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Success for ELO Student films
ELO film students have yet again found success both internationally and nationally. Congratulations!
Iiro Harjunkoski has been appointed as Full Professor at the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
Iiro Harjunkoski has been appointed as Full Professor position at the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering as of 1 September 2024. The field of the professorship is Process Systems Engineering.
Explore the university's art on guided tours
Tours focusing on the public art at Marsio, Kide and Viima buildings are a part of Designs for a Cooler Planet festival.
Sushant Passi: In the future, we will see human-to-human interaction as a luxury
'In 2050, we will be likely be promoting human to human interaction. It is now perhaps getting a bit sidelined, but it is irreplaceable.'
Sesilja Aranko has been appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems
Ph. D. Sesilja Aranko has been appointed four-year (second term) fixed term Assistant Professor position at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems as of 1 September 2024. The field of the professorship is Cellular Engineering.
New restaurant MOO – Middle of Otaniemi has opened in Marsio
New restaurant MOO – Middle of Otaniemi has opened in Marsio. MOO offers delicious and responsibly prepared food from morning porridge to late afternoon coffee.
Students helped Transmeri Group define their potential M&A landscape
The final delivery for the customer included several interesting targets to help the client reach their inorganic growth goals
Tomi Rantanen uses design to tackle gender equality issues in the music industry
Rantanen's master's thesis aims to bring about structural changes and envisions a gender equality shift for women and non-binary people by 2030.
Apply for a 2–6-month research internship in Japan!
Aalto’s Master and PhD students can apply for a 2–6-month internship at the National Institute of Informatics (NII) in Japan.
Applying for JOO studies in other Finnish universities, autumn 2024
Students who are registered as attending students at a Finnish university can apply for individual courses or a minor at another Finnish university, according to the national flexible study rights agreement (JOO).
Finding love: Study reveals where love lives in the brain
Researchers from Aalto University utilised functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity while subjects mulled brief stories related to six different types of love.
Suggest how you would use 14,000 eur for the wellbeing of Aalto University students!
Submit your proposal by September 30, 2024, for a participatory budgeting project to improve student wellbeing on campus. A winner will be voted on from the feasible ideas within the year 2024.
Didier van Overveld: We can't solve global challenges by continuing with business as usual
Didier van Overveld thinks we can't solve complex global challenges by continuing with business as usual. Through the Creative Sustainability master's program, he has worked with like-minded individuals from diverse disciplines to address pressing global issues.
Communication and language courses for doctoral students in period I
Period I runs from 2 September to 20 October 2024.
Eloseminaari brought the Aalto ARTS community together to discuss the future of the school
Eloseminaari, the opening event of the academic year at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, was held at Kulttuurikasarmi event space in the centre of Helsinki.
Vibrant and refreshing campus forests - autumn forestry maintenance begin
Forestry work will be carried out in autumn 2024, including the trimming of old trees and branches.
A world first: Qubit coherence decay traced to thermal dissipation
Hitherto a mystery, the thermal energy loss of qubits can be explained with a surprisingly simple experimental setup, according to research from Aalto University.
Apply for exchange in September 2024!
The September exchange application round begins on 2.9. and ends on 20.9. Students can apply for exchange to the spring 2025 exchange places.
DAMY recognition awards for Aalto graduates
The Friends of Design Museum and the Museum of Finnish Architecture DAMY awards a new prize, The Future Award, which highlights talented students' views on sustainable and resource-efficient design and visual culture.
Aalto University to resign from flexible study right (JOO) agreement as of 1 January 2026
The Cross-Institutional Study Information Service RIPA has been implemented in Sisu in the autumn term of 2023 in the form of three cross-institutional study networks with the University of Helsinki.
