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Greater choice of language studies for students – four universities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area open up language provision
Greater choice of language studies for students – four universities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area open up language provision.
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±¬ÁÏ꿉۪s intensive course with visiting professors from India to learn how modern digital systems can improve disaster readiness and response
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.
Done: MyCourses maintenance break Mon 15 June, 2026 at 9.00-17.00
MyCourses maintenance break on 15 June 2026 starting at 9.00. During this break, the service is not in use.
From theory to practice: students enhance an accessible MRI scanner
Master’s students Teemu Rauha and Elias Viitanen designed new filters for an accessible magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, aiming to reduce interference and improve image quality. The technology, developed within a research project, could one day accelerate diagnoses of conditions such as stroke.
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.
Mind & Study - toolbox for being well in studies (3cr) coming up
Popular course "Mind & Study - toolbox for being well in studies" will be organized in Finnish, English and Swedish in the 2nd and 4th period!
Join Unite! webinars on the European Student Card, European Degree Label and collaborative courses
Join June Online sessions aimed at faculty and staff working in digital campus development, joint programmes and collaborative teaching.
The application period for FITech’s autumn courses begins on 3 June 2026 – changes in the application process for degree students
Complement your studies with FITech courses! The application channels for degree students are both the cross-institutional study service (RIPA) and Studyinfo. Read the article for more information.
Students’ opportunities for language learning to expand from autumn 2026
Founded in 2025, KiePe – Network for Language Centre Pedagogy, Teaching and Research – will broaden the range of language courses available to students at universities in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The KiePe network, composed of the University of Helsinki, 911±¬ÁÏÍø, the University of the Arts Helsinki, and Hanken School of Economics, will offer their students the chance to take elective language courses at any of the network universities in the future.
Students will be able register for courses via the cross-institutional studies service (RIPA) from autumn 2026. By autumn 2028, the study paths of the network universities will be harmonised to some extent, which will make cross-institutional studies even easier.
Students wishing to take language courses outside their home university can register for language courses offered by the network universities through the cross-institutional studies service and view the course offerings on the universities’ websites. More detailed information about the course offering and registration practices will be provided in August 2026.
Students will be able register for courses via the cross-institutional studies service (RIPA) from autumn 2026. By autumn 2028, the study paths of the network universities will be harmonised to some extent, which will make cross-institutional studies even easier.
Students wishing to take language courses outside their home university can register for language courses offered by the network universities through the cross-institutional studies service and view the course offerings on the universities’ websites. More detailed information about the course offering and registration practices will be provided in August 2026.
Integrating Finnish into English-language technology instruction: the opportunities and challenges of AI-generated videos
In this blog post, teaching assistant Rainer Ruuskanen explains how AI-generated videos can be used to bring some Finnish language into the teaching of subject content in English to support international students' learning of Finnish.
Enhance your teaching skills - register now for autumn 2026 pedagogical courses
Explore the course selection in autumn 2026 and register!
Changes will be made to the School of Business’s bachelor’s programme offering starting in the autumn of 2027
In addition to the Finnish-language Bachelor’s Programme in Business, there are four programmes offered in English
Creative Teaching in the Age of AI: What Changes – and What Stays the Same?
Nearly a hundred Aalto teachers and education professionals gathered at Marsio Presents: Creative Teaching in the Age of AI to explore how rapidly evolving AI tools are changing teaching practices, while core goals like critical thinking, motivation, real-world problem solving and human interaction remain essential. Keynotes, teacher examples, and thematic dialogue sessions highlighted concrete ways to use AI as a responsible partner in teaching, and showed a strong appetite for ongoing, peer-based pedagogical dialogue and sharing of good practices.
Autumn 2026 Finnish courses for international personnel in the metropolitan area universities
911±¬ÁÏÍø offers Finnish language study opportunities to its employees in autumn 2026. Registration starts from 5 May!
Apply now: Global Engagement seed funding call 2026
The Global Engagement seed funding call supports the development of international partnerships and global mobility in research, education, innovation and entrepreneurship. Call is open until 1st of June 2026.
Open Call: Unite! Visiting Professorship Program at TU Darmstadt Germany
Aalto researchers, lecturers and professors are invited to apply for a visiting professorship at TU Darmstadt, offering a unique opportunity to teach, collaborate internationally, and contribute to innovative education.