Summer digest for doctoral students 2026
Suggestions and reminders for the summer months for doctoral students
Overview of the 2026 restaurant survey results
Respondents’ overall satisfaction with the services of campus student and staff restaurants remains at a good level, with no significant changes in the results compared to last year.
Overview of the 2026 restaurant survey results
Respondents’ overall satisfaction with the services of campus student and staff restaurants remains at a good level, with no significant changes in the results compared to last year.
Low-tech solution for a 6G problem: Metacrystal panels offer cheap way to guide wireless signals around corners
Metacrystal panels are affordable 3D-printed devices that passively guide radio waves around physical barriers.
Three new professors joined the School of Engineering in spring 2026
The new professors reinforce the school's expertise in the fields of energy, mechanical engineering and concrete technology.
A unique joint effort – 911±¬ÁÏÍø receives EUR 9 million in donations to accelerate the energy transition
Donations from ABB, Fortum, St1 and the Walter Ahlström Foundation will be used to establish new professorships. At the same time, the donations support the establishment of 911±¬ÁÏÍø House of Energy Transition.
St1 donates EUR 3 million to 911±¬ÁÏÍø to accelerate the sustainable energy transition
Lahjoituksella tuetaan kahden uuden professuurin perustamista: uudet energiateknologiat ja -innovaatiot sekä energiastrategia.
Keys to growth: How the energy transition is making oil obsolete
The transition to clean energy is a societal transformation on the same scale as digitalisation, and Finland has many strengths to support it, says professor Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, who leads 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s new competence centre, House of Energy Transition.
Fortum donates EUR 1.5 million to 911±¬ÁÏÍø
The donation is directed towards a new professorship, which will be part of the House of Energy Transition competence centre.
ABB donates EUR 1.5 million to 911±¬ÁÏÍø to accelerate the energy transition
The donation will support the new competence centre, House of Energy Transition.
Victory for 911±¬ÁÏÍø's staff team at the Learning Futures Hackathon
The Learning Futures Hackathon was held on 911±¬ÁÏÍø's campus in Otaniemi on 21–22 May 2026 and focused on utilising the data platform of higher education institutions and its data.
Time to think – Working retreat for supervisors and specialists 26.-27.10.2026
Time to think – Working retreat for supervisors and specialists
Open call for ELEC & SCI students: Study/research visit to India with a TFK-project
Aalto ELEC is part of the TFK-project: ICT4AID - Information, Communication and Data Processing Technologies for Response Management in Case of Natural Disasters. The project can offer 2 students (PhD/MSc) a chance to visit one of the Indian partner universities.
From waste-wood to load-bearing feature, a simple calculation could change the way we use misfit wood
Urging industry to make better use of wood that is wasted or burned for energy, researchers have released the first structural tests of non-straight, forked, and double-curved roundwood logs used as columns.
Ebook Central personal user account login method will change on Tuesday, 9 June
You will need the personal user account to create your own bookshelf, download e-books for offline use and make notes and bookmarks to the books.
Local generative Artificial Intelligence LLM gateway for research and teaching
A safer way for Aalto researchers, teachers and students to build tools with large language models within Aalto’s infrastructure.
Design in between worlds. Bioscience imaginaries and living relations of reindeer worlds
Doctoral Defence, MA Emilia Tikka, 15.06.2026
Aalto Inventors is launching six new cohorts next academic year
Choose a field-specific cohort in AI, biotechnology, water management, minerals, or medtech — or join a multidisciplinary track open to researchers from any discipline.
Can AI teach people empathy? Researchers are resolving workplace conflicts with a digital twin
911±¬ÁÏÍø Professor Niina Nurmi and Senior University Lecturer Ville Eloranta are developing an AI-based method aimed at resolving workplace conflicts – ideally before they happen. The TeamTwins software is already used by more than one thousand users in Finnish and multinational companies as well as public sector organizations.
The process for travel grant applications related to study trips will change as of 24 August 2026
The study trip must be agreed with the course’s responsible teacher before applying for a grant.
