Alumni stories
The School of Business Homecoming Day invites alumni to Otaniemi for the first time in January 2023
The Homecoming Day is the biggest alumni event of the School of Business. It will be held on Friday 27 January 2023!
ITP 2021 was successfully completed with 17 projects and creative solutions to business challenges
Information Technology Program (ITP) was organized for the 26th time this year. Multidisciplinary and international student teams successfully completed altogether 17 business projects.
Applications now open ÄûÃʵ¼º½ International Talent Program – initiative brings companies and international students together through group mentoring
Student applications for Aalto International Talent Program are open 1 -15 November 2021. The program brings together international students and Finnish companies.
Aalto University receives 1 million euros for software-centric industrial automation program
Schneider Electric donation of industrial automation technology, software licenses, and teaching support is to answer for growing need for automation expertise.
School of Business donor stories: Krista Kuuttiniemi
‘University life was a valuable experience for me. Donating felt like the appropriate way to show my appreciation towards Aalto University School of Business.’, says Krista Kuuttiniemi, our Economics alumna.
Alum Iines Veistola: I gained a strong and diverse foundation for working life from the School of Business
‘My current job offers me exactly the things that I enjoyed most in school too: I get to learn something new every day, study all kinds of phenomena and constantly challenge myself.’, says our alumna Iines Veistola.
School of Business donor stories: Tiina and Ari Mäkelä
'It is wonderful that both Aalto University and the School of Business are both so exceptionally forward-looking.'
Alumnus of the Year Mikko J. Salminen encourages multidisciplinary studies
Mikko J. Salminen was selected as Alumnus of the Year for 2021 at Aalto University's School of Electrical Engineering. The selection was made public at the SIK100 seminar of the Guild of Electrical Engineering on Saturday, 23 October.
Info session on funding opportunities for research and educational projects
Please join the information session on funding opportunities for research and education projects related to Africa on Tuesday November 2nd at 10-11.30!
Collaboration between Aalto University and ABB leads to pioneering innovations in sustainable development
We are developing world-class technologies together as the shipping sector is shifting to using electronic, autonomous and emission-free solutions. We collaborate closely also in technologies related to digital twins for electric drives and 5G solutions for power grids. The driver behind the development is electrification accelerated by the energy transition.
Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland donates EUR 125,000 ÄûÃʵ¼º½ University
Aalto University is one of the universities receiving funds from the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland under the Finnish Government’s matched-funding scheme.
Aalto ENG Teaching Forum materials provide tips for teaching planning
Participants in the Teaching Forum of the School of Engineering on October 4, 2021 received support to start teaching planning.
School of Business donor stories: Lisa Schröder
‘May Aalto University remain this forward thinking, empowering and ever evolving institution that I got the privilege to attend!’
Alumna Kati Ovaska: No one is ready after they graduate – the work itself teaches you more
I would argue that there is no better start to your career than being an associate in audit practice says Kati Ovaska who has had multiple work opportunities within the company after graduation. EY encourages people to take the steering wheel of their career: 'Your career, it’s yours to build'.
Aalto University endowment provides EUR 28 million funding to university operations in 2021
Donations made to the long-term development of Aalto University increase the university's endowment. The matching funding brought by the ongoing government matching funding campaign will further increase the university's impact.
How can digital services promote health and well-being?
Aalto ITP collaborated with Siun Sote, the joint municipal authority for healthcare in North Karelia, to create a plan to promote online healthcare services. The main focus was on the online symptom checker OmaOlo: how could it be promoted and developed further.
What is international Aalto about? Share your thoughts and ideas by 13 October!
In the Community Event on 30 September, we presented the key internationalisation elements in our strategy. Join the online community discussion below and share your thoughts and ideas on the subject.
Alumni Ambassador Le Thuy: Data related skills are increasingly relevant in business
‘An internship is an effective way to find the career that makes you tick’, recommends Le Thuy, Information and Service Management alumna, who works as a strategy consultant at August Associates. As of this fall, she is also a School of Business Alumni Ambassador.
'It was insightful to hear alumni’s tips and their own experiences related to work and studies'
The Welcome Evening event of the School of Business, which has already become a tradition, gathered more than 150 new master's students and alumni of our School to network and discuss career paths, studies and working life.
