Current news
Väisälä Award to Professor Peter Liljeroth
Liljeroth was awarded for his research contributions. The award is worth 15 000 euros.
Foundation for Economic Education donates EUR 1.3 million ÄûÃʵ¼º½
The donation is directed towards research and education in business and economics.
Unihome renews the pricing of its entry-accommodation from January 2017 onwards
Unihome is an accommodation service provider, jointly owned by Aalto University and University of Helsinki.
Change in Working Time as of January 1, 2017
Due to the Competitiveness Pact (Kilpailukykysopimus) there will an increase in working time for all university employees as of January 1, 2017.
Domain requests will be handled by IT Service desk from 12 December 2016
From 12 December the IT Servicedesk handle the request for new domain addresses.
Negotiations on scholarly e-journals ongoing
Update on scholarly journal negotiations: possibly no access to some journals in January
Service break in communications networks on Wednesday, 28 December 2016
Aalto University IT Services (ITS) will do routing changes on Wednesday, 28 December 2016 between 10-12 am.
Service break in printing services on Monday, 19 Dec 2016, 5-9 pm
Aalto University’s printing system will be updated on Monday, 19 December 2016 between 5-9 pm.
Service break in communications networks on Tuesday, 20 December 2016
Aalto University IT Services (ITS) will update DHCP settings on routers on Tuesday, 20 December 2016 starting at 7 am.
Researchers discovered elusive half-quantum vortices in a superfluid
Gained understanding in quantum physics may be a step towards quantum computers.
Governor of the Bank of Finland expects new innovations
Erkki Liikanen spoke in the Telecommunication and Electronics association E-evening event celebrating the association's 90-year journey.
Students work in virtual teams
A unique course brings together students from Aalto and other universities around the world. Registration opens in January.
Brisk studies and a heart for computational mechanics
Antti Valkonen started his bachelor’s studies in 2013 and graduated as a M.Sc. a scant three years later – with honours. How did this happen?
Tips of the week increase awareness of work carried out at Aalto University
The article series Tip of the Week explained various good practices that have been used to reform and develop the activities at Aalto University.
Finnish language can be studied on an online course already before entering Aalto University
The Introductory Finnish online course provides international students and staff their first touch with the Finnish language.
D.Sc. (Tech.) Rita Lavikka was granted a Torchbearer scholarship from the KAUTE-foundation
Lavikka’s research focuses on digitalizing industrialized house-construction.
Professor Tapio Yli-Viikari: Thirty years in a vantage point to Finnish ceramics
The milestones of his career have included revolutions of the Finnish ceramics industry, creation of the Uunikokki range and 3D printed design.
From an idea to Europe’s biggest hackathon: Junction gathered over 1300 coders to Helsinki
The coders had 48 hours to build new apps and programs in teams.
Honorary Award for Matti Alahuhta
The European International Business Academy awarded Alahuhta for his work for academic communities, among other things.
Doctoral track takes Bachelor’s students directly into PhD studies
The Doctoral track is available in three majors: Machine Learning and Data Mining, Bioinformatics and Complex Systems.