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Aalto University Summer School courses for 2023 have been launched
Summer School offers multidisciplinary courses for undergraduate and graduate students as well as professionals
Unite! European University Alliance starts its new era advancing a digital and green Europe
Unite! has closed its pilot phase and launched the new phase to implement sustainable, concrete and beneficial outputs advancing a digital and green Europe.
100 years since the first professors of business administration started their work
In 1922, Kyösti Järvinen began as the professor of business administration
Open university courses for spring 2023 have been published
Please check our course selection for more information!
Student Pranava Pakala: The world is your oyster at Aalto!
Pranava studies Electronics and Nanotechnology and she believes that the field is the solution to most of the problems the world faces today
How will e-scooters transform urban spaces?
We often think of electric scooters as part of the switch to eco-friendly mobility but their role in urban landscapes is more complicated.
A Europe-first hybrid between quantum computer and supercomputer now open for research use
VTT, CSC, and Aalto University have created the most powerful quantum-assisted supercomputing infrastructure in the world. It's now available for research use.
How is radical creativity understood at Aalto?
A study will explore how an ambiguously and ambitiously defined strategic focus affects organisational norms, identity and ways of working. Read the interview report or assign a workshop with your unit.
Inkjet printers and hydrogen dreams: Millennium Graduate Student winner Sanaz Zarabi Golkhatmi
Sanaz Zarabi employed a fabrication technique that promises to wildly increase the effectiveness of our renewable energy solutions. With it, she won first place in the Millennium Graduate Student Contest 2022.
Jaakko Kivinen, Aalto University alumnus and Doctor of Science (Technology): ‘Don’t isolate yourself to just your own field’
Alumnus Jaakko Kivinen wants to pass the good on for generations to come by donating ºÚÁÏÍø University.
13 000 euros to the students' wellbeing - vote for the best idea!
Based on responses from students, vote for the best ideas to be realised on campus
Lignin nanoparticles: A sustainable recipe for combining cellulose with hydrophobic polymers for advanced applications
The Bioproduct Chemistry team at Aalto University have designed a sustainable method to produce strong and flexible cellulosic films that incredibly maintain their strength even when wet.
Alfred Kordelin prize of 50 000 euros to Professor Minna Halme
According to the Prize Committee, Halme’s work has directly contributed towards a more sustainable society
A skin-stroking device could help curb alcohol cravings
Aalto University researchers are developing a device that helps support sobriety in conjunction with other treatments, such as psychosocial treatments and pharmaceuticals.
New T-REX Project launches to drive closed-loop sorting and recycling of household textile waste across the EU
Aalto University is part of a consortium that has launched an innovative European Union (EU) funded project to create a circular system for post-consumer textile waste.
Connection to the Foresail-1 science satellite is lost - the construction of a new satellite is already underway
The replacement satellite will come with improvements to its power systems and error recovery systems, for example. Losing a mission is always a big disappointment, but it also takes research and teaching further, says Assistant Professor Jaan Praks, who led the construction of the satellite.
Launching autonomous vessels in our waters
In years to come, autonomous ships could reshape the entire maritime industry, say marine technology experts Mashrura Musharraf and Sauli Eloranta.
CHEM Awards 2022: Nominate now!
Each year, the School of Chemical Engineering awards its members in teaching, research, services, and collaboration & impact. All proposals are warmly welcome!
Oops: A journey that would not happen today
Tom Lindholm is the Managing Director of Aalto University Executive Education Ltd and Head of Lifewide Learning at Aalto University. In the late 1990s, his master’s thesis involved travelling to power plants around the world.
Psyched up for computer science
How can we align technology with the way we think about, feel, and understand the world? Robin Welsch is a psychologist-turned-computer scientist on a quest to find an answer.
