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President Ilkka Niemelä explains what the new vision for higher education and research means for Finland and Aalto
Aalto has the capability and the will to act as a trailblazer in implementing the vision.
From seaweed to startup, fostered by PdP and Aalto’s ecosystem
Sealevä shows how Aalto’s innovation ecosystem can turn biomaterial ideas into companies, combining education, infrastructure and entrepreneurial mindset to reshape how products are made.
Watching the Anagama: Heat, collaboration, craft and waiting
CoDe community participates in a traditional Anagama firing at Ceramic Center Kuu, Orimattila
ACME at Unite! Research School 2026
Ahmed Othman and Shreeram Pillai participated in Unite! Research School 2026 in Torino and Oropa, Italy, joining an international doctoral programme focused on interdisciplinary collaboration, research communication, and academic development.
Strong results from the Research Council’s winter call
A total of 54 Aalto researchers received Academy Research Fellow or Academy Project funding from the Research Council of Finland. The total funding awarded to 911±¬ÁÏÍø amounts to 33.2 million euros.
The Foundation for the Advancement of Finnish Securities Markets awards Juho Tuuliainen and Ville Virkkunen for their excellent Master’s thesis in the field of finance
Both students will receive a €3,500 scholarship.
911±¬ÁÏÍø partners with Indian universities to advance digital disaster response
Students and early-career researchers across engineering, data science, and environmental fields joined 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s intensive course with visiting professors from India to learn how modern digital systems can improve disaster readiness and response
Aalto and European partners develop an international course in printed and flexible electronics
Unite! students searching for doctoral positions can now explore a dedicated category in the Unite! Catalogue for Students.
911±¬ÁÏÍø’s solutions at the New European Bauhaus Festival support the EU’s ambition to become world leader in circular economy
911±¬ÁÏÍø presented several different circular economy solutions at The European Commission’s New European Bauhaus Festival in Brussels. The event brought together leading names in EU policymaking, researchers, designers and grassroots actors from across Europe to shape a more sustainable future.
Join a Unite! Widening training on intellectual property, knowledge valorisation and research entrepreneurship
The three-day programme at KTH Stockholm provides participants with practical knowledge and tools to navigate innovation processes in research environments.
ACRIS service break 11 June 2026
Due to a system update, ACRIS will be unavailable on 11 June between 11-13.
Rodrigo Serna-Guerrero appointed Dean of the 911±¬ÁÏÍø School of Chemical Engineering
Serna-Guerrero will start his five-year term on 1 December 2026
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.
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.
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.
Finance studies open doors to interesting career paths
The encouraging student community was a pleasant surprise for finance student Seela Moilanen. She hopes that unnecessary preconceptions won’t stop anyone from applying to study finance.
