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New student – are you still looking for an accommodation for autumn term?
Aalto University has reserved a quota of furnished rooms and apartments for international incoming students in co-operation with HOAS (The Foundation for Student Housing in Helsinki Region).
Fast communications and flexibility helped grocery retailers cope with the coronavirus in spring
Research shows that daily communications, flexible planning and resourcing, and agility in action were important for helping the grocery trade get through the first wave of the coronavirus.
Coronavirus increases sales of food waste at Aalto students’ online shop
Fiksu Ruoka Oy employs many past and present Aalto students. The company has also been the subject of several master’s theses and student projects.
Tips for using your new access token
The new access control tokens will be introduced in all Otaniemi campus buildings. When using your new access control token, please take the following factors into account.
Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize awarded to Professor J.C. Séamus Davis
The winner of the 2020 Olli V. Lounasmaa Memorial Prize tells us about his research in quantum materials
Sleep apnea is a threat for public health - students developed an application that recognizes its signs at home
The app is currently being tested, and its usability and reliability will be improved based on test users' feedback
Aalto continued with excellent performance in ShanghaiRankings
Ten subjects rank in the top one hundred worldwide.
Stopping the unstoppable with atomic bricks
Aalto University theorist part of a team that developed a method for trapping elusive electrons
The human brain tracks speech more closely in time than other sounds
The way that speech processing differs from the processing of other sounds has long been a major open question in human neuroscience.
The coronavirus pandemic encouraged hundreds of experienced professionals to study change leadership
The Facilitating Change online course saw as many as 500 registrations, with the majority of participants already within working life
Return to campus planned to start gradually in mid-August
Thank you for the feedback you have already given to help us in planning a safe return to campus. The questionnaire will be open until 3 July.
Artificial intelligence produces data synthetically to help treat diseases like COVID-19
The ability to produce data synthetically makes studying of the COVID-19 disease significantly easier.
Otaranta closed to motor vehicle traffic as of week 27
The construction of the light rail has reached the southern part of Otaniemi.
Aalto University ranks high in two listings for young universities
Aalto University was ranked 9th in the world by QS and 20th by the Times Higher Education in their rankings of universities under 50 years of age
Fewer workstations in the facilities to ensure safe distances
The use of facilities at the campus will be reviewed starting from 25 June.
Students and companies happy with collaboration within Aalto International Talent Programme
The Aalto International Talent Programme pilot came to an end in May. The programme supports international degree students' employment and careers.
World’s fastest Bose–Einstein condensate created at Aalto University
New research published in Nature Communications can make elusive state of matter in record time
President's letter 18 June – Contacts between people have an immense value
We are determined to find ways to return to campus in the autumn while keeping safety a top priority.
Record number of Academy Projects
Of the 37 Academy Projects awarded É«É«À² by the Academy of Finland, 31 focus on natural sciences and technology. In total, the funding granted É«É«À² from the September 2019 call rose to 25.3 million euros.
Flexibility and enthusiastic teaching make the SECCLO programme a great option
The first graduates of the SECCLO programme share their study experiences
