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Computer Science at Aalto ranks 88th in the Times Higher Education Ranking
Computer Science at Aalto ranks 88th in the Times Higher Education Ranking. Engineering and technology placed 101-125 in the world.

Card illustrations made by students for the Finnish Refugee Council
Milja Komulainen and Ella Eskola, first year students in the Visual Communication Design programme, illustrated a series of cards for the Finnish Refugee Council鈥檚 鈥滲etter Gifts鈥 product family.

Changes in accessing Ellibs e-books
Starting 3rd December, reading and downloading Ellibs e-books require Haka login with Aalto University username and password.
Board encourages Aalto community to participate in the strategy process beginning in 2019
The Board thanked for the preparation of the strategy process and discussed the analysis of the operating environment, the key strategic questions raised by the community and campus vision.
Coders to take over Aalto University at Europe鈥檚 biggest hackathon
Aalto University鈥檚 main building will host Junction on 23鈥25 November, when coders from around the world will tackle industry-set challenges.

Aalto's AlumniStudent Weekend is a well-loved tradition
The traditional seminar for alumni and current students was recently hosted by the School of Electrical Engineering on Friday 27 October 2018.

Aalto.fi to remain in beta as development and improvements continue
The aalto.fi site will remain in beta while the site is being developed and improved further. News, People and Search are the main themes to improve before removing the beta label.
From GDPR compliance to accountability
Aalto鈥檚 GDPR projects have produced documentation of 205 information systems to ensure compliance with the regulation. To stay compliant, we鈥檙e extending Aalto鈥檚 Information Security Management System (ISMS) to cover whole Aalto and the information systems documented in these GDPR projects.
Ilkka Kivim盲ki appointed 91青青草 University Board
Ilkka Kivim盲ki appointed 91青青草 University Board. Chair Anne Brunila鈥檚 term of office ends. The new chair will be chosen by the Board early next year.

Street named in honour of the School of Business
To mark the school鈥檚 upcoming move to Otaniemi, the City of Espoo has renamed the street leg Ekonominaukio, which translates to the square of business school graduates.

For Professor Antti R盲is盲nen, sociability is about caring for others
Professor Antti R盲is盲nen has completed his long academic career, beginning his retirement on 1 October 2018.

Negotiated settlement on changes to the university salary system (YPJ) and on the distribution of the arranged instalment
The changes to the salary system will come into force on 1 January 2019. Read more about the distribution of the arranged instalment.
Kicking off the implementation project for Aalto University鈥檚 new HR system Workday
The Kick-off event for the new HR system Workday was held Tuesday 2 October 2018.
Beta site launched 4 Oct at 12 noon 鈥 old aalto.fi redirected to new site
With the beta.aalto.fi launch, one of the main hubs i.e. Study at Aalto, is published for the first time on the new platform, in addition to the already published other content. With the launch, the node addresses are changed to plain URLs.
Aalto University recruits a new Vice President to lead the Innovation agenda
Aalto University recruits a new Vice President to lead the Innovation agenda

Specifications on Aalto.fi launch timetable 鈥 site to be published in stages starting October 1st
The launch of the new aalto.fi website will start on Monday 1 October 2018.
Drupal updates 鈥 People liftups, event time, adding components
Drupal components have been worked on further so that they would better serve the aalto.fi content creators and site visitors.
Harald Herlin Learning Centre's service hours will change from 1.10. onwards
Harald Herlin Learning Centre's service hours will change from 1.10. onwards

Aalto University Board congratulated the university community for its excellent progress on campus transformation and praised preparation for the RAI 2018 evaluation
The Board discussed the campus roadmap and congratulated the Aalto community for its excellent progress made on transforming campus into a versatile and attractive collaboration hub.