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Become an Aalto Alumni Ambassador
Aalto Alumni Ambassadors play an integral role in strengthening our international alumni community. Our Ambassadors are proactive alumni who are interested in staying up-to-date about the university鈥檚 activities and developments also when living abroad. Alumni Ambassadors embody the spirit of Aalto by being active members of our global network.
As an Ambassador, you can expect to have some of the following tasks, depending on your interests.
- Acting as a local contact point in your country or area.
- Helping to organise local alumni get-togethers when Aalto University travels in your area.
- Organising casual meetups or after-works for Aalto alumni living in your area.
- Sharing your experiences and local knowledge for current and future Aalto students and alumni who consider moving to your area of residence.
Interested in becoming an Aalto Alumni Ambassador?
- Fill out the . In the application, we ask you to summarise your background and list the tasks that you鈥檙e interested in as an Ambassador.
- After submitting the form, someone from our Alumni Engagement team will get in touch with you. If needed, we can agree on a short Teams call to talk through the Ambassador鈥檚 roles and responsibilities.
- You will receive the materials needed in the Ambassador role via email.
- Your profile is added on Aalto Alumni Ambassador page. The page is public and its main audience are Aalto University鈥檚 students and alumni.
Would you like to share your study experiences with young people all over the world who are interested in studying at Aalto? Alumni can also join the chat service with student ambassadors who want to help prospective students. Read more about Unibuddy and contact us if you are interested.
Below is a list of our current Alumni Ambassadors. We do not have a quota for Ambassadors in each country, so we welcome you to submit the Ambassador form even if there already was an Ambassador listed in your country or area.
Aalto Alumni Ambassadors globally:
Belgium
Brussels - Olli Kulkki ()
Canada
Ontario - Petteri Isotupa ()
Vancouver - Jari Mattlar ()
China
Shanghai - Tianyi Pan (), Haian Xue ()
Hong Kong - Dylan Dwok ()
France
脡pinal - Gustave Moreau ()
Lyon -
Paris - Rangsimatiti Binda Saichompoo (), Jutta Varis (), Siru Juntunen ()
Germany
Berlin - Olga Juutistenaho (), Friederike Sommerhoff (), Ada Mare (), Ida Piri
Hamburg - Albert Rehnberg (), David Bruna ()
Munich - Dawin Schmidt (), Pierfrancesco Oselin (), Julian Scheer ()
Hungary
G枚d枚ll艖- Gerg艖 Hazafi ()
India
Bangalore - Sanjay Khatri (), Kavya Sreekumar ()
Chennai - Bhuvana Sekar ()
Hyderabad - Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (), Misbah Memon ()
Mumbai - Ananya Dutta ()
New Delhi - Bhargavi Pambhar (), Himanshu Jain ()
Balan Pillai ()
Ireland
Dublin - Karla Nieminen (), Bhuvana Sekar ()
Italy
Milano - Cecilia Alessandrini - ()
Pisa - Martino Ciaperoni - ()
Japan
Tokyo - Andr茅s Arjona (), Koji Ogawa (), Antti Tuomi ()
Mosambique
Maputo - Andr茅 Santos (
The Netherlands
Amsterdam - Katrin Riisla (), Kaarle Kulvik ()
Norway
Stavanger - Sonja Bore ()
Oslo - Ali Haider Sultan (), Hanna Poranen, Andr茅 Helgestad ()
Poland
Lodz - Katarzyna Wojdalska ()
Romania
Bucharest - Liviu Stamat (), Andreea Pavel ()
Singapore
Jakob Chu (), Delphine Sim Yingting ()
South Korea
Seoul - Leo Hwanjong Roh (), Yousun Kim
MBA Alumni Association Executives: Han-sup Kwon, Eun-mi Chae, Joo-seok Oh (), Jun-soo Choi
Spain
Barcelona - Atte Heikkil盲 ()
Madrid (& Germany, Munich) - Julian Scheer ()
Sweden
Gothenburg - Anna af H盲llstr枚m (), Petri Vil茅n ()
Stockholm - Marit Nordmark (), Anni Ristola (), Miki Karl枚 ()
Switzerland
Zurich - Peggy Torres ()
Thailand
Viriyaroj Bhattarabhop ()
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Istanbul - Meri莽 Taylan (), Ilke 脟akmako臒lu ()
UK
Glasgow & Edinbourgh - Niina Turtola ()
London - Lauri Laatu (), Rohit Raj ()
Manchester & India - Aniket Kulkarni ()
USA
Bay area, San Francisco - Toni Melisma (), Palo Alto - Ari Backholm ()
Boston - Tarja Vuolteenaho (), Karoliina Muukari ()
Chicago area - Ari Backman (), Tytti Scarsella ()
Los Angeles - Angela Hernandez ()
New York - Marko Salonen (), Sajjad Qamar ()
Seattle - Jari Honkanen (), Yannis Paniaras (), Yvonne Yang (), Osama Bilal ()
Vietnam
Hanoi - Hang Le ()
Ho Chi Minh - An-Dan Nguyen ()
Students can find alumni ambassadors in more than 20 countries also at JobTeaser (aalto.fi registration only). Please contact us if you want your name to be listed here.
Read Global Alumni Ambassador stories
School of Business donor stories: Tianyi Pan
鈥楾he business studies and a very international career brought me a unique ability to see things from many different perspectives and very holistically, not just from a certain point of view,鈥 tells our alumnus and donor Tianyi Pan, who works with AI and machine learning in Shanghai.
Aalto University alumnus Petteri Isotupa: 鈥楧are to think and to ask why鈥
With his bequest, alumni Petteri Isotupa wants to support future generations鈥 opportunities for a good education.
Albert Rehnberg ended up to his dream programme by accident
Albert Rehnberg selected the double degree Master鈥檚 in Energy storage at EIT InnoEnergy, because it sounded the most interesting to him, but it ended up being his dream programme.
Alumnus Atte Heikkil盲: Acting as a mentor was a great experience for me
School of Business alumnus Atte Heikkil盲, who pursues an international career as a project manager in Sweden and Senior Client Success Manager in Spain, participated in the Aalto mentoring program as a mentor. He recommends the program both to students and alumni: 鈥楯oin the program with an open mind and challenge your own and the mentor's possible presumptions.鈥
Student Katarzyna Wojdalska got excited about smart materials
What's it really like studying at the School of Chemical Engineering? Katarzyna Wojdalska started her in Master's Programme in Chemical, Biochemical and Materials Engineering - Functional Materials year 2019. She will tell us about one of her favorite courses, with versatile teaching methods and interesting new knowledge.
Self-taught relationship virtuoso
Karla Nieminen gives courses on relationship skills and networking. She tests her theses in practice, too, because she used to be 鈥渟o bad鈥 at being social.
10 Questions to Alumnus Andr茅 Helgestad - CS Design
CS Design alumnus Andr茅 Helgestad shares his experiences before, during and after studies in Creative Sustainability.
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