News
Short breaks in Aalto network on 28 January from 6:30 to 7:30
Core network will be updated on 28 January between 6:30 and 7:30

Yujiao Dong’s path to a doctorate at Aalto School of Chemical Engineering
Reflecting on the doctoral journey, academic growth in the field of bio-based materials and the supportive research environment
Apply for Unite! seed funding to foster collaborative teaching and research
Financial boost for collaborative ideas from teachers and researchers across the Unite! alliance of nine European universities. Apply now!

Students voted: more relaxation facilities on campus
The winner of the 2024 inclusive budgeting vote was announced at the end of November. Students voted massage chairs as the winner.

Apply for seed funding for student collaboration across Unite! universities
Get up to 20 000 Euros for a collaborative project.

Doctoral student representatives for 2025 appointed
Doctoral students are represented in the Schools' Doctoral programme committees and in the Aalto University's Doctoral Education Working Group (DEWG)

Call for applications: Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme starts in March 2025
The application period for the Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme is open until 10.2.2025

Changes to Publication Forum (JUFO) ratings
The level ratings of 271 journals from MDPI and Frontiers will be downgraded to level 0 from the beginning of year 2025.

Short interruptions in the operation of access tags and doors
A system update will cause the access tags and doors on Otaniemi campus 16.-20.12.2024

Invitation to answer survey: Students, housing, and social spaces: where do you live, why, & what do you think of it?
The purpose of this voluntary survey is to understand the students' housing situation in Finland.

Register for courses in good time on Sisu
Register for courses in Sisu during the registration period.

Fees put on all applications for return of study right; handling fee to rise in 2025
As of 1 January 2025, the fee for application handling will be 50 euros. A service break lasting about a week will occur in early January while the system is being upgraded.

Educational Opportunities Across Europe – check the Unite! Student Catalogue
Academic and extracurricular offerings from nine universities in the Unite! alliance.

Unite! Research School: A Week of European Collaboration in Research
The first Unite! Research School brought together almost 200 doctoral and master's students as well as researchers from all nine Unite! universities.

JOO studies and spring 2025 application period
Information about applying to JOO studies spring 2025

New covers, writing templates and ordering system for doctoral theses
The current doctoral thesis ordering system will be replaced after 30 Nov 2024. New covers and writing templates have been designed for doctoral theses.
Grief support group for those who have lost a loved one
In spring 2025, a support group will be organized for Aalto students and employees who have lost a loved one.

Campus restaurants during the holiday season in December and January 2024
The latest and most up-to-date information you always find on the restaurants' own websites.

Interdisciplinary course in Lisbon on plastic-free oceans, apply by 15 January
The course takes place online from January to April 2025 and face-to-face in Lisbon, Portugal, in July 2025.

Juho Uzkurt Kaljunen receives TEK’s and TFiF’s best dissertation award
The doctoral thesis written by Doctor of Science in Technology Juho Uzkurt Kaljunen improves the recovery of nutrients from wastewater and bringing them to market.
