Latest news for teachers
Workshop series for teachers in Marsio: Educational Media Creation 2026
Join us for a four-part workshop series exploring how Marsio’s state-of-the-art studios and digital tools can transform your teaching.
Loan laptops available for students from IT Services for short-term use
Teachers can order laptops for students if needed.
A new checklist helps to make course material accessible
Accessible material improve learning for all, especially for students with disabilities, impairments, or learning difficulties.
Preparing curricula 2026–2028: Curricula are finalized and approved by the end of March
The curricula for the academic years 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 are prepared in programmes and at the departments. After the academic design work, the learning outcomes, degree requirements and course descriptions are finalized in learning services for administrative decision making process. The Academic committees approve the curricula before publishing them.
Decisions made at AAC meeting December 2025
AAC had a meeting in December 2025. Review the decisions and the 2026 annual plan.
Mentimeter presentation tool now available for use at Aalto
Engage your audience with real-time polls and votes
"Tools for Multilingual Teaching" and other training now offered as tailored, on-demand sessions
Book a training for your group on topical themes.
Instructions for MyCourses and other digital teaching tools now available on Aalto.fi - also in Finnish!
Instructions for supporting digital teaching have been updated for Aalto.fi website.
Exams Pilot with Schoolyear at Aalto University This Spring
We are piloting a new electronic exam systen, Schoolyear.
Virtual Reality and AI summer course focuses on technology as a means for human-centric innovation
Gautam Vishwanath is the teacher for the new summer course Introduction to Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence this summer. In this interview, he lets us in on how these technologies will reshape how we experience history, empathise with distant conflicts, and influence persuasion.
Become a confident English speaker this summer
Aalto University Summer Schools offers a brand-new course for students who want to take their English to the next level in professional situations like pitching, presenting a project, leading a team, giving or receiving feedback or in multicultural settings.
Unite! Seed Fund 2026: Open for applications
The 2026 Unite! Seed Fund call is officially open, offering funding across three strategic lines: Student Activities, Teaching and Learning, and Research and PhD. Deadline for applications is 20 March 2026.
Apply now: Unite! Seed Fund 2026 - Student Call
The Unite! Seed Fund call for 2026 is now open for students. Apply now for up to €20,000 per project, involving at least two Unite! Universities. Deadline for applications is 20 March 2026.
Submit your proposal to the Unite! Virtual Education Summit by 30 January and join us in shaping international collaboration
This online matchmaking event takes place 12 March, 2026. Submit your presentation proposal by 23 January 2026.
Unite! Seed Fund 2026: Call opens on 20 January 2026
Gain an early overview of the Unite! Seed Fund Call of Spring 2026. The call includes three funding lines: Student Activities, Teaching and Learning, and Research and PhD.
Sanna Suoranta elected Computer Science teacher of the year 2025
The teacher of the year was announced at CS Staff meeting on Tuesday 9 December 2025.
Nominate your candidate for the 2025 Award for Achievements in Teaching at the School of Engineering
Staff and students of the School of Engineering are invited to nominate candidates for the 2025 Award for Achievements in Teaching.
Aalto teachers gathered to rethink teaching in the age of AI
Teachers at Aalto discussed in workshops how artificial intelligence is changing education. The themes included support for teachers, work-life oriented curricula, as well as student agency and the ethical use of AI.
The new PowerBI report views for course feedback now published
Starting from the academic year 2025–2026, new course feedback questions were implemented. This update also required modifications to the PowerBI report views. New report views are now published.
