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Better AI models by incorporating user feedback into training
New research improves a popular method for fine-tuning AI models by 60% using visualization tools.
Enhancing doctoral researchers鈥 work-life skills 鈥 Join the DOC+ events
Doctoral student or postdoc, have you been pondering about building a meaningful doctoral career? Or about the future of AI in research and working life? These events and learning opportunities are for you!
Unite! Seed Fund 2026: Open for applications
The 2026 Unite! Seed Fund call is officially open, offering funding across three strategic lines: Student Activities, Teaching and Learning, and Research and PhD. Deadline for applications is 20 March 2026.
Support for students impacted by the crisis in Iran
The university supports and helps students in dealing with the crisis
Aalto Inventors innovation training coming for hydrogen, quantum and microelectronics researchers this spring
Connect with industry and academic thought-leaders and gain widely applicable skills in communication, intellectual property, and business.
Growing Materials, Growing Ideas: Inside the BioMaker Studio
At Aalto University鈥檚 BioMaker Studio, initiated by Ena Naito, students and researchers experiment with living materials, from algae to mycelium, creating an open, interdisciplinary space where design, biology, and collaboration grow together.
A new way to measure contagion: the gut bacterium behind blood poisoning can spread like influenza
Neither the antibiotic-resistant nor the highly virulent strains are the most transmissible.
Giiguulen Enkhsaikhan: More sustainable textiles with hemicellulose
Aalto University's doctoral researcher's presentation of hemicellulose won the third prize in the Marcus Wallenberg Young Researchers鈥 Challenge event in November
Support for those concerned about flooding in South鈥慹ast Asia
The university supports and helps staff and students in dealing with the crisis.
Make proposals to the Publication Forum about the leading publication channels in your field
Proposals for publication channels to be upgraded to level 2 may be submitted in the JUFO portal until 28 February 2026.
RCF opens the next call under the Finnish Flagship Programme: Aalto internal deadline 2.2.2026
The Research Council of Finland will open the call for the fifth flagship program in March. The call closes on March 25, 2026, and Aalto University's internal deadline is February 2, 2026.
Quantum research lands doctoral and master's thesis awards
Eric Hyypp盲 and Tuomas Uusn盲kki received the prizes from Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland and Tekniska F枚reningen i Finland.
The Publication Forum Steering Group: Level 3 will be abandoned, and term 鈥淟evel 0鈥 will be discontinued
The discontinuation of Level 3 will not affect the university funding calculations for the years 2025鈥2028.
To Code or Not to Code? Python or R? Or ChatGPT?
Is software coding a skill of the past with generative AI tools? Not at all! Join the open courses!
Three new Academy Professors at Aalto University
Tuomas Hyt枚nen, Mikko M枚tt枚nen and Aki Vehtari from the School of Science have been appointed as Academy Professors 鈥 congratulations to all!
Aalto Doctoral Education Services Receives Unite! Award
Aalto's Unite! Doctoral Education Team, led by Dr Minna S枚derqvist, received an award for their long-term efforts to enhance doctoral mobility and collaboration across the Unite! Alliance. The award ceremony took place during the XII Unite! DIalogue.
Publishing Research Data Alongside Research Articles
Data availability statements are increasingly required by scientific journals. They include information on what data are available, where they can be found, and any applicable access terms
Who publishes our open access publications?
Researchers at Aalto and Helsinki Universities favor open access journals with author fees published by large publishers. Popular journals without author fees are often published by universities or societies.
Open access agreements under renewal
Elsevier and Cambridge University Press agreements will continue 2026. Negotiations with IEEE, Oxford UP, RSC, Springer and ASME have started.
Learning, growing, and exploring: a path through doctoral studies at Aalto
Hamidreza Daghigh Shirazi reflects on his doctoral journey at Aalto University
