Application period for FITech鈥檚 spring courses is approaching 鈥 explore the spring 2026 course offering now!
Complement your degree with free courses from Finnish universities of technology, designed to meet the demands of the working life and help deepen your expertise! The application period for degree students starts on December 1st.
More than a thousand students have received scholarships from the Ilkka Kontula Foundation
Scholarships are rewards for good work and can also increase motivation to study
Short maintenance breaks for Linux shell servers on 13 and 14 November 2025
Maintenance breaks include short reboots
Time to nominate candidates for SCI Awards 2025
The deadline for this year's nominations is November 23
Recycling campaign ends - activities continue!
The university-wide recycling and sorting campaign ended at the end of September 2025.
Summer School alum Suvi: 鈥淪uccessful brands don鈥檛 just wing it鈥
We spoke with Summer School alum Suvi Valtonen-Kim,聽a Korean-Finnish design student in her senior year, based in Hong Kong.
40 year old Oskari Vilamo Fund awarded the best theses on building trade
The Oskari Vilamo fund, which is part of the Business Education fund, awarded the best doctoral theses and diploma theses in November. The fund is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. One doctoral dissertation and six master's thesis were awarded in Aalto University.
Can technology save us in the sustainability transition? Five things everyone should understand about techno-optimism
Academy Research Fellow Johanna Ahola-Launonen warns us against solving the sustainability crisis solely through technology 鈥 and explains why we are so keen to do just that
Aalto University participates in the digital security exercise Taisto in November 2025
Finland's largest digital security exercise helps us prepare
EchoSense: Textiles That Listen to the World Around Us
What if fabrics could listen to their surroundings and help us sense the world in new ways? Discover how this research project explores turning textiles into sensors that capture inaudible vibrations from plants, animals, and the environment.
Meet the candidates for university鈥檚 Academic Affairs Committee
Elections will be organised in the group for 鈥榦ther teaching and research personnel and other staff鈥 between 13 and 19 November 2025
Creative Leap: Turning Creativity into a Measurable Competitive Advantage
Over two years Creative Leap co-research project has explored how creativity can be identified, developed, measured and managed, and how it influences not only business success but society at large.
Aalto Creatives Art & Tech Open Call 鈥25 Award Ceremony
Winning projects received their awards at the Aalto Creatives Art & Tech Open Call 鈥25 awards ceremony on the last day of October. Two projects received development funding, two projects were awarded product prizes from Genelec, and one project was awarded both funding and Genelec's product packages.
Apply to a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) "Green Deal Collider" at TalTech
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) is pleased to introduce the course 鈥淕reen Deal Collider: Sustainable Futures鈥, which will be held as a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) in late January and February 2026. The course offers truly multicultural experience 鈥 for example, last time鈥檚 participants came from 14 different European universities across 10 countries.
Aalto staff's mobile phone subscriptions are being updated
If your mobile data does not work restart your phone
Accelerating the sustainable development and commercialization of bio-innovations
Aalto University and industrial partners are developing new methods and tools to help identify technological risks and bottlenecks鈥攁nd to integrate sustainability into the development process from the beginning.
Chemical engineering student Mauri Hartikainen: 鈥淲ith metallurgy, you can truly make an impact in building a sustainable future鈥
Mauri Hartikainen chose sustainable metallurgy as his Master鈥檚 major because he wants to be involved in developing clean technology solutions. What fascinates him most about metals is their almost limitless recyclability.
Languages, culture and communication courses in period III
The Language Centre offers a wide range of courses.
Professor Max Finne appointed Associate Dean of MBA Education at the School of Business
The creation of the Associate Dean position aims to further enhance our internationally accredited MBA, EMBA, and DBA programs at both national and global levels
New research: Reliable electricity can no longer be taken for granted 鈥 the green transition may require fossil fuel as backup
Although Finland's electricity system has been exceptionally reliable, this may not necessarily be the case in the future. A recent study by Aalto University warns that without further investment in flexible production and demand management, the security of the electricity supply could deteriorate significantly as early as the 2030s.
