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Aalto University attracted a record number of applications to master's programmes
More than 6000 applications for Aalto's master's programmes.
Alumna Tiina Palmunen: Presentation, cooperation and teamwork skills are crucial in working life
Our alumna Tiina Palmunen became interested in Kesko鈥檚 trainee program when she met with an HR representative of that company at Aalto Summer Job Day. At her current position as HR Specialist at Employee Responsibility at Kesko, she works with diversity and inclusion matters.
Aalto University Bioinnovation Centre launching
Aalto University鈥檚 Bioinnovation Centre will be established with the grant amounting over 10 million euros received from Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. Bioinnovation Centre will start its operation in 2021 by the recruitment of a professor enabled by the grant and opening the first call for the doctoral school supported by the grant.
Alumnus Pekka Lehtinen: Network as much as you can during the studies and after, widen your perspective
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumnus Pekka Lehtinen has had a long career and he continues to value the skills he gathered during studies: 鈥漈eamwork and the skill to think outside the box have brought the biggest insights into my career.鈥
School of Business student story: Ni Nguyen
Studying in the Bachelor's Program in International Business has made Ni Nguyen more confident: 鈥淧ublic speaking used to be my biggest fear but now, the shaking voice and tensed facial muscles during presentations have vanished.鈥
Visiting professor Paurav Shukla: 鈥淚 see the BScBA students transform into confident, hardworking and diligent managers.鈥
Professor of Marketing, Paurav Shukla is the Head of Digital & Data-Driven Marketing department at the Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK. He possesses a wide range of industry and academic experience, and has been delivering corporate training, teaching and consulting assignments for various organizations in the Europe, Asia and North Africa. Shukla has taught students representing more than 60 nationalities.
Alumni Juha Liila and Bryan Mertanen: Entrepreneurs have the chance to fulfil themselves and realise their own thoughts and ideas
鈥滱s an entrepreneur, you are free to fulfil yourself.鈥
The Academy of Finland decided on roadmap for research infrastructures
Aalto University is involved in ten research infrastructures selected for the national roadmap for 2021鈥2024, which support the university's seven research areas.
Three perspectives to service design: students researched the municipality of Sipoo鈥檚 employment services
Three Master's students from the School of Science, School of Arts and Design and School of Business took part in the Aalto Thesis collaboration project with the municipality of Sipoo.
School of Business student story: Kaisar Bilal
For Kaisar Bilal, a 2nd year student, studying in the Bachelor's Program in International Business has been an eye-opening experience: "Mikkeli community has taught me that studying is indeed fun and manageable."
International LASER Talks series will start January 28, 2021
LASER Talks are an initiative launched by Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Aalto University joined the list of LASER Talks hosts in 2020, and the January event will be the first-ever held in Finland.
Funding for partnership networks in research, development and innovation
The Academy of Finland funding 柠檬导航 University supports the development of nanocellulose-based scaffolds as well as the knowledge base and operating methods of the circular economy.
This autumn, three new Assistant Professors of Economics started at the Department of Economics
Let Ciprian Domnisoru, Miri Stryjan and Daniel Hauser introduce themselves to our Aalto community.
Juha Siivola has been helping Santa Claus for over 30 years - Japan is a particularly important destination
As Santa Claus, Siivola has visited Christmas parades, shopping centres, schools, day-care centres, old people's homes and hospital children's wards.
Alumna Mari Sederholm: In life and business it is all about teamwork and continuous learning
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Mari Sederholm has had a long career in the pharmaceutical industry. Business studies helped her to pursue her dream career: 鈥淵ou will learn general skills that are useful in life no matter what you will do in your career and in which ever field.鈥
Rebecca Piekkari gets the 2021 JIBS Decade Award
The award recognizes the most influential paper published in the Journal of International Business Studies ten years ago.
More than 200 participants attended Aalto Research Data Management training in autumn 2020
Explore Research Data Management online training materials
School of Business participates in Positive Impact Rating (PIR)
PIR is an international rating for business schools, in which students evaluate their own school on how it is solving societal and sustainability challenges.
School of Business Alumni Advisory Board member's story: Alexei Koveshnikov
Alexei Koveshnikov, who is our alumnus and Associate Professor in Management and Organization at the School of Business, became also a member of our School鈥檚 Alumni Advisory Board in fall 2020. He encourages students to obtain meta-skills and meta-competences, which are invaluable in today鈥檚 business life.
Visiting professor Dustin White: 鈥淚 love that students want to be active in their learning experience.鈥
Dustin White is the Assistant Professor of Economics in the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He received his PhD in Economics (2016) from the Washington State University and BA, Economics (2011) from the Brigham Young University. In BScBA Program, White recently taught the 鈥淭ools for Data Analysis,鈥 which is a programming course that teaches students about using Python to collect, clean, and analyze data to improve business decisions. He will return to teach this course on January 2021.
