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Olli Ikkala and Esa Saarinen found a common thread in baroque music and lecturing
Olli Ikkala will continue his research on nature-inspired materials and will find himself again as an organist after his busy research career. Esa Saarinen, on the other hand, continued to lecture the Philosophy and Systems Thinking (Filosofia ja systeemiajattelu) course to packed halls this spring. When they met, they discussed the organ and the atmosphere of the lectures.
Languages, culture and communication courses in period V
The Language Centre offers a wide range of courses in period V.
Aalto’s art & design ranks in the top 10 globally
Aalto University also ranked in the top 100 in five other subjects in the prestigious QS ranking
AllWell? student survey of 2024 reaches 36% of target group
The survey was emailed to all Aalto University's second-year bachelor’s students and first-year master’s students.
Alexander Henn received the Finnish Natural Resources Research Foundation's Doctoral Dissertation Award
Alexander Henn developed two new applications for lignin that create opportunities for value creation from forest industry by-streams. The research promotes the use of the added value of Finnish wood material in accordance with the principles of the bio- and circular economy.
New method of measuring qubits promises ease of scalability in a microscopic package
Aalto University researchers are the first in the world to measure qubits with ultrasensitive thermal detectors
Supporting your study wellbeing, April 2024
Dear student! Remember that Aalto University provides various services to support your study ability and wellbeing. For more information, please see our current services.
AllWell? student survey of 2024 reaches 36% of target group
The survey was emailed to all Aalto University's second-year bachelor’s students and first-year master’s students.
Aalto Open Science Award Honorary Mention 2023 – Professor Riikka Puurunen leads by example to foster sustainable open science
We interviewed professor Riikka Puurunen, head of Catalysis research group at the School of Chemical Engineering, who received an honorary mention in the first Aalto Open Science Award.
Professor of Practice Pia Hannukainen: ‘I believe in the power of design also in the future’
Hannukainen believes that it is important for companies to secure skilled designers and for graduates to have sufficient skills for working life.
Integrating entrepreneurship into forestry and agriculture education is critical for Africa
Assistant Professor Patrick Shulist co-develops entrepreneurship education with African partners
Join Funilab and have a say in how Sisu develops!
By becoming a member of Funilab, you can contribute to the development of Sisu.
Ways of seeing: life – glass – chem workshop was organized by Biofilia and Glass workshops
Ways of seeing: life – glass – chem is a multi-day workshop organized in April 2024 in cooperation with Aalto University Department of Art & Media and Bioart Society, and hosted by Laura Beloff, Biofilia and glass workshop at Aalto University
UPM supports Aalto University's pulp research and education
High quality research enables high quality education
Courses for doctoral students in period V
Period V runs from 22 April to 9 June 2024.
Why won’t some people use a smartphone? And is that difficult?
Adjustments and flexibility are necessary to live without a smartphone
Master’s thesis management functionality in MyStudies to be launched in autumn 2024
The new functionality for thesis management centralizes the basic thesis data on one platform and enables better support for the thesis process. It replaces eAge for the topic application and both eAge and MyCourses for thesis submission for approval.
Minors CHEMARTS and Teollisuus ja ympäristö to be discontinued
The following minors at the School of Chemical Engineering will be discontinued as of 1 August 2024: CHEMARTS and Teollisuus ja ympäristö (Industry and environment).