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Aalto 10 km & 5 km sports event cancelled
The organization of all events should be carefully considered so that studying and working on campus can continue safely.

Access control as a part of university strategy - summary of info sharing session with recording
Info sharing session about the new access control policy was held on 25th August. Please find below summary about the session with recording (duration about 1 hour).

European Commission grants €4M funding for SECCLO – Master’s Programme in Security and Cloud Computing
Aalto University has received continuing funding for a joint European master’s programme on security and cloud computing. The programme is coordinated by Aalto and operated jointly by six European universities. The funding enables the programme to attract some of the most talented master’s student with a variety of previous experience from around the world.

Cases and exposures of coronavirus at Aalto University
Remember to get the contact-tracing app Koronavilkku on your phone.

Scholarships open for application for studying, research and projects advancing women’s engineering studies
Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering Student Services declares the scholarships from the Combined Student Fund, Kansallis-Osake-Pankki Fund and Marja-Terttu Tanttinen Fund open for application

Aalto places 23rd in the world in a new ranking emphasising collaboration
World University Research Ranking also evaluates multi-disciplinarity and research impact

Recording of the opening ceremony published – thank you for joining Aalto Day One!
On September 1, the live broadcast of the opening of Aalto University's academic year was followed by more than 2,000 spectators.

Aalto strong in international outlook in the Times Higher Education ranking
Aalto University placed among the top 250 in the world.

Six teams awarded at the opening ceremony
The impact of last spring’s exceptional situation is reflected in the work of all the awarded teams.

Interruption in water supply impacted activities on Otaniemi campus
The repairs are finished, and the water supply has returned to normal on campus.

President Ilkka Niemelä: ‘The battered economy does not need a return to the old; it needs a transformation, built anew on the foundation of sustainable development’
Minister of Science and Culture Annika Saarikko and Chair of the Aalto University Student Union Olli Kesseli also spoke at the academic year opening. The opening ceremony was held online.

Visa Koivunen appointed Aalto Distinguished Professor
Professor of Signal Processing Visa Koivunen was appointed Aalto Distinguished Professor at the opening ceremony of the academic year. The title is granted to a professor whose scientific merits are exceptionally significant.

Student Mobility on Campus in the Beginning of Academic Year
As of Monday, 31 August, students will gain access those buildings on campus which offer contact teaching or study-related support services or have student cafeterias or bookable self-study spaces. Please notice, that HSL-card is not in use in this situation. Students can access the buildings during their opening hours through specifically marked entrances.

Who is the Aalto University Campus Sustainability Champion 2020? Submit your nomination!
Who or what has helped in reaching Aalto University’s sustainable development goals? Enter a suggestion by 24 Sep.

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation awards funding to three joint projects between Aalto researchers and startup companies
The first ever research grants of the foundation support Aalto research in quantum computers, semiconductor devices and new type of sensors with superior sensitivity

Lots of modelling and freedom to explore – summer job in the Acoustics Lab
How could you listen to only one sound in a noisy room? How does your voice change when you shout into the wind? Michael McCrea and Rapolas Daugintis, the summer workers at the Acoustics Lab, are looking for answers to these questions

Student Antti Regelin: Aalto encourages us to be creative and bold
‘Well, one thing I’m certainly not going to study is technology,’ said Antti Regelin while still in upper secondary school. Things turned out differently though, and he ended up studying automation and robotics.

Aalto Talent Expo postponed to January 2021 – Virtual fair available this fall
Aalto Talent Expo will be organized on January 14th 2021. The fair is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the fall, virtual fair activities are offered on JobTeaser.

Black silicon photodetector breaks the 100% efficiency limit
The efficiency was so high that at first the researchers had a hard time believing the result. Now Aalto University spin-off company ElFys Inc. already supplies the record detectors for several industry sectors.

We will soon enter the new strategy period – learn more about the cross-cutting themes
Sustainable solutions, radical creativity, and entrepreneurial mindset are reflected in everything that we do.
