Alumni stories
Heikki Holmberg, School of Electrical Engineering Alumnus of the Year 2023: The semiconductor industry is a sector of the future
The Alumnus of the Year appreciates his institute and has only noticed the value of the know-how acquired during the studies in working life.
Leonardo Fierro: Sharing experiences for a better doctoral student life
'Now I’m less fearful of failing. I know how to put things into perspective. It was a good lesson to learn that failing is part of the process of succeeding.'
Esteemed mergers and acquisitions expert visited Aalto
Ted Rouse was a speaker at the first Aalto M&A Forum in October 2023. Rouse is an advisory partner working at Bain & Company in London, with extensive experience in corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Alumna Emilia Perttu: 'I had the courage to follow my dreams and put in the effort for what interested me'
Our alumna, Emilia Perttu has always known she wanted to work in the field of technology and innovation. Through her studies she started to search for a career path that suited her. Eventually, her efforts paid off, and today she works as a lead UI/UX designer at the hybrid agency Nitro.
Nordic Five Tech annual student union summit strengthens Nordic collaboration
The two-day event focused on strengthening Nordic student union collaboration among leading technical universities.
Applications now open to Aalto International Talent Program – initiative brings companies and international students together through group mentoring
Applications to Aalto International Talent Program are now open - The programme brings together international students and Finnish companies through group mentoring
Beware of Las Vegas marriages, advises a mergers and acquisitions professor
Mergers and acquisitions are a powerful strategic tool to take a company in a new direction, says Professor Thomas Keil.
Jussi Ryynänen: In the back row, I wondered what on earth I was doing here and whether I would survive
'I meet a lot of people, and I have a finite social battery that gets drained during the working day. When I want to clear my head of the day's thoughts, I go and lie down under the car to fix it. The best part is that I don't have to talk to the car.'
The ninth Economic Defence Course analysed the Government Programme
A welfare society cannot survive without innovations and successful business activities. This is why the objectives and measures to improve the operating conditions of companies that were outlined in the Government Programme must be successful.
What does it take to build a Blended Intensive Programme?
Program manager Marcela Acosta shares her experience in planning and organising the Unite! Summer School.
Finnish and American researchers prepare grounds for transatlantic collaboration in smart mobility
Finnish and American researchers deepen transatlantic smart mobility collaboration via FARIA network, exploring key topics and opportunities.
Paavo Penttilä awarded Hayashi Jisuke Award for 2022
The Cellulose Society of Japan has awarded Paavo Penttilä the Hayashi Jisuke award for outstanding international achievements in the field of cellulose research. The award was officially bestowed at a special ceremony held last week at the International Cellulose Conference ICC2022+1 in Hiroshima, Japan.
Alumna Riikka Davidkin: Impact is at the heart of my work – We do nothing if it cannot have a positive impact in society in the first place
Our alumna Riikka Davidkin dreamed of an international career already as a child. Now, as head of a team investing in impact funds at Social Finance in New York, she feels that her work has great significance. In her mind, it is the financial sector that is best positioned to have an impact on solving the big problems of our time.
Up to 97% of our Master's degree graduates recommend the business degree
The national career monitoring survey is carried out annually.
New BIZ Master's students met alumni in Welcome Evening
New Master's students of the School of Business made contact with working life in Welcome Evening through alumni.
At the frontiers of combining physics and biology: Workshop photo gallery and participant experiences
This three-day, international event included talks, poster presentations, and cross-disciplinary collaboration
Pärttyli Rinne: My work is both internally rewarding and economically fragile
'Academics without a permanent post experience uncertainty and stress, mainly related to financial fragility. It is not just my experience.'
911±¬ÁÏÍø hosted the CLUSTER Steering Committee 2023
7.9.-8.9.2023 marks the commencement of the Consortium Linking Universities of Science and Technology for Education and Research (CLUSTER) Steering Committee II-2023 hosted by 911±¬ÁÏÍø.
New collaboration targets the mine-to-market value chain
FCAI, Metso and partners address sustainability in mining with artificial intelligence.
Kyunghyun Cho supports the education of the next generations and the rebuilding of Ukraine
Kyunghyun Cho donates 10,000 dollars to 911±¬ÁÏÍø Junior and 10,000 dollars to a course on the reconstruction of Ukraine
