General news related to studying at the Aalto university
Abhiteg Jammu: There's so much untapped talent because of the language barrier
'Coming to Finland as an Indian student means that I lack the implicit understanding of the Finnish culture to be able to truly connect with someone. I don’t know the local way to communicate, or what’s the emotional intelligence like.'
Completing a doctoral degree alongside work – the thesis opened the doors to the product and technology development of a deep-tech company
Karita Kinnunen-Raudaskoski and Jani Lehmonen have both graduated as doctors of chemical engineering from Aalto University and for them, writing a doctoral thesis alongside regular work meant long hours but was also highly rewarding.
Konsta Klemetti: Creative artistic thinking and finding surprising perspectives are ingrained in me
'It has been fun and enlightening to discover that there is a tribe, i.e., like-minded people at Aalto. Everyone accepts an idea, no matter how crazy it is. The culture is open-minded and accepting in a fun way.'
How do companies handle EU’s new sustainability regulations?
Two School of Business students examined Nordic firms for PwC Finland
Over 80 percent of the campus's energy savings goal has been achieved
During the summer, too, the campus has achieved significant energy savings.
Restaurant Metso in Dipoli opens on Wednesday 13.9.
Restaurant Metso in Dipoli will open on Wednesday 13.9 for all lunch customers
Unite! Student Festival in Lisbon was packed with learning, community-building, and fun
20 students from Aalto took part in the Unite! Student Festival.
Suggest how you would use 13,000 eur for the wellbeing of Aalto University students!
Submit your proposal by September 29, 2023, for a participatory budgeting project to improve student wellbeing on campus. A winner will be voted on from the feasible ideas within the year 2023.
Iina Salmela has started as the premise attendant and Tiia Melander as the building attendant at Ekonominaukio 1
Service requests to building maintenance and feedback on cleaning should be given via the systems
Students learned to solve real life challenges at the Unite! summer school
The Unite! summer school on design thinking and product development brought together over 30 students from six universities in the Unite! alliance.
A summer job as a spatial data trainee made Bai-Bai Bairoh to choose Geoinformatics as his study path
While working as a research assistant during his studies, Bai-Bai has been learning how to bridge the gap in understanding between experts of spatial data and those who know almost nothing about it.
ACRE donated Lego bricks to the daycares
Aalto University and Aalto University Campus & Real Estate (ACRE) donated the university's old Lego bricks to Touhula daycares.
Aalto's new professional development programme in logistics meets the skills shortage of the industry
The Diploma in Global Logistics programme is a part of Aalto University's Lifewide Learning offering.
Master’s programmes’ portfolio renewal in the School of Chemical Engineering (autumn 2024)
The School of Chemical Engineering is undertaking a portfolio renewal of the Master’s programmes for the autumn 2024
Goodbye to the old, hello to the bold: Introducing course feedback plans for 2023-24
Course feedback plays an important role in the development of teaching and learning. Processes and technical systems related to course feedback are actively developed in Aalto university. What to expect this year? - read more about the plans here!
New course "Mind & Study – toolbox for being well in studies" in Finnish
Online course developed by Aalto's study psychologists for Aalto-students in Finnish (2nd period).
Summer school students showcased immersive virtual reality prototypes at demo day
One of the first-ever Summer School undergraduate courses let students design their own immersive virtual reality experiences.
Submit your nomination for the Campus Sustainability Champion 2023!
The campus Sustainability Team is looking for a campus sustainability champion - a person, entity or activity- for the seventh time. Enter a suggestion by 8th September via link below.
Students say drawing lots is a good way to form groups
According to the annual AllWell? survey, students want teachers to form groups for course work instead of picking who they want to work with
Course feedback survey updated at the School of Business
A new wind is blowing in terms of course feedback at the School of business and at Aalto University: course feedback questions have been updated and a new course feedback tool will be launched this autumn! Read below for more information about these improvements.
