Current news
The School of Business team won the People´s Choice award in the Economist case competition
18 team representing 17 different countries participated in the Kerrisdale Capital Investment Case Study Competition.
Alumnus of the Year and angel investor Riku Asikainen chairs Alumni Steering Board
The School of Business has founded the Alumni Advisory Board to discuss alumni activity, the school's external relations and fundraising.
Similarities between aurorae on Mars and Earth
An international team of researchers has for the first time predicted the occurrence of aurorae visible to the naked eye on a planet other than Earth.
The Department of Computer Science welcomes new research groups
The total number of professors is currently 44 along with more than 400 employees, being the largest department at the Aalto University.
Modelling helps investigate the properties of wood
Modelling can be used to determine how the structure of wood affects mechanical properties, such as rigidity.
Emma Master has received an ERC Consolidator Grant
The project aims to accelerate benefits of the genomic era, by finding novel proteins and enzymes with totally new and useful properties.
Promising fashion designers awarded at Näytös15
Collections with many skilfully crafted creations were presented at the Kattilahalli catwalk.
Aalto ranks high in publications co-authored with industry
CWTS Leiden Ranking is based on the bibliometric analysis of scientific articles.
Inventive networkers succeed in developing markets
Aalto University has drawn up a practical guide to establishing sustainable business ventures in developing markets.
Researchers developed a machine-learning algorithm that learned to rap
DeepBeat, an algorithm for rap lyrics generation, outperforms top human rappers by 21 % in terms of length and frequency of the rhymes in the lyrics.
Container 'Kontti' invites you to explore Aalto Festival
Aalto University students guide the public in the festival's information point, Kontti, located in the Mauno Koivisto Square in Kamppi, Helsinki.
28.5. Media Lab Demo Day
Our open for all spring party and “exhibition” Demo Day happens, as always, in the end of May.
One thousand student visitors to Lumarts
Study visits to the LUMA Centre laboratory interest schoolchildren more and more each year.
LED cooling research project receives seven-figure funding
Jani Oksanen, D.Sc. (Tech.), has received an ERC Starting Grant for his research in the field of thermophotonics.
Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%
Aalto University’s researchers improved their previous record by over three absolute percents together with Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Financial Times: Aalto EE improves its ranking despite increasingly intense competition
Aalto EE achieved a global ranking of 47th, one place higher than last year.
Otaniemi land-use discussion continues at ABE
A second meeting of the area stakeholders to discuss future land-use in Otaniemi was organized in by Aalto Built Environment Laboratory in April 2015.
HYBER Symposium
Centre of Excellence HYBER offered 2 full days of talks by top scientists from all over the world.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship awarded to study multisound
The funding totals €191,330. The project starts on November 2015 and lasts for two years.
Auditor's report meets antimatter
Welcome to the installation lectures of Aalto University professors on 28 May!