Latest news | News listing | Aalto University /en/listing/449201/feed News listing en Apply to EIT RawMaterials Skills for Tomorrow Training Call (Last Cut-Off Day 29 AUG 2025) /en/news/apply-to-eit-rawmaterials-skills-for-tomorrow-training-call-last-cut-off-day-29-aug-2025 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 06:53:57 +0000 Zoltan Javor 1322581 at /en This initiative seeks to support the creation of innovative, revenue-generating training programmes that address digital transformation, technological innovation, and strategic workforce needs across the raw materials value chain. EIT EIT RawMaterials EU Horizon Europe digitalisation funding calls lectures lifewide learning Cooperation EIT RawMaterials call for Skills for Tomorrow Training 2025 Save the Date: XII Unite! Dialogue at Aalto University /en/news/save-the-date-xii-unite-dialogue-at-aalto-university Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:46:37 +0000 Melissa Georgiou 1322264 at /en Aalto is pleased to host more than 300 invitees at the XII Unite! Dialogue from 6 to 9 October 2025. Registration is now open, with invitations issued to nominated attendees across the alliance. Unite Unite staff Unite students University Mainos XII Unite! Dialogue-konferenssista Aalto-yliopistossa. Näkyy öinen Helsinki ja sen rantaviiva. Suggest the School of Electrical Engineering Alum of the Year 2025! /en/news/suggest-the-school-of-electrical-engineering-alum-of-the-year-2025 Thu, 19 Jun 2025 06:00:01 +0000 Ira Matilainen 1321264 at /en Submit your suggestion by 31 August 2025. AlumniWeekend Alumnus of the year Awards and Recognition Sähkötekniikan korkeakoulun vuoden alumni 2023 Heikki Holmberg kuvattuna Otaniemessä Micronovan tiloissa Okmeticin piikiekko-laatikko käsissään. Holmberg pääsi seuraamaan jo opiskeluaikoina puolijohdealalle merkittävän Micronovan rakentamista. Kuva: Niina Norjamäki / Aalto-yliopisto Aalto University again ranked Finland’s top university in the QS World University Rankings /en/news/aalto-university-again-ranked-finlands-top-university-in-the-qs-world-university-rankings Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:36:08 +0000 Minna Hölttä 1321263 at /en Aalto placed 114th globally Arts and design Research Technology and engineering ranking results University #1 Ranked as 1st university in Finland (QS World University Rankings) against a red background. New Academy Research Fellows and Academy Projects /en/news/new-academy-research-fellows-and-academy-projects Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:16:02 +0000 Anne Tapanainen 1320931 at /en A total of 44 Aalto researchers received Academy Research Fellowship and Academy Project funding from the Research Council of Finland – congratulations to all! Research Collaboration University Academy of Finland -Research Council of Finland Cooperation Research & Art University Henkilö kävelee värikkään tiiliseinällä olevan muraalin ohi, katuvalot ja sähkölaitteet yläpuolellaan. Spring term open science highlight: Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony /en/news/spring-term-open-science-highlight-aalto-open-science-award-ceremony Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:04:24 +0000 Charlotte ForsgÃ¥rd 1320952 at /en We gathered at A Grid to celebrate the awardees of the Aalto Open Science Award 2024 and discuss open science topics with the Aalto community. Campus Services Honoured Research A Grid Research Data Management (RDM) open science doctoral education Research and innovation services newsletter Awards and Recognition Campus Research & Art Five people with a diploma and flowers. Aaltonians satisfied with the Kide building /en/news/aaltonians-satisfied-with-the-kide-building Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:12:55 +0000 Milla Uusitalo 1314658 at /en Kide has been seen as a successful building. Campus Aalto University Campus & Real Estate Campus University An aerial image from early autumn of a new building soon to be finished on campus. New department heads and deputies appointed at the School of Electrical Engineering /en/news/new-department-heads-and-deputies-appointed-at-the-school-of-electrical-engineering Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:31:51 +0000 Ira Matilainen 1320932 at /en Tomi Laurila will take over as the Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation, while Tuomas Savolainen will taker over as Director of the Metsähovi Radio Observatory. Ville Viikari and Tapio Lokki will remain in their current roles. Appointments University Ville Viikari, Tapio Lokki, Tomi Laurila ja Tuomas Savolainen. Pollinators – tiny helpers in the work for biodiversity /en/news/pollinators-tiny-helpers-in-the-work-for-biodiversity Sat, 14 Jun 2025 17:58:36 +0000 Milla Uusitalo 1319572 at /en Bee-assisted biomonitoring has started on the Otaniemi campus. Campus Sustainability Living environments University Aalto University Campus & Real Estate Campus University Mehiläispesä Humblebee Aallon kampuksella Aalto students' art and science work Mama depicts the often invisible roles of mothers and women /en/news/aalto-students-art-and-science-work-mama-depicts-the-often-invisible-roles-of-mothers-and-women Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:37:08 +0000 Tiina Aulanko-Jokirinne 1319563 at /en The FIBRATIONS exhibition opens on 10 June at Heureka, a Finnish Science Center in Vantaa. It showcases student work at Aalto University that combines math and arts. One of the six student groups created a giant art and science