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Call for Projects 2021 - Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RawMaterials)

Annual call - Pre-submission: 17 JAN; Final-submission: 28 FEB
Research & Art
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Aalto EIT Services - Javor

School of Business student Katja Toropainen: What keeps me inspired is the hope that we can make an impact

Katja Toropainen, the founder of Inklusiiv, talks about her studies in Information and Service Management (ISM) and her entrepreneurial career.
Studies
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Close-up photo of Katja Toropainen standing at a bay.

Upper secondary school students become professors on Day of the Girl

An initiative between Aalto University and Otaniemi Upper Secondary School gives students the possibility to draw attention to technology- and society-related topics that they see as important.
Cooperation
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Kuvassa professori Risto Sarvas, etualalla näkyy kaksi Otaniemen lukion opiskelijaa

Aalto successful in EU Erasmus Mundus call: two new programmes

Aalto University was partnering in two consortia in this year’s European Commission call for new Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Programmes. Both proposals received funding.
Studies
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Aalto University, photo Unto Rautio

New study reveals what happens when public services and market forces collide

Research shows that when a government agency becomes a state-owned company, responsibilities for decision-making get less clear, and risk-taking and salaries can go up
Press releases
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Women of Aalto network seeks to promote equality in society

Proceeds from the Pink Ribbon Gala event in October will be used to support Finnish cancer research.
Cooperation
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Women of Aalto -verkoston kokoontuminen

Summer internship in Finland: research experience, great work-life balance, and dips in the sea

Three master’s students from Paris spent their summer in Helsinki working as research interns
Studies
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Luc Motte, Antoine Moulin and Jane Douat

Björn Savén Scholarship enables postgraduate studies at a top US university

Lassi Tervonen, a doctoral student in economics, goes to Boston University to study, network and find new research ideas.
Awards and Recognition
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Kuvassa näkyvät pääomasijoittaja Björn Saven ja tohtorikoulutettava Lassi Tervonen.

Learning from fee-liable students' experiences

Aalto has the largest international student population in Finland and is one of the key players in attracting talent for different parts of the domestic labour markets. Responding to the challenges that international students face in the university and trying to alleviate the often difficult transition to professional careers are important ºÚÁÏÍø and Finland. At Learning Services team of Programme Management Services we are doing a small scale project on international fee-liable student’s experience at Aalto. The aim of the project is to find out where and how we could improve the international students’ experience at Aalto.
For Aalto community
Studies
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Brain scans on movie watchers reveal how we judge people

Researchers used brain scans to reveal the biases people feel towards people who are like them, even if they can’t see that they are like them
Press releases, Research & Art
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Unconscious bias arrises from in-group favouritism

Finnish for foreigners – Summer courses in the University of Helsinki, enrollment starts at 2.4.2019

The staff of Aalto University can participate to the Finnish summer courses offered by University of Helsinki on the expense of their faculty or department.
For Aalto community
Press releases
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New cooperative project develops problem-based learning in South Asia

A project coordinated by Aalto Global Impact will strengthen the capacity of universities to take hold of global development challenges.
Cooperation, Press releases
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Underwater rover created by international student team to be shown at Dubai Design Week

After months of work on two continents, underwater rover Find-X can be seen at an international exhibition of student works at Dubai Design Week in November.
Studies
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Team Findia from Aalto University and the Indian School of Design & Innovation

At ten years old, Design Factory is yet to make itself obsolete

The experimentation platform has grown beyond Aalto University and become a global network. More boundaries remain to be broken, even within Design Factory’s own operating environment.
Campus, Research & Art
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aalto university design factory coffee room photo annamari tolonen

Life is a study trip and travel experience worth mentioning in the CV, say the Madventures pair Riku and Tunna

Growth happens outside your comfort zone.
Cooperation
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'Take absolutely every opportunity to join an exchange programme or get a grant provided by Aalto’, both Riku and Tunna encouraged the students.