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New quality award will be given to teams of top experts who change Aalto over the long term
The new ‘Aalto Pioneering Excellence Award’ highlights the importance of quality and excellence. The award can be applied or nominated annually by the end of May

More than 12 000 applicants ÄûÃʵ¼º½ University in this spring's joint application process
Interest in Aalto programmes has stayed strong.

President Ilkka Niemelä’s greetings on 31 March
Watch the video of President Ilkka Niemelä's greetings to the whole Aalto community

Helsinki GSE strengthens economic expertise in transport and education with three new professorships
Prottoy Aman Akbar and Pablo Ernesto Warnes will take up their positions at Aalto University at the beginning of August, Kristiina Huttunen started already in March.

Achieving excellent virtual learning experiences rather than simply carrying out remote lectures
Knowledge co-creation and taking into account different learning styles are both key principles in the virtual teaching of University Lecturer Ville Eloranta.

A meaningful career at the center of career events
Aalto University School of Business alumni and students discussed studies, career paths and skills required in working life at an online Group Mentoring event held on 11 March 2021.

Alumna Wen Hui-Tu: If you are interested in working in the gaming industry, don't be hesitant if you don't have any programming background
‘I had never imagined myself working for a mobile game company until I started exploring this industry while writing my Master’s thesis,’ tells our alumna Wen-Hui Tu, who combined Management studies with more quantitative courses through Information and Service Management minor, and now works as an App Store Optimization Specialist at Next Games.

Contribute to the New European Bauhaus initiative this Spring
We all have the possibility to contribute to the EU’s Green Deal pilots and agenda during Spring 2021. 

Economists see an emission allowance system for construction materials as the most cost-effective way of reducing the carbon footprint of construction
An emissions allowance system would steer the construction industry toward making the needed emission reductions where it can be done at the lowest possible costs, researchers say.

Alumna Roosa Mannonen: My career path has been a very colourful mix
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Roosa Mannonen sees the value of working with course projects not only when in work life, but also when applying for a job: 'The confidence you’ll gain from those numerous presentations done during studies might just make you land the job you want.'

Educational renewal with lifewide learning is one of the four key strategic initiatives at School of Business
Multidisciplinary degree programs, digital education, Sustainable Development Goals, and holistic wellbeing are in focus when the School’s educational offering is developed further.

My Kauppis Memory: The 1986 jubilee year symposium featured presentations from future Nobel prize winners
‘The symposium in Korpilampi was unforgettable.’

Cutting-edge research and infrastructure is one of the four School of Business key strategic initiatives
The aim is to help researchers to succeed in their research even better.

Interruption of district heating distribution in the following properties: Betonimiehenkuja 3 and 5
District heating will be suspended in Betonimiehenkuja 3 and 5 due to maintenance work. The interruption will occur on Thursday, March 25 starting at 8am until 4pm.

Aalto University endowment provided EUR 36 million to fund education and research
The university takes steps towards carbon-neutral endowment portfolio.

Aalto University’s academic results and international recognition maintained momentum in 2020
The university was able to promptly adjust to the exceptional situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

€2.75m awarded to European consortium to solve market failure of artificially scarce digital goods
A new economic category for abundant goods — anti-rival goods that increase in value when shared — forms the basis of research to be conducted by ATARCA consortium. ATARCA aims to create a new economic system in which digital goods are no longer traded with mediums of exchange, such as fiat money, but with mediums of sharing.

Power outage impacted activities on Otaniemi campus
There was a power outage in the Otaniemi area impacting a few buildings.
