Current news
Bloomsbury Fasion Central - a new online platform in use at Aalto University
It offers access to e-books, reference works, articles, images and lesson plans for educators, students, researchers and professionals in fashion, textiles and related fields.
Tekes research funding completely renewed starting from 2018
Tekes will renew its research funding instruments into Business Finland research funding.
ITS renews 1000 staff’s Aalto computers
ITS has started ‘Personnel Computer Renewal’ project.
Feedback on the Learning Centre customer survey LibQUAL and a summary of planned measures
We would like to thank all those who took part in our customer survey last spring.
Students assessed the information flow on chemical safety
The European Chemicals Agency was satisfied with the results and is planning to commission a continuation for the project.
Finland's largest career fair in the ICT field is coming
More than 100 exhibitors participate in TalentIT 2017.
A proposal involving CEST scientists is selected for 2018 INCITE award by ALCF
Proposal "Materials and Interfaces for Organic and Hybrid Photovoltaics" receives a 2018 INCITE award by ALCF with a total amount of 330M core hours for 2018. CEST leader Patrick Rinke is one of the PIs of this project, Milica Todorović and Jingrui Li are members.
Polish President visits Aalto
President Andrzej Duda and the Polish startups in his delegation met also Aalto entrepreneurs.
Aalto's Computer Science placed 47th in the US News ranking
Economics and Business and Space Science also made it to the top 100.
Finance paper accepted for publication in the Management Science
Finance Assistant Professor Sean Seunghun Shin's paper has been accepted for publication in the Management Science.
Awards and honours for professors of the School of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Orlando Rojas, Prof. Patrick Gane and Prof. Eero Kontturi of the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, have been acknowledged for their significant work.
Coffee with Alumna: Maria Ritola
Coffee with Alumni offers students an opportunity to get valuable insights and unique career support from interesting alumni.
Riitta Silvennoinen appointed Chief Human Resources Officer
Silvennoinen will start at Aalto in February.
Tommi Himberg to head the newly established Young Academy Finland
The academy for young scientists wants to promote science in Finnish society.
Henri Coriou Award 2017 to Professor Hannu Hänninen
The award is a recognition for Hänninen’s outstanding contribution to corrosion science and engineering in the nuclear field.
Günther H. Filz appointed Associate Professor of Structures and Architecture
Filz´s research and teaching is oriented trans‐ and interdisciplinary, and centers on the intersection of architecture, structure and geometry.
Aalto University implements the art percent principle: Dipoli's new art collection
The artists of the works are Aalto University alumni and represent numerous different fields of art.
Fabian Ahvenainen Foundation grants up for application
Foundation grants for bridge and structural engineering in recognition of completed studies.
Kokoon nominated as Wood Award candidate
The Kokoon house of Aalto University students is among the 15 Wood Award 2017 nominees. The house provides a compact solution for the challenges of temporary accommodation.
Extraordinarily strong nonlinear optical graphene-like material could renovate nonlinear photonics
The discovery could enable high resolution imagining at low-power.