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Getting even more multidisciplinary!
The two master’s programmes focusing on urban research and development, Urban Studies and Planning (University of Helsinki and Aalto University) and Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering (Aalto University), are going to work closely together from autumn 2017.

How can design benefit business and strategy?
‘Heavy metal’ summer project explored design as a strategic tool in technology driven companies.

Masters programme at the School of Business continues to move up in the FT ranking
The masters programme moved up six places to 45th.

Anne Stenros: From user experience towards citizen experience
Chief Design Officer from the City of Helsinki, Dr. Anne Stenros, presented her views regarding future design profession for the 166 new international design MA students.

PSHACK100 puts public service developers at the forefront of digital transformation
Aalto students are experts in the service needs and lifestyle habits of the digital generation.

Students surveyed impacts of REACH application process
The report drawn up for the European Chemicals Agency was presented in an international conference in Prague.

Visualisers of the effects of climate change and weather information winners of the NASA Europa Challenge competition
The judges decided to award the first prize to two of the teams: AgroSphere developed by an American team and World Weather developed by a Jordanian team.
About 80 new students started their studies in the Bachelor’s program in International Business this fall
Opening ceremony of the BScBA program was held at the end of August.

Visual Resources workshops in autumn 2017 at the Learning Centre
Are you used to googling images or spending a lot of time looking for images from books and journals?
European Mining Course receives EIT RawMaterials quality seal
The quality seal was granted for the programme’s longstanding traditions and its ability to adapt to changing circumstances over the years.

Students researched digital learning possibilities with Finnair
The project gave Finnair also more understanding especially on user expectations.

The Protocamp course successfully completed company assignments
The students got to realise a prototype project from start to finish.

Students explored digital business through multidisciplinary projects
Summer of 2017: 55 students and 14 business projects

Record number of business students going on exchange
In the academic year 2017–2018 the School of Business is sending 436 students on exchange to 38 different countries.

Set the initial price discount right to turn new customers into loyal ones
A study, recently accepted for publication at Journal of Marketing, reports nonlinear relationship between initial price discounts and customer retention.
Sino Finnish Challenge summer camp focuses on urban development in China
Students came from Asia, and the instructors were from Aalto, MIT and Stanford.

Design is shaping the ministries’ future – from office to carrot fields
The students of Aalto University Design for Government course studied the collaboration skills of Civil servant 2.0 and the locality of public food procurement in Forssa.

International students coming to Otaniemi to tackle climate change challenges
Aalto University is hosting an international Journey Summer School focusing on climate change innovations.
Management Communication course now totally on the web
Revised course Management Communication
Artistic interventions at Kamppi Center
A new kind of public art was produced at the ‘Media Intervention in the City’ course.
