Fixed: Disruption in the ACRIS Research Information System
ACRIS Research Information System is now available. The earlier disruption has been resolved. The system is functioning normally, and logging in is possible again. We apologize for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience.
Maintenance break in ACRIS on 27th of May, 2025
Maintenance break in ACRIS on 27 May from 10:00 to 15:00.

EIT UM Doctoral Training Network Open Call - DL 8 June 2025
The EIT Urban Mobility, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), acts to accelerate positive change on mobility to make urban spaces more liveable by engaging cities and citizens, putting new mobility solutions into practice, and reclaiming public space for public use. The Doctoral Training Network (DTN) offers doctoral candidates the unique opportunity to build a network throughout Europe while strengthening technical expertise and fostering entrepreneurial and innovative skills. The two-year doctoral program includes a 4-6 month international placement. Doctoral candidates can apply until June 8, 2025. The program is free of charge for doctoral students from EIT Urban Mobility partner universities.

Results of the doctoral student yearly follow-up 2024
The results cover the majority of our active doctoral students - all doctoral students are expected to answer the survey every year.

Wool electronics and orange peel clothing being created in Bioinnovation Center
Doctoral researchers at Aalto University Bioinnovation Center discuss accelerating the sustainable bioeconomy, the importance of collaboration and bold entrepreneurial dreams.
Enrolment of doctoral students for the 2025 – 2026 academic year
The enrolment period for the 2025–2026 academic year ends on 29 August 2025. All doctoral students must enroll annually.

Join us for the Aalto Open Science Award 2024 Ceremony
All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required!

Cooking Open Science: A Sensory Learning Experience for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers
The course provided researchers a unique opportunity to immerse in the principles of open science while exploring varied gastronomic cultures.

Reserve Project Rooms for Your Creative Summer Projects
Project rooms at Metallimiehenkuja 2 are available for summer bookings, suitable for creative and study projects.

Aalto AI Assistant available now to students - learn the features - AI Training coming soon
Ai.aalto.fi is now open for students. New features added: Document chats, save your chats etc.

Call for doctoral student tutors, May 2025
Sign-up to be a tutor for new doctoral students as part of the Aalto Doctoral Orientation Days!

Doctoral thesis on nuclear fusion at over one hundred million degrees Celsius awarded European physics prize
Henri Kumpulainen's PhD thesis found out how to best predict the behaviour of fusion energy materials in temperatures of over one hundred million degrees Celsius.

Introduction of the electronic degree certificate at Aalto University progressing as planned
Aalto will introduce electronic degree certificates at the beginning of the 2025–26 academic year with a view to providing a high-quality and reliable electronic degree certificate to its students.

School of Science awards outstanding doctoral and master's theses
Doctoral Thesis Award was granted to Eric Hyyppä, Sakari Lepikko, Kim Myyryläinen, Jane Seppälä, Julia Jaatela, Petrus Mikkola, Shuzhe Wang and Ana Triana Hoyos. Master's theses award was received by Matteo Merler, Aapo Pajala and Tuomas Uusnäkki.

Apply for ELEC Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity funding in April
Students and staff at the School of Electrical Engineering can apply for funding for projects that support equality and diversity throughout April.

First progress report of the National Doctoral Education Pilot published
The report highlights 12 conclusions and three recommendations.
New scientific poster templates
New PowerPoint templates for scientific poster layouts are now available on all Aalto Mac and PC computers.

Social media sharing icons removed from the Aalto's Research Portal – More flexible configuration coming in 2026
All social media sharing icons have been removed from Aalto University’s research portal, as the system does not currently allow individual icon changes. A new portal layout in 2026 will enable more flexible configuration, at which point some icons will be reinstated.
Customer survey on services and facilities of the Learning Centre 2025
Answer the survey March 12th – 26th 2025
