Public events
Marsio Presents, 15 April 2026: Creative Teaching in the Age of AI
Marsio Presents: Creative Teaching in the Age of AI is a morning event for Aalto educators interested in how AI is reshaping pedagogy. Hear short, concrete cases from colleagues on using AI in teaching, assessment, and course design. Join to gain practical ideas, discuss ethical questions, and reflect together on what meaningful teaching looks like in the age of AI.
Career Design Lab: job search support
We will answer your questions about job hunting and provide feedback on your job application documents.
Advice and support on administrative issues for (new) BIZ teaching faculty -Spring 2026
What everyone should know about teaching-related administrative issues?
Aalto Data Agents' weekly support hour on Zoom
Join and ask anything about research data management and open science.
Many Faces of Well-being Research at Aalto
Exploring the many approaches of well-being research at Aalto across disciplines and schools.
Coaching in Action! - coaching group for programme directors
Stay ahead of the curve and attend to a coaching group with other programme directors.
Aalto Alumni Afterwork in Seattle on 15 April
Alumni of Aalto University are invited for an Aalto Alumni Afterwork in Seattle on 15 April!
A! Walk
A! Walks is a summer course centered around walking-based learning, exploring Otaniemi campus and its surrounding urban–natural spaces. Rather than standalone lectures or experiments, the program is designed as a curated sequence of sensory, interdisciplinary walks, guiding participants toward experiences in coexistence, awareness, action, and futures. If successful, A! Walks may be continued during the regular semester.
The symposium addresses a pressing cultural question: if the ecological crisis demands that societies rethink endless economic growth, how might the arts also transition toward more ecologically sustainable and socially equitable fo
10th Finnish Young Scientist Forum on Catalysis (FYSFC 2026)
10th Finnish Young Scientist Forum on Catalysis is organized at Messukeskus in connection to the ChemBio Finland professional fair.
Teachers' Dialogue 16th April, 2026 - Teaching the loop: co-designing constructively aligned interdisciplinary courses
This workshop brings together teaching staff from across Aalto Schools together to exchange ideas, share practices, and explore approaches to interdisciplinary education. The session begins with an introduction to key considerations and course design principles in interdisciplinary education. Circular Economy topics will be used as a context to explore how interdisciplinary perspectives can be integrated into teaching. The interactive part of the workshop invites participants to reflect on teaching approaches, learning outcomes, and assessment practices that support interdisciplinary learning.
Engaging with media about your doctoral research
Info session for doctoral students on enhancing their visibility as a researcher.
Aalto Founder Talks #7: Ilkka Paananen, Founder and CEO of Supercell
Ilkka is the CEO and co-founder of Supercell, the company behind Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, and Brawl Stars. Supercell was the first European tech startup to reach a valuation of $10 billion.
A! Walk
A! Walks is a summer course centered around walking-based learning, exploring Otaniemi campus and its surrounding urban–natural spaces. Rather than standalone lectures or experiments, the program is designed as a curated sequence of sensory, interdisciplinary walks, guiding participants toward experiences in coexistence, awareness, action, and futures. If successful, A! Walks may be continued during the regular semester.
Public defence, Polymer synthesis technology, MSc Maryam Madani
Cationic and zwitterionic cellulose derivatives: synthesis, properties, and potential applications
Public defence in Acoustics and Speech Technology, M.Sc. Etienne Thuillier
Learning Deep Acoustic Feature Representations for HRTF Individualization (title of the thesis).
Public defence in Industrial Engineering and Management, M.Sc. Annika Bengts
Overcoming the complexity of healthcare renewal (title of the thesis).
Public defence in Engineering Physics, M.Sc. Joona Kontula
The effect of magnetic configuration on fast ions in stellarators
Public defence in Engineering Physics, M.Sc. Fabian Marxer
High fidelity gates, readout, reset, and remote entanglement in superconducting quantum devices for scalable fault tolerant processors.