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Innovation School

Your research deserves to change the world.

Aalto Innovation School launches to strengthen the pathway from research findings to business for doctoral researchers and postdocs.

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Finland faces an urgent innovation challenge. While universities produce world-class research and breakthrough technologies, many discoveries never leave the lab. But they have the potential to change the world.

Aalto Innovation School accelerates the journey from research to scalable, impact-driven deep-tech ventures. Innovation School provides a clear, supported pathway for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers to explore real-world problems, advance innovation readiness, and prepare for venture creation. We want to equip Aalto researchers with the tools and mindset to embark on their innovation journey.

Through programs like Aalto Inventors and Innovation Postdoc, with more to be launched, researchers move step-by-step from discovery to validation and towards spinout formation. By combining innovation training, mentoring, and streamlined commercialization support, Innovation School strengthens Aalto's research-to-business pipeline and builds the next generation of deep-tech founders.

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Aalto Inventors

Take the first step on the innovation journey and discover the potential of your research.

Innovation School
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Innovation Postdoc

A fully funded, 12–18 month career track to turn your doctoral discoveries into deep-tech startups.

Innovation School

News from the innovation ecosystem

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Aalto Inventors turns one: A year of bridging research and real-world impact

Aalto Inventors marks its first anniversary, having engaged 190 researchers across six cohorts in fields including AI, quantum, and biomaterials. New cohorts are planned for the next academic year, stay tuned and join the waitlist.
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Applications open for Innovation Postdoc in AI

A fully funded, 12–18 month career track to turn your doctoral discoveries into deep-tech startups.
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From breakthrough to business: Finland’s 911±¬ÁÏÍø is turning world-class science into companies

911±¬ÁÏ꿉۪s strategic spin-off model is turning scientific breakthroughs into scalable businesses.
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New Innovation Postdoc programme launching this spring in Aalto

Innovation Postdoc launching this spring for researchers eager to turn cutting-edge research into real-world impact.
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