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You do not need to speak Finnish to get a summer job

More than 70% of the employers that participated in the Aalto Summer Job Day are also happy to hire foreigners who do not speak Finnish.
Cooperation
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Two female students chatting at the Aalto Summer Job Day on 16 January 2020. Photo: Kalle Kataila / Aalto University

Student team used service design tools to produce new ideas for look and functionality of Posti Head Office

The practical implementation of the ideas will begin early this year.
Cooperation
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Posti lobby

Nominees for the Metex Awards announced

The four Metex Prize nominees are graduates at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Technology Industries of Finland's Centennial Foundation awards the Metex Prize 23 January.
Cooperation, Studies
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Taiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulun Metex-palkintoehdokkaat

The temporary facilities of Finlandia Hall, “Little Finlandia” has been developed with Wood Program and Building Design Studio

Little Finlandia will bring a comfortable living room open to all in the Töölönlahti Bay area.
Cooperation, Studies
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Finlandia Forest sketch / Jaakko Torvinen

Alumna Göksu Sarigöl: My internship prepared me for the next chapter of my professional life

Our alumna Göksu Sarigöl did an internship during her studies through the School of Business Internship Programme for foreign students. ‘I was lucky that the School of Business Career Services helped me in this part of my career.’
Cooperation, Studies
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School of Business alumna Göksu Sarigöl

Ingmar Björkman's portrait was revealed

The portrait was created by Aalto alumnus Jaakko Kahilaniemi.
Campus, Research & Art
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Ingmar Björkman's portrait. Photo: Jaakko Kahilaniemi / Aalto University

Growing demand for climate-friendly construction: could wood architecture become one of Finland’s exports?

The Wood Wonders exhibition to be opened at Helsinki Airport on the 5th of February will show passengers the innovations related to wood construction and display the sector’s latest developments.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Luukku House was designed to have a low carbon footprint. Photo by Anne Kinnunen

Huawei and F-Secure donate ʵ information security students - attracts excellent students to Finland

These donations will contribute to HAIC's ability to offer generous scholarships to several students admitted to study information security at Aalto in 2020
Research & Art
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Opiskelijoita SSG Demo Dayssä

Dutch inspiration for future-led learning

The team for Learning Challenge Aalto joint strategic initiative visited Utrecht University, TU Eindhoven, TU Delft, and the University of Amsterdam during a benchmarking trip.
Cooperation, Studies, University
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Teaching Lab team in Netherlands

Apply ʵ Thesis Project: Valio – Plant-based Product Innovations

Apply ʵ Thesis programme to solve Valio's challenge through Master's thesis works as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Cooperation, Studies
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Aalto Thesis generates a wide range of ideas through multidisciplinary collaboration

'It’s hard to innovate how to sail around the world if you believe it’s flat'

MEP and our alumna Sirpa Pietikäinen spoke about the condition of our planet in the alumni meet-and-greet in Brussels.
Cooperation
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Aalto Alumni meet-and-greet in Brussels

Making understanding quantum computers easier

IBM collaborates with Professor Sabrina Maniscalco and her group to develop new transformative tools for teaching and outreach about quantum technologies
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Quantum Garden

Aalto International Talent Programme brings together international students and companies

Aalto International Talent Programme is organized by Aalto University Career Services. The programme supports the employment international degree students.
Cooperation
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Aalto-yliopisto / Manila ja Anna-Leena keskustelemassa keskenään / photo: Kaisa Paasivirta

Food for thought – rethinking Singapore’s Hawker Centres

Singapore’s traditional open-air cooked food centres or hawker centres presented a perfect case to be explored jointly by the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Aalto University.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Sustainable Space Making Across Scales.

Students develop tools for Helsinki to evaluate the impact of design

Aalto University’s Department of Design and the City of Helsinki initiated collaboration last spring to evaluate the impact of the City's design activities. The evaluation represents the first extensive survey of the City’s design projects and the benefits and challenges of those projects.
Cooperation, Studies
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Strategid Co-Design -kurssin opiskelijat tekivät ratkaisuehdotuksia Helsingin kaupungin muotoilutoiminnan vaikuttavuuden arvioimiseksi.

The Dead Are Speaking -Audio Drama on Yle

The Dead Are Speaking, a full length audio drama made by Media Lab students has been published on YLE Beta.
Research & Art
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audio drama

Alumni of the School of Business returned to their old school 70 years after they started their studies

Budding internationalism, friends, choral singing and a secure post-graduate job are at the forefront of memories.
Cooperation
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Vuosikurssin -49 alumnit Helga Dahlgren (vas.), Olli Nuotio ja Kristina Puranen

Independence Day awards presented

The Finnish Independence Day awards granted by the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö went to two employees of Aalto joint services.
Appointments, Awards and Recognition
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Finnish flags on gradient sky

Alumnus Jesús Manuel Castro Félix: It is important to develop skills that help working with all kinds of people

Good communication and continuous learning were the most important takeaways for the MIB alumnus.
Studies
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Kuvassa näkyy Jesús Manuel Castro Félix.

Alumnus Jesse Rajala: ISM has opened up doors I didn't even realise existed

A fresh graduate of Information and Service Management, Jesse Rajala talks about his studies and gives a few tips to students coming from a University of Applied science background.
Studies
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Jesse Rajala sitting in a big armchair in the Business School lobby, looking up.