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Co-creating the future of teaching and learning
The urgency for new approaches in teaching and learning has been identified at Aalto University. Teaching Lab – a platform and a concept for designing teaching and learning – has been developed to meet the needs of the future of work. The platform, which is still taking shape, will provide Aalto community with the needed resources, materials, and tools.
Evaluation and feedback processes in teaching and learning
Aalto University takes part in national and international evaluations, audits and benchmarking activities, and self-evaluates its own planning and implementation processes in the areas of teaching and learning. In addition, Aalto monitors its students’ academic progress, graduation and employment, and collects feedback on the quality of education and learning from employers and graduates. Internal and external evaluations are conducted in accordance with a multiyear evaluation programme.
For our Students
Information for students who participate to programmes provided by Computer Science department.
Research
From an artistic and design perspective, the research subject of the Media Lab is digital media, how is it created and used and what is its potential impact in society. Our research engages in practical and theoretical activities covering both traditional and new categories in non-conventional ways.
Media Lab Demo Day
Already in the late 1990s we adopted the slogan, ‘hands on with minds on’ to explain our work. We also adopted the ‘demo or die’ attitude of other Media Labs and formalised this into bi-annual Demo Day, organised at the end of each term.
About us
The Media Lab Helsinki was founded in 1994 and is now a part of the Department of Media at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture of the Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland. The mission of the Media Lab is to explore, discover and comprehend the new digital technology and its impact in society; to find and exploit the possibilities it opens to communication, interaction and expression and to evaluate, understand and deal with the challenges it poses to design and creative production.
Latest Theses
The theses from the Media Lab are on public display at the Aalto University library as well as some of the latest ones also online. First recorded theses are from 1995 up to this date.
Circular economy
Circular economy keeps materials in use longer using strategies like reuse, remanufacture, recycling, and replacing ownership with rentals.
Preliminary assignments for Bachelor's Programme in Design and Media
The preliminary assignments for the 2026 admission round have been published on 17 December 2025.
Confirmed invited speakers of ITICAT2019
ITICAT2019 will include invited lectures by the first-rate scholars worldwide.
Study Communications Engineering
The department Communications and Networking provides mainly master's and doctoral level education, but also has the responsibility for the courses related to communications and networks (ICT) in the bachelor's level Information Technology major for native students in Finnish and Digital Systems and Design major students in English.
New Coordinator for Teaching Lab
Niina Pitkänen is the new Coordinator of Teaching Lab. She is a creator of new, an energetic organizer, a network builder, an expert in communications and work life – a multi-talent. After a notable almost 10-year career at the University of Jyväskylä, Niina and her family have relocated to Southern Finland. The next challenge for Niina waits for her at Aalto University, where she will be a part of fostering the integration of work life skills and business cooperation into teaching and learning.
News of ITICAT2019
Poster Presenter Guidelines: the recommended poster size accordingly is 120 cm high x 90 cm wide.
Designing Adaptive and Creative Organizations
If your company is interested in exploring how to redesign its processes, systems and structures to be more adaptive to changes, more innovative, and/or more entrepreneurial, and then these student projects may be of interest to you.
Digital Business Master Class
Digital Business Master Class is a challenge-based course with a focus on digital technologies as tools for building businesses.