News
Revised language guidelines support multilingualism
Implementation plan to be finalised by year’s end
New Sisu features for cross-institutional studies at Aalto
Some Aalto courses will begin limited use of Sisu’s cross-institutional features during Period III.
Change in Sisu on alumni data authorisation; now included with graduation request
The previous data disclosure statement about giving consent to save data in the alumni partner institution system has been removed.
Apply by 15 December for a real life research project on the sustainability of oceans
The ten week course consists of online assignments and three weeks in Lisbon. Apply by 15 December.
It is time to vote! How do we use 13,000 euros for the wellbeing of students?
At the beginning of the fall 2023, students were given the opportunity to brainstorm how the university should use 13,000 euros to improve student well-being on campus. Now it's time to vote for the best idea to be implemented during the spring of 2024.
Light rail line 15 started operating – changes to getting around Otaniemi campus
Cross the tracks with caution, take into account other traffic
Sign up now for SDGs as Entrepreneurial Business Opportunities course starting in period II
Learn how to make both impact and profit.
Light rail line 15 started operating on 21 of October
Remember to always use care and caution near tracks. Light rail line 15 started operating between Itäkeskus in Helsinki and Keilaniemi in Espoo on Saturday 21 October.
In memoriam: Kimmo Silvonen (1957–2023)
Senior University Lecturer Kimmo Silvonen’s career at Helsinki University of Technology and Aalto University spanned over 40 years. For the last 10 years, he was known especially as the father figure of the Electrical Engineering Workshop, which is familiar to all bachelor’s-level students of electrical engineering.
Apply for seed funding to create collaborative activities with students from other Unite! universities
Get up to 20 000 Euros for a collaborative project. Deadline for applications is 15 December, 2023.
Discontinuing a course in Sisu
Remember, if you decide to stop taking a course, you can withdraw from it in Sisu.
Practice your languages with the Unite! Language Tandems
Language Tandems offer you the possibility to practice any of the Unite! languages with another student from the Unite! community.
Suspension of electricity distribution in Maarintalo on 5 Oct
You may not stay or work in the building between 17.00 and 20.00
Kide – the new name of the new building crystallises the bond between different disciplines
As a result of a naming competition, the Otakaari 2B building was given a new name
The knowing-doing gap and how not to sink in it
What we need is a shift in focus from knowing to not knowing, claims action researcher and MIT senior university lecturer Otto Scharmer.
Albert Devasagayam Francis: We are bringing community gardening and beekeeping together
'My main aim is to have clean energy, which can happen far into the future. In beekeeping, I can see the impact at the end of each season.'
Still possible to register in Aalto Wellbeing Week's events!
Many events on campus during Wellbeing Week
Applying for JOO studies in other Finnish universities
Applying for JOO studies in other Finnish universities in October 2023