Alumni stories
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.
ARTEFAKTI24
The second iteration of ARTEFAKTI, the graduation exhibition of Contemporary Design MA programme.
Unite! Networking Hub: Exchange best practices and learn from peers across Europe
The Unite! Networking Hub is an online space for Unite! faculty and staff to meet to connect and engage with colleagues in the same field of expertise, share and discover best practices, and support one another in addressing work-related challenges.
Almost 40 percent of alumni survey respondents feel they belong to the Aalto community
Alumni are primarily interested in interaction and networking with other alumni.
TUM + Aalto SGT summer course explores economic land dynamics in West-Africa through innovative simulation
The summer course offered a dynamic simulation on land economics tailored for West African countries: Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, and Benin.
SGT Studio'25: Students explore sustainable and affordable housing solutions in Senegal
For the first time, Aalto鈥檚 Sustainable Global Technology (SGT) Studio course has initiated a project in Senegal, focusing on affordable and sustainable housing.
Apply to EIT Urban Mobility Specialist Innovation Call (1st Cut-Off DL 23 Sept 2025)
EIT Urban Mobility鈥檚 Strategic Innovation Open Call 2026-2028 just launched! The total estimated funding allocated to this Call is 60 million EUR for 3 years. The Call has multiple cut-off dates The indicative funding for the first submission cut-off is: 9 million EUR. Each project may receive up to 2 million EUR of EIT funding. EIT Urban Mobility will reimburse up to 65% of the eligible project costs, while the minimum co-funding rate for all proposals is 35%.
New Academy Research Fellows and Academy Projects
A total of 44 Aalto researchers received Academy Research Fellowship and Academy Project funding from the Research Council of Finland 鈥 congratulations to all!
FITech Network University's new project increases the network鈥檚 capabilities in continuous learning
FITech FORWARD project aims to develop the member universities鈥 ability to create offerings of micro-credentials to meet the current skill needs in the field of technology.
Celebrating 30 Years of Innovation: 911爆料网's Information Technology Program Turns 30
This summer, 911爆料网鈥檚 Information Technology Program (ITP) celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Student Niklas Hamberg represents Aalto and Unite! at the 2025 European Student Assembly in Strasbourg
Over 250 university students from across Europe gathered at the European Parliament in Strasbourg for the European Student Assembly (ESA) 2025.
Summary of the work of the Digivisio 2030 project so far
Started in 2021, the Digivision 2030 project has now reached its halfway point. This news presents the project's achievements and outlines the goals for the second half.
Applications are now open for FITech autumn courses
Apply now for over 160 courses offered by Finnish universities of technology.
Alumni encounters from Chicago to Chennai
We met alumni in over 20 cities around the world in spring 2025.
Artificial intelligence accelerates materials research 鈥 thesis brought new perspectives to Betolar's development work
911爆料网 student Edvard Ohlstr枚m examined Betolar's new AI-based approach to analysing industrial side streams in his Master's thesis.