashion and food
Designs for a Cooler Planet is a five-week-long festival celebrating experiments in planet-friendly materials, fashion, and food.
Near futures 鈥 online exhibition
Near futures, exhibition tribute to the academic year 2019鈥2020 graduates
Breaking ground 鈥 8 ways research shaped our world
Breaking Ground is an exhibition which highlight the interconnected histories of long term and fundamental research and their impact on society
Exhibition in honour of Aalto's 10-year anniversary highlights student impact over the decades
鈥楥reativity in Action: The Spirit of Student Life鈥 exhibition opens at the Dipoli Gallery and online on 27 August.
Re-imagining the Past exhibition Vol. 2 online
The stories and images from the exhibition celebrating Aalto 10 are now available for online exploration.
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