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Students can now encrypt their messages with Deltagon’s security mail solution
Aalto University offers students a program that enables secure e-mail communication.
Apply for 2021 grants from the Fabian and Jaakko Ahvenainen Foundation
The deadline for applications is 29 January 2021.
Alumna Minna Kuusisto: The most beneficial aspects of my studies were the continuous challenging of oneself and learning to learn
Our Economics alumna Minna Kuusisto, who works as an Economist at Finnfund, has gained experience from banking, sustainable business consulting and development financing in her career, among other things. “My advice is: be curious and network with those people whose career paths you find interesting, already during your study time. Almost everybody will be delighted by a coffee or lunch invitation”.
Leap for Learning project status up-date in November
Personal study plan in SIsu is a tool that helps students in planning and guides them during their studies.
Traceability - Digitally Circular webinar
Digitally Circular brings together sustainability, business, and digital professionals to accelerate circular economy.
Updated conditions for giving out student information 27 November
The conditions in the consent form for disclosing students’ personal data and contact details will be updated.
Bachelor’s and master’s students pay healthcare fee for spring 2021 to Kela
The student union fee that students pay for spring term enrolment will no longer cover the cost of the Finnish Student Health Service (FSHS), as of 1 January 2021. The healthcare fee must be paid to Kela by 31 Jan 2021.Â
Towards Oasis symposium reached 200 participants
Ways to define and build holistic well-being in higher education sparked widespread interest outside Aalto University.
JobTeaser replaced Aalto CareerWeb
Aalto JobTeaser is now the channel to promote jobs, internships, career events and advices for Aalto students.
KY Alumni association welcomes all former students of Aalto University School of Business to join their activities
Through KY Alumni association alumni can meet with each other and current students, hear about latest happenings at KY, and participate in selected KY events.
Moving to Finland to make solar panels from trees
Maryam Esmaeilzadeh tells us about her AScI Internship and how it’s led to a PhD place in Finland
Doctoral student Anastasiia Kravtcova: “Doctoral studies can be a combination of a job, hobby and lifestyle”
The chance of making a societal impact motivated Anastasiia Kravtcova to pursue her doctoral studies and to dive into a groundbreaking topic in medical engineering at the School of Electrical Engineering.
Mechatronics students claim top three prizes in development project competition
The end results of this spring's Mechatronics Project course had an opportunity to shine in the development project competition hosted by industrial production and maintenance association Promaint ry and the Finnish Fair Foundation.
Students carried out mobile device user survey for Posti’s parcel drivers
The project also included investigation on how the digitalization of the working environment affects the employee experience of the drivers.
Instructions for Teachers: Captioning Video Lecture
According to the Act on the Provision of Digital Services, from 23 September 2020 onwards, all new videos uploaded to the university website must be accessible. These include all Aalto University event, presentation and lecture videos, which must be captioned in the language of the presentation. Read instructions for teachers.
Satellite laboratory hosted a remote lecture with a 360 camera
Upper secondary school students watched the lecture from an 8K screen. The experiment was carried out in collaboration with telecommunications company Elisa.
AVP explores new ways for true multidisciplinarity in education
By combining two existing courses, Aalto Ventures Program created a multidisciplinary experience in cosmetic product design.
Flow of Studies II to improve course sizes, teaching schedules and periods
The work of the Flow of Studies Task Force II has been a general success. The task force plans to publish a final report of its results on for the purposes of further action and decision-making.
Alumnus Ville Vahteri: The opportunity cost of becoming an entrepreneur as a student is often at its lowest level
Our alumnus Ville Vahteri, who studied marketing at the School of Business, was actively involved in organizing the startup event Slush throughout his studies. Emboldened by the experience, he co-founded Bou, a brand company, together with his Slush colleagues.
Degree regulation reform: draft of regulations to be discussed
The schools’ bachelor’s and master’s degree regulations will be replaced by shared degree regulations for all of Aalto University as of 1 August 2021.
