Tuomas Auvinen to continue as Dean of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
The Dean's term of office is five years starting from 11th of March 2024.
Vice President Janne Laine and Dean Tuomas Auvinen appointed for second term
Janne Laine's new term starts in January and Tuomas Auvinen's new term in March
Professor Jyri Hämäläinen appointed Vice President for Research
The five-year term of office will start in December
Contribute to our living strategy - answer the University Preview 2023 survey
All Aaltonians and stakeholders are warmly invited to share their thoughts through an online survey by 30 September
Support for those suffering from the consequences of the earthquake in Morocco and Storm Daniel
How the university can support staff and students in dealing with the crisis, and how you can help the victims of the earthquake and storm
Konsta Klemetti: Creative artistic thinking and finding surprising perspectives are ingrained in me
'It has been fun and enlightening to discover that there is a tribe, i.e., like-minded people at Aalto. Everyone accepts an idea, no matter how crazy it is. The culture is open-minded and accepting in a fun way.'
Over 80 percent of the campus's energy savings goal has been achieved
During the summer, too, the campus has achieved significant energy savings.
Register for training in research data management and open science
New topics included! Registrations for autumn 2023 are open.
Aalto University graduates valued in the job market
Nationwide career monitoring survey started on 2 October. All 2018 master's graduates and 2020 doctoral graduates are invited to participate in the survey.
Unite! Student Festival in Lisbon was packed with learning, community-building, and fun
20 students from Aalto took part in the Unite! Student Festival.
Suggest how you would use 13,000 eur for the wellbeing of Aalto University students!
Submit your proposal by September 29, 2023, for a participatory budgeting project to improve student wellbeing on campus. A winner will be voted on from the feasible ideas within the year 2023.
Experience Aalto University at Helsinki Design Week
Aalto University is once again widely represented in Helsinki Design Week's official programme, all throughout the festival on 8 – 17 September 2023. Come and explore Aalto at HDW through exhibitions and events – see this list to explore what, where and when!
Echoing a kindred spirit from a century past
Counsellor of Education Alma Muukka-Marjovuo grew up surrounded by art. Now she works to ensure that all children and young people in Finland have access to top-notch art education.
Professor Matti Kuittinen: 'Hey, take a break at the construction site!'
New construction should be put on hold until we figure out a sustainable solution, says Kuittinen
Aalto community members awarded for their impressive work
The recognition awards were granted to researchers from the Department of Applied Physics, the creators of Little Finlandia, the student Wappu, the quality audit team, and projects Kielibuusti, Finland Works, and Finland Studies – watch the videos and the recordings!
New academic year kicked off
Aalto Day One highlighted the community’s diversity and internationality
Ilkka Niemelä to the Finnish Government: Innovations and sustainable growth will be lost if immigration policies are implemented
Internationality has accelerated innovation and helped many Finnish companies from Aalto along their growth trajectories. Nearly half of Aalto University’s academic staff come from outside Finland, and Aalto students are from more than 100 countries.
Annukka Svanda: It's important to challenge yourself to do hard things
'I believe that those of us who can and are capable have a duty to work to make the world a little better place all the time. For example, we can try to improve the situation of those who are not so well off.'
ACRE donated Lego bricks to the daycares
Aalto University and Aalto University Campus & Real Estate (ACRE) donated the university's old Lego bricks to Touhula daycares.
Education collaboration generates new ideas for using design
The School of Arts, Design and Architecture has a long tradition of working together with companies to solve challenges of many kind. Last spring, design students designed concrete speaker models for audio equipment manufacturer Genelec.
