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Aalto University Junior

Teachers

Aalto University Junior supports the work of teachers by offering study visits, online workshops, training sessions and other services to ease day-to-day work at schools. Explore our vast offering for primary and secondary schools, high schools and institutions for upper secondary vocational education and training.
Aalto-yliopisto Juniorilla viittaillaan innokkaasti vastaamaan ohjaajien kysymyksiin.
Our workshops foster curiosity and the joy of learning. Photo: Sini Kivioja

Workshops and study visits

Bring your class to visit the Otaniemi campus Junior Lab or book an online workshop to do in your own classroom. Junior’s workshops make use of Aalto University’s cutting-edge research as well as methods that inspire children and young people and offer a sneak peek to the world of higher education with the help of our student instructors.

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Scientists in Schools

You can book an Aalto University researcher to visit your school and talk about their research in an inspiring way. The visiting researcher will organise a short science session in your class, where they introduce their research area, talk about their work as a researcher and answer the pupils’ questions.

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Eight panels with different science project ideas including visible mending, Easter decorations, and making a rain cloud in a jar.

Try at home

You may find try at home worksheet in Finnish and Swedish.

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Aalto-yliopisto Juniorin työpajoissa opitaan tutkimustaitoja ja innostutaan yhdessä erilaisista aiheista.
Photo: Kalle Kataila

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Read about life wide learning in Aalto University.

Three children wearing lab coats conducting a science experiment with purple substance on a tray.
Studies Published:

Bio-materials “cookbook” awakens the inventor within

The hands-on projects in Marvelous Materials encourage creative experimentation using ingredients from household cupboards, nature and even your compost bin
Lapset ohjelmoivat legorobotteja Aalto-yliopisto Juniorin Robotiikkatuokioissa
Cooperation, Research & Art, University Published:

Nearly 8 500 schoolchildren had the chance to program Aalto Junior's friendly robots

The robotics workshops project, funded by the Weisell Foundation, has been the most impactful of Aalto Juniors' school projects to date in terms of figures, reaching the largest number of students so far.
A complex, large installation of twisted white paper structures with various spirals and curves against a dark background.
Aalto Magazine Published:

Five things: Origami unfolds in many ways

The word ori means ‘folded’ and kami means ‘paper’ in Japanese. Origami refers to both the traditional Japanese art of paper folding and to the object it produces. At Aalto University, this centuries-old technique finds applications across a variety of disciplines. Here are five examples:
EIT RawMaterials call for Skills for Tomorrow Training 2025
Cooperation Published:

Apply to EIT RawMaterials Skills for Tomorrow Training Call (Last Cut-Off Day 29 AUG 2025)

This initiative seeks to support the creation of innovative, revenue-generating training programmes that address digital transformation, technological innovation, and strategic workforce needs across the raw materials value chain.
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