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QS Ranking: Aalto places 140th in the world
Aalto is #1 in Finland with regard to relative number of research citations and employer reputation.
World Challenge 2018 Finals in Finland on 27–30 August – work for a better world
Innovators are invited to develop apps that improve life on earth by utilising satellite data.
Finding the unknown, D.Sc. Natalie Segercrantz
Doctoral graduate Natalie Segercrantz likens research work to being an explorer. In a laboratory, one can encounter something that has never been witnessed before.
News Events 911±¬ÁÏÍø Magazine Finland 100 News archive It’s a wrap! Aalto Festival 2018
We want to thank everyone who participated in making it happen. See you all next year!
The search for food safety
Students from Aalto and the University of Nairobi are examining food’s value chain from maize fields to the milk glass.
Campus envisioned as a green oasis
An open space plan designed by an award-winning landscape architecture firm would introduce more nature and housing to the Otaniemi campus.
The new Magazine issue is available online
The 911±¬ÁÏÍø Magazine issue 22 examines solutions for sustainable development.
Column: Dear climate change
These thoughts were written down by 911±¬ÁÏÍø students who participated in the Climate change and me – are you anxious? debate group in spring 2018.
Mushroom farming as part of the circular economy
18 million kilos of oyster mushrooms could be grown with the spent coffee grounds Finns produce each year.
Save our lakes by eating roach
Each roach an angler pulls up also removes phosphates, a key factor in eutrophication, from the water system. These phosphates are bound in fish bones.
Rare metals need efficient recycling
How can the valuable ingredients of batteries be recovered? What could replace bismuth, tellurium and many other rarities? These issues are being examined by the CloseLoop project.
Fighting the flames – better together
The fundamental questions of sustainable development are integral in our business research as well, says Professor Minna Halme.
What if the world’s cattle munched on Finnish wood?
A new manufacturing method will open entirely new markets for microcrystalline cellulose. It could be used, for example, to enrich animal fodder.
Visionary realist
Mika Anttonen, a billionaire who made his fortune by refining oil, spends a lot of time and money in search of alternative energy solutions.
Turning off the tap
There is no single solution to the shortage of water, but applying several might get the job done.
Friday finery
Perspectives can clash in a fashion company founded by a clothing designer, an engineer and a business graduate, but each of the trio has gradually learned to have faith in the others’ abilities.
Banking sun and wind energy
How to make the storing of renewable energy cheaper and easier? If this study is successful, it will represent a major leap towards finding a solution to climate change.
Extractor of dreams
Service designer Mikko Koivisto is shaking up how we shop at pharmacies and creating soulful soup meals. Last spring, he received the Ornamo Award for his pioneering work in a field that barely existed just ten years ago.
