Alumni stories
Alum Salla Lonka implements a culture of experimentation in a home appliance company
Salla Lonka finds it fascinating to examine creative processes from a distance, focusing on efficiency and impact. After completing her master's degree in fashion design, she ended up at a global home appliance company in Stockholm.
CRM Days united Finnish higher education experts for two days of CRM insights
Kansalliset yliopistojen ja korkeakoulujen CRM-p盲iv盲t 2025 conference was held on 11鈥12 September at Aalto University.
The role of social media and employer branding in shaping DEI perceptions is critical
Aalto students and EY-Parthenon join forces to advance gender diversity in M&A
Student innovators seal a new future for silicone
The Product Development Project course pairs multi-disciplinary student teams with industrial partners to find sustainable solutions to real-world problems.
Aalto University School of Business offers free trainings for senior employees in SMEs as part of EU-funded project
Aalto University鈥檚 School of Business is inviting employees aged 55 and over from SMEs in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area to join two free training programmes this autumn as part of the EU-funded Senior Talent project.
Finnish Design Push launches second round with new company partners
The initiative aims at extending and deepening the role of design in the Finnish industries.
Staff Week: Planting Seeds for the Development of Joint Learning Ecosystems
Wroc艂aw University of Science and Technology, Poland, invites academic and administrative staff from across Europe for its Staff Training Week in November. The four-day program will focus on practical collaboration in the design and implementation of joint educational initiatives.
A joint project between Kesko and Aalto University examined the development of retail media, focusing on both everyday life and the moment of purchase
The student project gave Kesko an external perspective on the expectations and needs of its advertising customers and on product development in the media
President Sauli Niinist枚: 鈥楾he future is brighter than it appears right now.鈥
Approximately 600 invited guests and alumni attended the event named after Chancellor Jaakko Honko at Aalto University T枚枚l枚
Nearly 8 500 schoolchildren had the chance to program Aalto Junior's friendly robots
The robotics workshops project, funded by the Weisell Foundation, has been the most impactful of Aalto Juniors' school projects to date in terms of figures, reaching the largest number of students so far.
Advancing EDI competences across Europe
CKIR contributed to a European project advancing EDI competences. It created learning materials, organized courses and supported students鈥 internships.
Keys to growth: Internationalisation brings talent, innovation and economic growth to Finland
Talent is fuel for the future 鈥 and Finland also needs it from abroad. Aalto and VTT have been internationalising rapidly, but the nation still has room for improvement in supporting international experts to put down roots.
Join the Unite! Engineering Biology second online matchmaking event on 25 September
The Unite! Engineering Biology initiative aims to unite researchers from all the nine partner universities in the Unite! alliance to advance key technologies and sustainable processes.
Textbook and non-fiction writers 鈥 did you know you are entitled to public lending right compensation?
All authors who have written text for a work that is lent out from libraries are entitled to public lending right compensation.
Unite!Energy Conference 鈥 Shaping the Future of Sustainable Energy
The annual Unite!Energy Conference 2025 will take place in Espoo, Finland, bringing together researchers, industry experts, and academics to explore energy storage, hydrogen technologies, and the future of clean energy.
Unite! Seed Fund 2025 鈥 Aalto involved in 15 projects
From the 2025 Seed Fund call, 30 proposals were selected for funding. Aalto is involved in 15 of these projects and coordinates one.
Alum Ella Ahmas: 'Getting a job at the European Commission was a great achievement, and I believe that my younger self would be really proud of me'
Ella Ahmas, who studied in the Master's programme in Management and International Business, found her niche through the experience gained in internships and ended up working for the European Commission in her current role.
Funding for impact assessment research concerning the Helsinki Capital region
In the 2025 call for proposals, the Urban Impact project will allocate funding for two thematic areas: Urban development research and Employment research. Research call is open until 12 September 2025.
Alum Laura Suomalainen: 鈥漈he idea of always having your life with you and being able to move from place to place spoke to me.鈥
Laura Suomalainen had long dreamed of "Vanlife" until the opportunity to go on exchange to Norway set the wheels of her dream in motion. Nowadays she travels across Europe in her own van and works remotely.
Creating room for connection, dialogue, and collective planning is more important than ever
Two workshops were organised to build bridges and foster meaningful action on EDI at the Aalto School of Business.
