Current news
Serious shortcomings in aging tests of new solar cell materials
Researchers at Aalto University have found that only a fraction of stability tests done on new types of solar cells meet proper requirements. Tests lack common standards and should have been done in real-world conditions and in groups of several cells.
Additional application period for the School of Business Doctoral Programme
The application period continues until 15 February, 2018 at 14:00 o鈥檆lock (Finnish time).
Building miniature optical antennas using DNA as a guide
A new fabrication technique combines programmable DNA origami shapes and conventional lithography methods to create metallic nanoantennas and chiral shapes for diverse applications.
Exhibition: 鈥淲inter Portraits鈥 presents sites of significance
The art project is made specifically for the TUAS building.
Several measures to address inappropriate conduct and balancing workloads
Based on the results of the personnel survey, Aalto University Board has confirmed that preventing inappropriate conduct and balancing workloads are the university's common development areas.
The shuttle bus operates normally on Friday, 2 February
Metro and tram services will not operate on Friday 2 February due to the strike.
Dr. Marc Dvorak awarded the Marie Sk艂odowska-Curie Individual Fellowships 2017
CEST's postdoc Marc Dvorak is awarded Marie Curie Fellowships 2017.
Friction found where there should be none: in superfluids near absolute zero
Physicists at Aalto University have discovered unexpected friction while rotating superfluid helium.
Collective agreement for universities expired - No impact on everyday work
The validity of the general collective agreement for universities expired on 31 January 2018.
PatternLab hits sales records
The recognition of the surface design project brand is growing strongly.
Congratulations to Tero Junnila for finishing his master's thesis
"Batch leaching of gold in cupric chloride media"
Welcome to President's Town Hall meeting 9.2.2018
Let鈥檚 get together to the first ever Presiden鈥檚 Town Hall meeting over a cup of coffee at the startup hub A Grid on 9 February 2018 at 9.00 in Otakaari 5 A.
AllWell? study well-being survey in February
The student well-being survey AllWell? is once again being offered to second-year bachelor鈥檚 and first-year master鈥檚 students, from 1 to 16 February 2018.
FinELib and Elsevier reach agreement: access to scholarly journals and 50 % discount of article processing charges
The agreement between FinELib and Elsevier concerning the access of ScienceDirect Freedom Collection and the open access pilot has been signed.
Academy of Finland offers wide support for AI research 鈥 Several Aalto projects funded
At the end of last year, the Academy of Finland granted more than 13 million euros in programme-based funding to support research into artificial intelligence (AI).
Changes to the Approval and Signature Processes in externally funded research projects and commercialization effective from February 1st 2018
The documents of externally funded research projects must be accepted by the authorized persons, in any case at least by head of department and controller.
Messages to the President and leadership? Lunch meeting 9 February 2018
Come to meet President Ilkka Niemel盲 in Konetekniikka Restaurant in Otaniemi (Otakaari 4), where he and other members of Aalto leadership will be having lunch on Friday 9 February at 12鈥13.30.
IT Service Desk exceptional opening hours 1 February 2018
Arabia closed and shorter opening hours for Otaniemi and T枚枚l枚
Parking on campus 鈥 come and discuss
All interested Aalto University faculty, staff and students are welcome to join an open discussion event on the future of car parking and intelligent parking at the Otaniemi campus.
Communications platform renewal progressing
The first Aalto Editors' Days have been held with some 350 participants so far 鈥 a huge thank you to all of you for advancing the renewal!