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Business studies and bodybuilding
Niclas Pitkänen is a Master's student in business and economics and a Finnish Champion in bodybuilding. In this story he explains how he has managed to combine a demanding sport, work, and studies.
Summer School Alum story: "The Digital Business Master Class helped my business to take the leap into digital"
Chisako Ogiwara from Tokyo attended the Digital Business Master Class by Aalto University Summer School this summer.
6th National Doctoral Education Day on 24 November 2021
The sixth Finnish national doctoral education day is organised on campus at Aalto University. The event consists of one key-note lecture and three panel discussions ranging from the topics of sense of community in doctoral studies to international doctoral graduates in working life in Finland and pursuing a doctoral degree in Finland. Please register for the event. Welcome!
A broad range of study opportunities presented at the first Unite! Virtual Fair for Students
At the Unite! Virtual Fair for Students a wide range of study opportunities were presented, such as joint programs, project courses, summer schools as well as language and cultural courses.
Alumna Katri Kaitila: Of the skills I learned in my time at the School of Business, I consider the basics I learned in accounting courses to be the most important
Katri Kaitila works as an Audit Manager at PwC in Private Company Services. What sorts of skills have been useful in Katri's work? And what advice would Katri give herself at the beginning of her studies? Read about Katri’s career path.
New study options for the Bachelor's Programme in Engineering
The spring 2022 joint applications process will feature four new options for the Bachelor's Programme in Engineering (studies in Finnish or Swedish):
Apply to FITech spring courses starting on November 8th
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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.
Chemical engineering education is valued in working life, say graduates of 2015
According to the latest five-year survey, alumni of the School of Chemical Engineering are satisfied with their careers. The next career monitoring survey will run from 4 October to 13 December 2021.
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.
School of Business student story: Johan Salim
Johan Salim, a second-year student of the Bachelor's Program in International Business, appreciates the important skills he has learned during his studies: “You will be equipped with all the tools you need to head out and build the career of your dreams.”
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.
‘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.
The vote on the participatory budgeting was decided – the garden benches were chosen as the winner
In spring 2021, we asked students how they would like to spend 12 000 euros of the university budget. The community discussion was based on the “One euro for every student” participatory budgeting pilot project launched in May.
Hallway doors on Otakaari 1 will be locked, use access token
Students, make sure you have an HSL card or collect an access token from Väre or Otakaari 1 lobby services and register it. New access zones will take effect on the whole campus 16.11. and the access token will be needed more.
The application period for Digital Business Master Class spring 2022 is open
The Digital Business Master Class (DBMC) by Aalto University Summer School is organised for the seventh time in March 2022. Due to its popularity, the course is organised once every spring and again in the summer.
Students reported for PwC on the impacts of new EU legislation on Finnish platform companies
A project commissioned by PwC examined the impact of regulations on the business models of platform economy operators and their capabilities to use data.
The New Sustainability in Business online course strengthens knowledge of sustainable business
How can companies create sustainable value for the economy, the environment and society?
Finns to become the best people with regard to the economy – a new open online course on economic fundamentals supports the achievement of this goal
Miten talous toimii? (‘How does the economy work?’) is the first extensive Finnish MOOC on the impacts of the economy on our lives.
We can transform the fashion industry by renting
Marketing Master’s student Katariina Järvinen’s company Clozeta combines two megatrends: second-hand and sharing economy.
