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Old hand towels and workwear end up to high fashion
Used textiles turned into prototypes of recycled future clothing collection.
A Blanc – Renovating for a more sustainable campus
The renovation of the Otaniemi shopping centre, originally completed in the 1960s and designed by Alvar Aalto, also paid attention to the building's sustainable development solutions.
Evaluation and graduation
This information is for doctoral students on pre-examination, defence, finalising the thesis, public display etc.
NDI Briefing Note: Making climate change visible: Evidence from the Russian Arctic
The latest Northern Dimension Institute Briefing Note presents practical evidence on the impact of climate change on the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The large-scale consequences of global warming are manifested in dangerous climatic phenomena and irreversible natural processes, which is confirmed by statistical data, as well as in the occurrence of many incidents, accidents and catastrophes
Educational Leadership Forum
Educational Leadership Forum provides a place for educational leaders such as programme directors and heads of majors to meet and discuss perspectives on development of education and leading education.
Albert Rehnberg ended up to his dream programme by accident
Albert Rehnberg selected the double degree Master’s in Energy storage at EIT InnoEnergy, because it sounded the most interesting to him, but it ended up being his dream programme.
Student JoaquÃn Andrés Franco Gantiva wants to work with sustainable, efficient and optimal transport in the future
JoaquÃn Andrés Franco Gantiva chose the Master's programme at Aalto because of the social and psychological approach to understanding human behaviour from a transport perspective.
NDI Policy Brief 18: Culture must be recognized as a driver of sustainable development
This Policy Brief highlights the potential of culture to create stability and to support sustainability and argues for a new policy which recognizes the importance of culture in the building of the sustainable society of the future.
Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP)
Erasmus+mobility programme (2021–2027) offers a new, more flexible way for student and staff mobilities.
Aalto University Accessibility Implementation Plan 2022–2024
President Ilkka Niemelä confirmed the Aalto University Accessibility Implementation Plan for 2022–2024 on 1st February, 2022. The plan is based on the Aalto University strategy and supports well-being work and the work of the Aalto University Equality Committee. The implementation plan is attached as an appendix to the Aalto University Equality Plan. This page is for monitoring the implementation.
The Aalto Co-Educators
All Aalto graduates should have the capability to analyse and tackle complex sustainability challenges especially related to their own field, and to grasp opportunities for making a change.
Multifactor Authentication at Aalto Services
Students using Aalto services (such as Sisu or Mycourses) outside the Aalto network will no longer be able to log in to Sisu with just their Aalto user ID. In addition, they will have to authenticate themselves by a further authentication process using their smart phone.
Rebecca Viloma considers gaining insights from two top universities in Europe as the most interesting part of a double-degree programme
Rebecca applied to EIT Manufacturing Master’s programme although she had already been accepted to another programme. The programme description made her realize that the programme was fully in line with her interests and aspirations.
For Open University hourly teachers
An introduction to the instructions for Open University hourly teachers
Ten Nonconsumerist Christmas Gifts for Those Who Already Have Everything
This is a list of ten Christmas gift ideas that don’t require purchases of any kind. They work for other occasions as well!
Digital Business Master Class
This intensive master’s-level course focuses on digital technologies as tools for building businesses.
CreaTures: Creative Practices for Transformational Futures
CreaTures: Creative Practices for Transformational Futures aims at demonstrating effective paths to achieving sustainability, social cohesion and peaceful co-existence at a time of rapid change.
Sustainable textile systems: Co-creating resource-wise business for Finland in global textile networks (FINIX)
Sustainable textile systems: Co-creating resource-wise business for Finland in global textile networks (FINIX) is a joint research project with the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto Design Research among others.
Towards Eco-Welfare State: Orchestrating for Systemic (ORSI)
Towards Eco-Welfare State: Orchestrating for Systemic (ORSI) is a joint research project between Tampere University, the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto Design Research.
Green Factory - towards carbon neutral production (GREEF)
The GREEF project is part of Business Finland's Sustainable Manufacturing Finland programme.