School news
Students at Aalto University’s Mikkeli unit diagnosed with coronavirus
First- and second-year students of the bachelor’s programme in Mikkeli will shift to distance education for two weeks.
Turn on the new Teams meeting experience
With the new experience, meetings open in new windows with all meeting controls and functions available at all times. You can also easily share the content from the main Teams window. You will also have new Gallery options available.
Board gives guidance for 2021 budget and 2022–2024 long-term plan
The Aalto University Board convened online on 10 September.
Machine Learning Coffee Seminars continue with a great lineup of speakers
MLCS gathers together people from different fields of science who have at least one thing in common, interest in machine learning
My tip for you: Network, network, network
Leena Plym-Rissanen needs a wide network of Aalto colleagues as well external stakeholders to be successful in her work.
Two suitcases and one man
Life is a game and this – working and studying – is my way of playing it, Kalevi Hyyrynen used to say. The Aalto alumnus, who remembered his alma mater generously in his will, was keen on learning new things throughout his life.
High demand for experts in 5G technology - develop your skills with minor studies!
The demand for 5G technology experts and professionals is growing rapidly in leading industrial and service companies. Students of different fields of education at Aalto University can accumulate 5G skills during their minor studies in Communications Engineering.
Aalto 10 km & 5 km sports event cancelled
The organization of all events should be carefully considered so that studying and working on campus can continue safely.
Access control as a part of university strategy - summary of info sharing session with recording
Info sharing session about the new access control policy was held on 25th August. Please find below summary about the session with recording (duration about 1 hour).
Pulse Survey on hybrid working mode to start again
We’ll launch again a biweekly Pulse Survey at Aalto University on September 10, 2020. We aim at getting feedback from all Aalto employees on how well it works.  All employees will receive a link to this biweekly survey by email every second Thursday.
My Tip for You: The ‘What would make it a yes’ mindset
Päivi Oinonen supports international institutions in developing innovation ecosystems, and in doing so, continuously explores better ways of working to foster creative environments.
Meet the data agent: Abraham Woubie Zewoudie
Abraham Woubie Zewoudie hopes that researchers cooperate to create awareness of the importance of research data management. In this article series Aalto University data agents, researchers experienced in research data management are introduced.
European Commission grants €4M funding for SECCLO – Master’s Programme in Security and Cloud Computing
Aalto University has received continuing funding for a joint European master’s programme on security and cloud computing. The programme is coordinated by Aalto and operated jointly by six European universities. The funding enables the programme to attract some of the most talented master’s student with a variety of previous experience from around the world.
CESAER: Call for abstracts for student-led Best Idea 2021 Competition
Are you, or do you know, a student or PhD candidate with a brilliant idea for how science and technology can help revolutionise our society’s efforts towards sustainability?
Cases and exposures of coronavirus at Aalto University
Remember to get the contact-tracing app Koronavilkku on your phone.
Scholarships open for application for studying, research and projects advancing women’s engineering studies
Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering Student Services declares the scholarships from the Combined Student Fund, Kansallis-Osake-Pankki Fund and Marja-Terttu Tanttinen Fund open for application
Aalto Space - Instruction for space reservation for students
Upload the application and find the instructions below.
President's letter 3 September - Let’s work together and help each other out
"This autumn gives us a good opportunity to stop and think about not only what we are doing, but how we are doing it and how we use our time."
Aalto places 23rd in the world in a new ranking emphasising collaboration
World University Research Ranking also evaluates multi-disciplinarity and research impact
Recording of the opening ceremony published – thank you for joining Aalto Day One!
On September 1, the live broadcast of the opening of Aalto University's academic year was followed by more than 2,000 spectators.
