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Alum Maria Pirkkalainen-Barber: Business studies built a bridge for international influencing
Maria Pirkkalainen-Barber has graduated from Aalto University School of Business, majoring in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.

The Aalto University EMBA alumni in Korea are important ambassadors between Korea and Finland
The 30th anniversary of Aalto University EMBA in South Korea brought together 250 alumni and friends on September 4th in Gangnam, Seoul.

Alumn Salla Lonka implements a culture of experimentation in a home appliance company
Salla Lonka finds it fascinating to examine creative processes from a distance, focusing on efficiency and impact. After completing her master's degree in fashion design, she ended up at a global home appliance company in Stockholm.

Aalto Thesis Day events are kicking off
Thesis Day, which has previously been organized twice to support the employment of international students through thesis collaboration, will this year take place on multiple days.

President Sauli Niinistö: ‘The future is brighter than it appears right now.’
Approximately 600 invited guests and alumni attended the event named after Chancellor Jaakko Honko at Aalto University Töölö

Alum Maija Itkonen shapes food and businesses: ‘I want to do things that I can direct my passion towards’
Maija Itkonen, CEO of Onego Bio, is known for popularising the meat alternative Pulled Oats and now also for egg protein made without chickens. She believes business can change the world for the better.

Advancing EDI competences across Europe
CKIR contributed to a European project advancing EDI competences. It created learning materials, organized courses and supported students’ internships.

Alum Ella Ahmas: 'Getting a job at the European Commission was a great achievement, and I believe that my younger self would be really proud of me'
Ella Ahmas, who studied in the Master's programme in Management and International Business, found her niche through the experience gained in internships and ended up working for the European Commission in her current role.

Alum Laura Suomalainen: ”The idea of always having your life with you and being able to move from place to place spoke to me.”
Laura Suomalainen had long dreamed of "Vanlife" until the opportunity to go on exchange to Norway set the wheels of her dream in motion. Nowadays she travels across Europe in her own van and works remotely.

Half of highly educated immigrants find employment through Espoo and Aalto’s collaboration
The exceptional employment outcomes are the result of collaboration, in which service design research has played a key role.

Learning new things continues after graduation
Aalto graduates’ transition to working life and their experience of studies and careers are monitored annually through a career monitoring survey. The responses to the survey provide important information about the work life of graduates, both for current students and for young people considering their future studies. In addition, the information collected is used to develop Aalto University’s teaching and services.

Almost 40 percent of alumni survey respondents feel they belong to the Aalto community
Alumni are primarily interested in interaction and networking with other alumni.

"The spark for Chemical engineering was ignited" - An alumni's story from Otaniemi to working life
Juha Malinen, an alumn of the School of Chemical Engineering, warmly recounts his years at Otaniemi, the studies that supported his transition to working life and helped him find his place in building a more sustainable future.
Alumni encounters from Chicago to Chennai
We have already met alumni in over 20 cities around the world this year.
Applications for the WiT Programme are open till June 15th!
The Aalto WiT Programme is a 3.5-month, 24 ECTS post-master’s programme, focusing on the resilience of human settlements in the Global Majority context. The application period for this Autumn is extended till June 15th. Apply now!

Degree and language skills helped Mariana Salgado into Finnish working life
The professional network has been an important support for Salgado in her career as a service designer

Aalto Ventures Program is closing its doors
After 12 joyful, chaotic, and entrepreneurial years, the Aalto Ventures Program is closing its doors to allow space for new initiatives to rise. Read our letter to the community.

Alum Salla Vainio: An exceptional generalist
Little did a young business student know that the most valuable lessons of her career wouldn’t come from lectures but from student union work. Over the years, Salla Vainio has found herself in many extraordinary situations in leadership roles around the world.

Borealis introduced working life to international students: 'We learned from them, too'
The sixth edition of the Aalto International Talent group mentoring programme brought together over 150 international students and 14 companies.

Growth entrepreneur Teemu Myllymäki: I wanted to see where the rabbit hole leads
An entrepreneurial mindset and the lessons learned during doctoral studies at Aalto University have helped Teemu Myllymäki to become a founding partner and CEO of Measurlabs, a company selling chemical measurement services.