piece Mama, which resembles a womb and represents motherhood, femininity and balance. Art and Creative Practices Collaboration Studies Technology and engineering Cooperation art cross-disciplinary mathematics shows theses Studies Säikeistyksiä-näyttely Heurekassa. Kuva: Susanna Oksanen. New Fundamentals: ELLIS Institute Finland launches with bold scientific ambitions /en/news/new-fundamentals-ellis-institute-finland-launches-with-bold-scientific-ambitions Wed, 28 May 2025 10:19:23 +0000 Amanda Alvarez 1317031 at /en AI and ML for transforming R&D, enhancing human-AI teamwork, and creating exciting new science Digitalisation and AI Innovations Technology and engineering Collaboration University Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) machine learning donations events technology artificial intelligence computing research universities Cooperation Press releases Research & Art University Group of people standing in a room holding a ribbon, with presentation screen and institute banner in the background. Aalto University’s largest annual exhibition returns—showcasing bold solutions from fungal architecture to carbon sinks /en/news/aalto-universitys-largest-annual-exhibition-returns-showcasing-bold-solutions-from-fungal Wed, 21 May 2025 15:39:24 +0000 Minna Hölttä 1315634 at /en Designs for a Cooler Planet takes over Otaniemi starting 5 September. Innovations Sustainability cooler planet Research & Art Kaksi pinottua kiviblokkia, joiden ympärillä on harmaita pikkukiviä, lasilautanen täynnä kiviä oikealla. Everyday choices: Viktar Asadchy, how do you control light? /en/news/everyday-choices-viktar-asadchy-how-do-you-control-light Wed, 21 May 2025 10:09:19 +0000 Paula Haikarainen 1315615 at /en This Associate Professor of Electromagnetics manipulates and directs light with materials. Materials and natural resources Research Aalto University Magazine Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering electronics Aalto Magazine Research & Art Mies, jolla on tummat hiukset, pukutakki ja paita, katsoo itseään peilistä. Maintenance break in ACRIS on 27th of May, 2025 /en/news/maintenance-break-in-acris-on-27th-of-may-2025 Tue, 20 May 2025 05:33:01 +0000 Laura Mure 1315413 at /en Maintenance break in ACRIS on 27 May from 10:00 to 15:00. Services ACRIS outage Research and innovation services Research & Art Acris service break and new features text and red background. ESA funding for the space business /en/news/esa-funding-for-the-space-business Fri, 16 May 2025 09:54:19 +0000 Paula Haikarainen 1314647 at /en The European Space Agency’s new innovation programme in Otaniemi helps Finnish companies commercialise inventions, leverage satellite data and strengthen their position in the industry. Collaboration Entrepreneurship Innovations Aalto University Magazine Startup Center entrepreneurship innovations satellites space research start-ups Aalto Magazine Cooperation Värikäs maaston kartta interferometrisestä vaiheesta 19.–20. tammikuuta 2025, eri sävyjä. Will future experts be educated with fewer euros? /en/news/will-future-experts-be-educated-with-fewer-euros Wed, 07 May 2025 08:03:57 +0000 Paula Haikarainen 1312778 at /en Universities struggle with shrinking funding while expectations continue to rise. New revenue streams and broad societal support are more critical than ever. Donations University Aalto University Magazine donating endowment politics Aalto Magazine University Kollaasi: punatiilinen rakennus epäsäännöllisine ikkunoineen, kirkas atrium korkeilla seinillä, valoa heijastava valkoinen pintakuvio. Sustainability in action: recycling campaign at Aalto University continues /en/news/sustainability-in-action-recycling-campaign-at-aalto-university-continues Wed, 07 May 2025 07:03:48 +0000 Milla Uusitalo 1312045 at /en The recycling campaign across the entire Aalto community was launched in October 2024. Campus Sustainability University Aalto University Campus & Real Estate materials recycling solutions for sustainability sustainability Campus University Jätettä Ämmässuolla Saastamoinen Foundation donates EUR 1.5 million ºÚÁÏÍø University /en/news/saastamoinen-foundation-donates-eur-15-million-to-aalto-university Tue, 06 May 2025 05:37:19 +0000 Eeva Räisänen 1312772 at /en The donation will support Aalto’s multidisciplinary activities in the new Marsio building Donations Marsio University A tram passing by a modern brick building with black accents and large windows. There's a large tree and several bicycles nearby. New theory of gravity brings long-sought Theory of Everything a crucial step closer /en/news/new-theory-of-gravity-brings-long-sought-theory-of-everything-a-crucial-step-closer Mon, 05 May 2025 11:37:55 +0000 Ira Matilainen 1312777 at /en A quantum theory of gravity would clear the path to answering some of the biggest questions in physics. Press releases Research & Art Earth and Moon on a grid representing gravity well, with green arrows indicating gravitational force directions. Metsähovi Radio Observatory to build the world’s widest bandwidth radio astronomical receiver system /en/news/metsahovi-radio-observatory-to-build-the-worlds-widest-bandwidth-radio-astronomical-receiver-system Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:31:13 +0000 Ira Matilainen 1307714 at /en AMD and Knowledge Resources are supporting the Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory’s project to enable completely new kind of astronomical research Collaboration business cooperation Research & Art Metsähovin radio-observatorio