School news
How to support equality and diversity? Apply for funding for your idea!
Students and staff at the School of Electrical Engineering can apply for funding for projects that support equality and diversity throughout April.
Aalto University was recognised in national and international evaluations in 2023
University board approved the Annual Board Report and Financial Statements for 2023
Researcher, you are invited to answer a survey on copyright challenges
The survey by the Center for Cultural Policy Research Cupore is open until 27 March
Celebrating Excellence 2023 – time to acknowledge and celebrate research achievements and the best dissertations
On Wednesday, March 13th, the School of Electrical Engineering gathered around to celebrate the most significant achievements and the best dissertations in 2023.
Otaparkki offers smooth parking for campus visitors
The Otaparkki multi-storey car park and other paid parking spaces on the campus provide parking for guests arriving on campus.
Metsähovi Radio Observatory turns 50 and gets new telescopes
Students helped design and build the new telescopes, which expands the opportunities for multidisciplinary space research and education
Nominate your choice for the Award for Quality Teaching
Nominate your choice for the Award for Quality Teaching
‘If we make informed and thoughtful choices, it can catalyse diversity in our community’
On 27 February 2024, Assistant Professor Jaana Vapaavuori hosted a breakfast event to catalyze all kinds of diversities, in conjunction with the U.N. Day of Women and Girls in Science. Different diversities can be, for example: ideas, identities, representations, backgrounds, experiences, and bodies.
Compliance with export control and sanctions increasingly important in research projects
Find the renewed and comprehensive information package on aalto.fi
Remember to apply for internal seed funding latest 15 March
The internal funding call closes 15th of March 2024.
Aalto Open Science Award Winner 2023 – Aalto Materials Digitalization Platform (AMAD)
We interviewed the AMAD team, winners of the first Aalto Open Science Award.
Tandem Industry Academia 2025 call for postdocs, Aalto’s internal deadline 20.3.2025
The Finnish Research Impact Foundation, Tandem Industry Academia (TIA) funding intends to support joint research projects between academic and industrial partners and to promote mobility across the academia-business interface.
Provide feedback on defects in the assessment practices of scientific journals
Publication Forum collects experiences of defects in the quality assessment practices of scientific journals by all publishers. Feedback given by March 25, 2024, will be included in the spring evaluation, but feedback can also be provided later.
New PowerPoint templates rolled out on 27 Feb
They are available to you on your Aalto computer latest on 28 Feb.
Follow @aallonteekkarit on TikTok!
The videos give you a glimpse into the life of a technology student and tell you more about the different programmes and majors
Working group to prepare Aalto's tuition fee reform
Changes are planned ºÚÁÏÍø's tuition fees and scholarship programme. A working group has been appointed to prepare a proposal for Aalto University's future tuition fees and the renewed scholarship programme during the spring.
Valmet inaugurates sponsored lecture hall in Otaniemi
'We have a long cooperation with Aalto University and want to strengthen it further. We need future employees from various backgrounds and programs', says Valmet's President and CEO Pasi Laine.
Free crop photos – new feature in material bank
Free crop is an easy way to crop a photo before downloading it.
A new optical metamaterial makes true one-way glass possible
Researchers have discovered how to make a new optical metamaterial that would underpin a variety of new technologies.
Significant grants for science from the Finnish Cultural Foundation
A total of thirty individuals and research groups from Aalto University received grants from the Finnish Cultural Foundation for science and art. Professors Harri Lipsanen and Zhipei Sun and their team, were awarded a large grant to develop electronic components mimicking the structure and function of the human brain. Among the grantees is also Professor Mikko Alava, whose team is developing water-resistant foams as substitutes for plastic using AI-based methods.
