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Adaptive Reuse Seminar in Cambridge, UK
Two-day seminar in Cambridge on adaptive reuse of Downing Site, with student proposals, expert talks, and site visit.
Training available in AI, research data management, research ethics + more – register now!
New topics included! Registrations for spring 2026 are open.
Loan laptops available for students from IT Services for short-term use
Teachers can order laptops for students if needed.
Student: do you need to borrow a laptop for an exam, course or project?
Laptops are now available for loan from IT services
Isabel Salmi emphasises that you don't have to be a math genius to study Information Technology
Third-year Information Technology student Isabel Salmi got help with developing a study technique – and found the joy of mathematics in the process
Go from student to founder this summer at Ignite
Apply now. Ignite is a 10-week summer program designed to transform ambitious students into founders.
Friends Program, Spring 2026
Want to make friends in Finland? If your answer is yes, then the Friends Program is perfect for you! We are looking for both Finnish and international students to join.
New Innovation Postdoc programme launching this spring in Aalto
Innovation Postdoc launching this spring for AI researchers eager to turn cutting-edge research into real-world impact.
Electronic degree certificates have completely supplanted paper
The university switched to electronic degree certificates in August 2025. Paper degree certificates are no longer issued.
Supporting your study wellbeing, January 2026
Aalto offers self-study materials, guidance and services that support student wellbeing. Below you will find more about the services available and links to useful materials.
Expansive frontiers: tracing wilderness
Expansive Frontiers: Tracing Wilderness is a research project developed over a period of three months by doctoral researcher Ana Ribeiro, during her time as a Visiting Researcher in the Empirica Research Group at Aalto University
Soil Matters exhibition at the Design Museum Helsinki explores the materiality of soil and how it is interwoven with human activity.
4 September–10 January 2021 The Design Museum Helsinki Soil Matters exhibition at the Design Museum Helsinki’s Gallery presents craft and...
EMMA (Espoo Museum of Modern Art) showcases evolving processes and artistic research in a ceramic art exhibition
Ceramics Facing the New presents twelve artists and two artist groups specializing in ceramic art, all of whom use materials and techniqu...
Electronics and Electrical Physics student Antti Salpakari believes in a brighter future
Second-year student Antti Salpakari feels that studying electronics and electrical physics gives him the skills to create a better future.
Professor of Ownership Samuli Knüpfer received the OP Financial Group Research Foundation's recognition award
OP Financial Group Research Foundation may award individuals who have significantly promoted economic research in fields supported by the foundation
Empirica Workshop: Introduction to glassblowing
In Empirica, practices of art, design, and craft are used as vehicles of inquiry
Shaping the Future Exhibition: Touring Around Europe for Two Years
During the two years, the Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition has toured around Europe, it has offered a great opp...
Interactive Clay Pit Workshop Organised at Aalto ARTS
On Tuesday February 13th 2018 the interactive Clay Pit workshop was organised for the first time at Aalto University
Ceramics 3D printing skills developed through an international workshop
The international two-day workshop organised at Aalto ARTS on 4-5 February 2019 created a great space for learning and sharing informatio...
Shaping the Future Exhibition Opened in its Seventh and last Venue: The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague
The seventh and last venue of the Ceramics and its Dimensions: Shaping the Future exhibition is at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Pragu...
