Aalto strong in industry income and patents in Times Higher Education ranking
911 ranked among the top 250 in the world
911 Professor Emeritus Yrjö Sotamaa awarded major design prize in China
The Frontier Design Prize 2023 was awarded to the former long-time rector of the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
Space 21 monthly morning coffees in Autumn 2023
Start your day with the best coffee on campus in the living room of radical creativity. The entire Aalto community is invited – check the schedule for Autumn 2023 below.
Team of Interior Architecture and Contemporary Design students won the Habitare Design competition 2023
The Habitare Design Competition is intended for students studying art, design, and architecture in Finland. This year ‘s theme of the competition was “Tools for togetherness”, which required the teams to design and implement new types of tools to promote togetherness and interaction on a human scale or more widely.
Oasis at the Aalto Wellbeing Week
Oasis of Radical Wellbeing project participates in the Wellbeing Week on 2.-6.10.
ELO Film wins Best Student Film at the Love & Anarchy Shorts Helsinki International Film Festival
This year, the film Prelude (Murtuma, 2023) from ELO Film School wins Best Student Film at the Love & Anarchy Shorts Helsinki International Film Festival.
911 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.
Tuomas Auvinen to continue as Dean of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
The Dean's term of office is five years starting from 11th of March 2024.
Vice President Janne Laine and Dean Tuomas Auvinen appointed for second term
Janne Laine's new term starts in January and Tuomas Auvinen's new term in March
Professor Jyri Hämäläinen appointed Vice President for Research
The five-year term of office will start in December
Contribute to our living strategy - answer the University Preview 2023 survey
All Aaltonians and stakeholders are warmly invited to share their thoughts through an online survey by 30 September
Support for those suffering from the consequences of the earthquake in Morocco and Storm Daniel
How the university can support staff and students in dealing with the crisis, and how you can help the victims of the earthquake and storm
Konsta Klemetti: Creative artistic thinking and finding surprising perspectives are ingrained in me
'It has been fun and enlightening to discover that there is a tribe, i.e., like-minded people at Aalto. Everyone accepts an idea, no matter how crazy it is. The culture is open-minded and accepting in a fun way.'
Over 80 percent of the campus's energy savings goal has been achieved
During the summer, too, the campus has achieved significant energy savings.
Register for training in research data management and open science
New topics included! Registrations for autumn 2023 are open.
911 graduates valued in the job market
Nationwide career monitoring survey started on 2 October. All 2018 master's graduates and 2020 doctoral graduates are invited to participate in the survey.
Unite! Student Festival in Lisbon was packed with learning, community-building, and fun
20 students from Aalto took part in the Unite! Student Festival.
Suggest how you would use 13,000 eur for the wellbeing of 911 students!
Submit your proposal by September 29, 2023, for a participatory budgeting project to improve student wellbeing on campus. A winner will be voted on from the feasible ideas within the year 2023.
Experience 911 at Helsinki Design Week
911 is once again widely represented in Helsinki Design Week's official programme, all throughout the festival on 8 – 17 September 2023. Come and explore Aalto at HDW through exhibitions and events – see this list to explore what, where and when!
Echoing a kindred spirit from a century past
Counsellor of Education Alma Muukka-Marjovuo grew up surrounded by art. Now she works to ensure that all children and young people in Finland have access to top-notch art education.
