Aalto Day One 2019: videos of the opening ceremony now available
The opening of Aalto University’s 10th academic year was celebrated on 3 September 2019.
The opening ceremony of the academic year 2019–2020 was held on 3 September 2019 in the U2 hall of the Undergraduate Centre. Videos of the event are now available on the University's YouTube channel – a video of the whole ceremony and speeches of Ilkka Niemelä, Olli Varis and Tapio Hautamäki as separate files.
Links to videos below. They are also available on
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