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Better to do things you like than to do something you must
Alumni and students discussed career paths, work and studies at a Group Mentoring event organised by Aalto University School of Business on 18 November.
More than 300 corporate executives reported on the effects of the coronavirus crisis: decelerated expansion plans, accelerated innovation activities, and increasing demand for talent
Companies were generally effective in their operative crisis management, but obstacles remain in the way of long-term growth, according to a new study by Aalto University. The researchers say that availability of know-how, especially in relation to new technologies, is becoming a bottleneck for organizational growth and renewal.
Info session: engage with EIT in education, business creation and innovation!
Join our online info session on the opportunities, offerings, programmes and upcoming calls for education, business creation and innovation in the EIT ecosystem.
Collaboration between Nokia and the CEMS programme results in several strategic business projects every spring
CEMS as a unique global community delivers a leading Master’s in International Management programme, which educates responsible future leaders to contribute to creating a more open, sustainable and inclusive world.
Virtual care management system for solving fragmentation of chronic diseases treatment
The project, which has a budget of millions of euros and is led by Aalto University, involves University of Helsinki and numerous companies in the healthcare field.
Nokia Foundation award given to Mikko Möttönen for quantum-computing research
Professor Mikko Möttönen has dedicated his research to new technology that is now being used in the development of commercial quantum computing.
Nitin Sawhney receives an Academy of Finland grant for analyzing and reconstructing crisis narratives
Professor Sawhney hopes that his collaborative research will offer insights into how crisis narratives emerge in society during the global pandemic
Apply for 2021 grants from the Fabian and Jaakko Ahvenainen Foundation
The deadline for applications is 29 January 2021.
Alumna Minna Kuusisto: The most beneficial aspects of my studies were the continuous challenging of oneself and learning to learn
Our Economics alumna Minna Kuusisto, who works as an Economist at Finnfund, has gained experience from banking, sustainable business consulting and development financing in her career, among other things. “My advice is: be curious and network with those people whose career paths you find interesting, already during your study time. Almost everybody will be delighted by a coffee or lunch invitation”.
Aalto-Helsinki student team awarded gold medal in iGEM 2020 Giant Jamboree
The student team's awarded solution tackles pharmaceutical pollution in wastewaters.
Traceability - Digitally Circular webinar
Digitally Circular brings together sustainability, business, and digital professionals to accelerate circular economy.
Bachelor’s and master’s students pay healthcare fee for spring 2021 to Kela
The student union fee that students pay for spring term enrolment will no longer cover the cost of the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS), as of 1 January 2021. The healthcare fee must be paid to Kela by 31 Jan 2021.
JobTeaser replaced Aalto CareerWeb
Aalto JobTeaser is now the channel to promote jobs, internships, career events and advices for Aalto students.
Museum of Impossible Forms wins State Art Prize 2020
ViCCA congratulates its students and alumni who have been active (and often founding) members of the Museum of Impossible Forms (est. 2017) – an anti-racist and queer-feminist cultural center in the suburb of Kontula – for the 2020 State Art Prize that they received from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
Universities published 12 ambitious theses and intend to become leaders in sustainable development
The thesis package contains extensive recommendations for measures to be taken in teaching, research, administration, societal impact and funding model of universities.
Going beyond cotton
Aalto University part of a consortium that harnesses collaboration and cutting-edge technology to create circular fashion.
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
Jukka Luoma, Teacher of the Year 2020
The Prodeko Guild of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management chose Assistant Professor Jukka Luoma as the Teacher of the Year 2020.
