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‘Finland and Aalto have given me a whole new view on digital business’
International students experienced the Finnish spring and deepened their knowledge of digital business at the Aalto University Summer School’s Digital Business course in March.
Application period for FITech summer courses is open
Upgrade your knowledge on nearly 80 university courses free of charge.
Summer School alum story: “The Scandinavian way of teaching and learning appeals to me – it’s all about collective well-being”
Aalto University Summer School alumna and Global Brand Communications Lead at adidas Margo Camus combined her passion for sustainability and fashion and created the career she always wanted.
Open University: free-of-charge studies for Ukraine citizens
The Open University is offering free-of-charge studies for Ukraine citizens. The studies may be taken for free during the school year 2025–2026. Course registration process must be completed by 31 July 2026.
How to lead and educate for the future?
Aalto's capacity building project experiments with methods, which may help us become more capable of implementing systemic changes
Aalto University chosen as a pilot university for the Digivision 2030 project
Aalto University joined the pilot of continuous and flexible learning, which is Digivision's first implementation.
Logging in to Sisu changes: important information for Open University students
When logging in to Sisu from outside the Aalto network, extra authentication besides the Aalto user ID is required.
Learning for the future: systemic solutions require new ways of learning and collaborating
Aalto offers its staff a chance to experiment with transformative learning method, that can initiate changes in mindsets and remove invisible barriers to creativity
Open University services during the Christmas season
Open University services will be limited during the Christmas season.
Register for Open University spring courses!
Check out our Spring 2022 course offerings and sign up.
Tom Lindholm appointed Head of Lifewide Learning at Aalto University and Managing Director of Aalto University Executive Education Ltd
He will start in his new position on 2 January 2022.
Why is human interaction and lifewide learning so important in the changing working landscape?
To keep up with the fast-changing working landscape we need to constantly develop ourselves and learn new things.
Teacher, do you recognize the possibilities of lifewide learning in teaching planning?
This year, teachers are planning curriculum work as part of identifying lifewide learning (LWL) offerings. The task has raised questions, so here are some things to promote work.
Open University courses for spring 2022 have been published
Course offerings for spring 2022 have been published on our webpages. The first registration period will commence 30 November 2021.
Everyday choices: As an expert of lifewide learning, what skill did you learn most recently, Laura Sivula?
The Head of Aalto's Summer School and an expert of life-wide learning is constantly trying to learn new things.
‘I wanted to reorient my career towards sustainability’
Beatriz Ramírez shared her story of starting a new career in Finland as part of the Finland Works open online course.
FITech Network University gained extra time for free ICT courses
The university courses open to all in the field of ICT will be continued until the end of 2023.
Aalto University Executive Education’s link ʵ University tightens – the role of lifewide learning strengthens
Pekka Mattila will leave his position as Aalto EE's Group Managing Director on 31 December, while continuing as Professor of Practice at the School of Business
Open University Autumn 2021 registrations begin 17 and 18 August 2021
Autumn 2021 registrations are about to begin! When filling in the registration form pay attention that you fill in all the required fields in order to make a successful course registration.
FITech offers courses from Aalto and eight other universities to study free of charge
A wide selection of courses focusing on the ICT sector, energy storages, 5G technology and other fields of technology.