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Electronic degree certificates have completely supplanted paper
The university switched to electronic degree certificates in August 2025. Paper degree certificates are no longer issued.
Supporting your study wellbeing, January 2026
Aalto offers self-study materials, guidance and services that support student wellbeing. Below you will find more about the services available and links to useful materials.
Expansive frontiers: tracing wilderness
Expansive Frontiers: Tracing Wilderness is a research project developed over a period of three months by doctoral researcher Ana Ribeiro, during her time as a Visiting Researcher in the Empirica Research Group at Aalto University
Soil Matters exhibition at the Design Museum Helsinki explores the materiality of soil and how it is interwoven with human activity.
4 September鈥10 January 2021 The Design Museum Helsinki Soil Matters exhibition at the Design Museum Helsinki鈥檚 Gallery presents craft and...
EMMA (Espoo Museum of Modern Art) showcases evolving processes and artistic research in a ceramic art exhibition
Ceramics Facing the New presents twelve artists and two artist groups specializing in ceramic art, all of whom use materials and techniqu...
Electronics and Electrical Physics student Antti Salpakari believes in a brighter future
Second-year student Antti Salpakari feels that studying electronics and electrical physics gives him the skills to create a better future.
Professor of Ownership Samuli Kn眉pfer received the OP Financial Group Research Foundation's recognition award
OP Financial Group Research Foundation may award individuals who have significantly promoted economic research in fields supported by the foundation
Empirica Workshop: Introduction to glassblowing
In Empirica, practices of art, design, and craft are used as vehicles of inquiry
Shaping the Future Exhibition: Touring Around Europe for Two Years
During the two years, the Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition has toured around Europe, it has offered a great opp...
Interactive Clay Pit Workshop Organised at Aalto ARTS
On Tuesday February 13th 2018 the interactive Clay Pit workshop was organised for the first time at Aalto University
Ceramics 3D printing skills developed through an international workshop
The international two-day workshop organised at Aalto ARTS on 4-5 February 2019 created a great space for learning and sharing informatio...
Shaping the Future Exhibition Opened in its Seventh and last Venue: The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
The seventh and last venue of the Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition is at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Pragu...
Study abroad from home with Unite鈥檚 Virtual Exchange Credit Programme (VECP) Courses
Studying abroad without leaving home is possible through Unite!鈥檚 Virtual Exchange Credit Programme (VECP). New courses in computer science, language and intercultural competence are now open for applications.
Lotta Partanen moved from design to creating new business
Aalto University alum Lotta Partanen realized that she is more interested in new businesses than in furniture design. She has ended up building and leading VTT's business incubator.
Kemira Hosts TexirC Results Meeting
Kemira hosted the results meeting of the TexirC project on February 3, 2026.
Kari Sajavaara Recognition Award to the Kielibuusti project for socially influential work related to languages
The award-winning project has addressed the topical debate on the opportunities available to immigrants in Finland to learn and study the local languages
鈥楳y entire career as a marine biologist and sustainability scientist has been extremely interesting鈥
Professor of Practice Eeva Furman has spent most of her career conducting interdisciplinary research in sustainability sciences
Better AI models by incorporating user feedback into training
New research improves a popular method for fine-tuning AI models by 60% using visualization tools.
VIII Art of Research Conference - Re-Imagining
The theme of the eighth Art of Research conference is 鈥淩e-Imagining鈥, addressing the various gestures of going back, returning to take another look, or for starting anew.