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Vice President Petri Suomala's greetings to students
Petri Suomala wishes a happy spring term with your studies.
Have you been on Erasmus+ mobility period or considered participating? Answer a survey by 12 Jan 2024, you can win a gift card!
Have you participated or considered participating in the Erasmus+ mobility programme during the years 2014-2023? Answer a survey and you can win a 50 eur gift card!
Otaniemi campus area parking practices to be harmonised at the turn of the year
A pilot parking project will start on campus on 1 January 2024
Season’s Greetings 2023 from FCAI
FCAI wants to attract the best talent to Europe and Finland to bolster artificial intelligence competency
Effect of the strike on 14 December on exams and student services
Any final or mid-term examinations scheduled for Thursday will be take place as planned.
Pan-European Seal Professional Traineeship ProgramÂme: application round will start 1 January 2024.
You can apply for Pan-European Seal training when you have a BA/MA degree or have started doctoral studies.
Are digital services and digitality always green?
A new course focusing on sustainable ICT development is open through Fitech to anyone interested in the subject. The course starts in January 2024, register soon.
KiViTa increases opportunities to study languages and communication
The project ends in its current form at the end of 2024, but courses are still available this autumn.
President’s letter 7 December – Our strength as a community has always been coming together
‘It is crucial that everyone can work and study safely regardless of their background, religion or political views’, says Ilkka Niemelä
Enrol for spring 2024 in Oili (27 Nov. to 5 Jan.)
Enrol for spring term 2024 by using the Oili enrolment and registration service from 27 November 2023 to 5 January 2024.
Call for doctoral student tutors, January 2024
Sign-up to be a tutor for new doctoral students as part of the Doctoral Orientation Days 15-16 January 2024!
Revised language guidelines support multilingualism
Implementation plan to be finalised by year’s end
New Sisu features for cross-institutional studies at Aalto
Some Aalto courses will begin limited use of Sisu’s cross-institutional features during Period III.
Change in Sisu on alumni data authorisation; now included with graduation request
The previous data disclosure statement about giving consent to save data in the alumni partner institution system has been removed.
Apply by 15 December for a real life research project on the sustainability of oceans
The ten week course consists of online assignments and three weeks in Lisbon. Apply by 15 December.
Yearly follow-up of doctoral students open until 10.1.2024
What is the status of your doctoral studies and research? Answer the survey for un update.
More than 200 journals will be downgraded to level 0 in the Publication Forum from the beginning of 2024
Downgraded journals are published by more than 160 publishers. During the spring 2024, the panels of the Publication Forum will review the journals of MDPI, Frontiers and Hindawi. The journals should not be evaluated solely by the publisher, but consideration should be given to the choice of the publication channel.
Competetive funding to enhance doctoral education in Finland 2024-2027
In the years 2024–2027, the Ministry of Education and Culture will finance a doctoral education pilot. The call opens on the 15th November and closes on the 29th November. Aalto has an internal procedure for the applications.
It is time to vote! How do we use 13,000 euros for the wellbeing of students?
At the beginning of the fall 2023, students were given the opportunity to brainstorm how the university should use 13,000 euros to improve student well-being on campus. Now it's time to vote for the best idea to be implemented during the spring of 2024.
