Apply for 2021 grants from the Fabian and Jaakko Ahvenainen Foundation
The deadline for applications is 29 January 2021.
Funding for strategic research
Projects funded by the Academy of Finland study the importance of urban green spaces in carbon sequestration and the reliable utilization of social and health services data
Access control practices are changing - read the instructions on how to proceed
The changes will take effect during December 2020, and will apply to everyone on Otaniemi campus.
Challenges of the Millennium Youth Prize announced
The challenges of the Millennium Youth Prize 2021 are related to genetic engineering, recycling of battery metals and food waste in stores.
Digitalising and 3D printing spare parts enables manufacturing anywhere and anytime
The digitalisation of spare parts is a step towards more sustainable business and reducing the carbon footprint of industry.
Aalto Talent Expo Online organized virtually between 12th - 14th of January 2021
Due to the situation regarding COVID-19, the physical event Aalto Talent Expo (which was postponed to January 2021) will be organized virtually. The name of the new event is Aalto Talent Expo Online.
Artificial intelligence and education: let's hack that!
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Let's co-create new ways to teach, learn assess with AI. Hop on board!
Mechatronics students claim top three prizes in development project competition
The end results of this spring's Mechatronics Project course had an opportunity to shine in the development project competition hosted by industrial production and maintenance association Promaint ry and the Finnish Fair Foundation.
School of Engineering Alumni of the Year commemorated with steel sculpture
The Alumni of the Year are listed on a steel sculpture that has been treated with copper sulphate and an acid solution for a vibrant and dignified look.
Winners in the campusart competition rooted in bioart and quantum physics
Laura Piispanen, Noora Heiskanen, Jenna Ahonen and Ayda Grisiute convinced the jury with their creativity.
Building European cities with wood would sequester half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions
Model shows that slowly increasing the use of wood in European construction could increase the carbon storage of buildings by 420 million CO2 tons over the next 20 years
Business & Economics at Aalto rises to 53rd place in Times Higher Education ranking
Computer Science also places in the top 100 globally.
A spark to change the world - Aalto alumnas' startup helps people make climate-positive choices
In the future, personal climate action will be as natural as personal finance is today.
Turning wastewater nutrients into fertiliser
The NPHarvest process allows for the recovery of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater.
Aalto University's 10th anniversary was celebrated on 10 October
After Aalto University President Ilkka Niemelä's greetings, Alumni Studio featured three Aalto alumni discussing sustainable development and the most pressing global challenges of our time. The event was concluded with an entertaining science show where Aalto's top researchers stepped into the limelight to explain why their research is important right now.
Aalto students and employers connected during the Aalto Talent Expo Virtual Week
Aalto Talent Expo Virtual Week was organised between 5th - 9th of October 2020. The virtual week substituted the physical Aalto Talent Expo fair that was postponed from October 2020 to January 2021.
Otaniemi already has 1,800 metres of track
The construction of Jokeri Light Rail is under way in Otaniemi. A total of 1,800 metres of track has already been laid on Maarintie, Maarinrannatie and on Lahdenpohjanraitio next to Ring Road I.
Adam Yousfi wins the Millennium Youth Prize with his work on water pumps
In the competition, innovators under the age of 19 take on global sustainable development challenges.
New Aalto University Open Science and Research Policy was published
The guiding principle of Aalto University Open Science and Research policy is ‘as open as possible, as closed as necessary’. This means that research outputs should be open if there is no valid reason to restrict access to them. Aalto University Research Services provides help in research data management and opening publications, data, protocols and code.
