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President Ilkka Niemelä: ‘We are ready to take on the challenge of lifelong learning’

At the opening of the academic year, also the new Väre building was opened at the heart of the campus.
Press releases
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Aalto Day One_2018

Aalto University received EUR 15.9 million from the Academy of Finland September call

Aalto University received EUR 15.9 million from the Academy of Finland September call
Research & Art
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Aalto University and Nokia expand their cooperation

Aalto University and Nokia expand their cooperation
Cooperation
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Aalto University / collaboration wih Nokia / Photo by Ilkka Hyytiäinen

Number of applicants increased - Study place for over 1600 new students

Number of applicants increased - Study place for over 1600 new students
Studies
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Admissions_2018

Aalto places again among the world’s top ten young universities

The prominent QS Ranking has ranked Aalto the world 9th best young university. Aalto has managed to increase significantly the number of peer-reviewed international publications and the amount of competitive EU funding it has received.
Press releases
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QS Ranking 2019 Top 50 under 50

Petri Suomala appointed as Vice President for Education

Professor Suomala joins Aalto from the Tampere University of Technology.
Appointments, Studies, University
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Aalto University / Petri Suomala / Photo: Mikko Raskinen

Aalto places again among the world’s top ten young universities

Aalto has managed to increase the number of international publications and the amount of EU funding.
University
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QS Ranking: Aalto places 140th in the world

Aalto is #1 in Finland with regard to relative number of research citations and employer reputation.
Awards and Recognition
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World Challenge 2018 Finals in Finland on 27–30 August – work for a better world

Innovators are invited to develop apps that improve life on earth by utilising satellite data.
Cooperation
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Green plastic triangle on a white board,

Finding the unknown, D.Sc. Natalie Segercrantz

Doctoral graduate Natalie Segercrantz likens research work to being an explorer. In a laboratory, one can encounter something that has never been witnessed before.
Research & Art
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Doctoral graduate Natalie Segercrantz Aalto University

News Events Aalto University Magazine Finland 100 News archive It’s a wrap! Aalto Festival 2018

We want to thank everyone who participated in making it happen. See you all next year!
Campus
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Industrial Internet Campus_Research

The search for food safety

Students from Aalto and the University of Nairobi are examining food’s value chain from maize fields to the milk glass.
Aalto Magazine, Cooperation, Studies
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Student team visiting the Jasho Feeds company. Aalto student Loi Tran (l.) and University of Nairobi student Unelker Maoga discuss feed production. Photos: Laura Silvanto.

Campus envisioned as a green oasis

An open space plan designed by an award-winning landscape architecture firm would introduce more nature and housing to the Otaniemi campus.
Aalto Magazine, Campus, University
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Conceptual drawing of a possible residential area in the Kivimies block. Illustration: SLA.

The new Magazine issue is available online

The Aalto University Magazine issue 22 examines solutions for sustainable development.
Aalto Magazine, University
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A birch tree photographed by Eeva Suorlahti.

Column: Dear climate change

These thoughts were written down by Aalto University students who participated in the Climate change and me – are you anxious? debate group in spring 2018.
Aalto Magazine
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Kuvassa on likaisia ruskeanharmaita tahroja ja sulamisjälkiä valkoisella pohjalla.

Bee appreciation

One way to protect bees would be to reintroduce them to urban life.
Aalto Magazine
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Kuvitus: Ida-Maria Wikström. Maailman viljelykasvien sadoista 35 prosenttia on riippuvaisia pölyttäjistä.

Mushroom farming as part of the circular economy

18 million kilos of oyster mushrooms could be grown with the spent coffee grounds Finns produce each year.
Aalto Magazine
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Kuvitus: Ida-Maria Wikström. Kotona voi kasvattaa sieniä kahvinporoissa tai kauran akanoissa.

Save our lakes by eating roach

Each roach an angler pulls up also removes phosphates, a key factor in eutrophication, from the water system. These phosphates are bound in fish bones.
Aalto Magazine
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Kuvitus: Ida-Maria Wikström. Suomessa järvet ovat pullollaan roskakalaksi leimattua särkeä, joka on hyvä proteiinin lähde.

Lowering the carbon footprint with bugs

Crickets are quite the superfood.
Aalto Magazine
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Kuvitus: Ida-Maria Wikström. Sirkkojen kasvattamisesta syntyy murto-osa kasvihuonekaasuja suhteessa naudanlihan tuotannosta syntyviin kaasuihin.

Rare metals need efficient recycling

How can the valuable ingredients of batteries be recovered? What could replace bismuth, tellurium and many other rarities? These issues are being examined by the CloseLoop project.
Aalto Magazine, Research & Art
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Dissolution and precipitation of rare earth elements in the CloseLoop project.