Nordic Rebels movement of the IDBM master鈥檚 degree programme finalist for the Danish Design Award 2019
IDBM鈥檚 innovative development of teaching has also been recognised in Austin, Texas.

Alumni Ambassador Mia Sirki盲: You should always navigate according to your own passion and interests
鈥淔or me, choosing the major subject was very difficult, as I did not want to delimit any options at the time when I was interested in many things鈥, reflects Mia Sirki盲, the School of Business Alumni Ambassador. She encourages students in similar situations: 鈥漈hink about your own interests and navigate according to those. True passion will lead to prosperity!鈥

鈧32 million funding boost for Smart Cities Research in Tallinn & Helsinki
Smart Cities Centre of Excellence to be established as a joint project between Tallinn University of Technology and Aalto University

Dinner tables instead of dumpsters
When a consumer movement in Germany started to develop ways to reduce food waste, a large number of usable food products closing their expiry date ended up on consumers鈥 plates instead of the landfill.

Alumni Ambassador Miikka Huhta: The Aalto University Mentoring Programme benefited me a lot
鈥淚 applied to the Aalto University Mentoring Program, and I鈥檓 glad I did, since it benefited me a lot!鈥 says the School of Business Alumni Ambassador Miikka Huhta. He emphasizes that the Mentoring Program is a good chance to get peer support from the other mentees.

Educational changes are made in the School of Business to meet future needs
A student project set a goal of identifying the most important future trends, the needs future business school graduates will have for skills and knowledge, and the best practices for the programme reform.

Helsinki Graduate School of Economics gets new professorship in data sciences聽
New professorship at the Aalto University School of Business made possible by joint 2.5 million euro donation from the Saastamoinen and Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundations聽

鈥楪ood enough鈥 is often 鈥榡ust fine鈥
Group mentoring event brings School of Business alumni and students together to talk about matters relating to work.

Aalto University accepts 1 062 new students for master's studies
The admission results were published 27 March. Congratulations to those accepted!

Professors Carl Fey, Ingmar Bj枚rkman and Eero Vaara are remarkable faculty members in the field of International Business
JIBS 50 Years Medals were awarded for Exceptional Contributions to the Journal.

School of Business awarded the Courses of the Year
Selecting the Courses of the Year 2018 started a new tradition, which highlights the high quality and ever developing teaching at the School of Business.

The festive graduation ceremony for MSc and DSc in Econ. and Bus.Admin. was held for the first time on the Otaniemi Campus
19 master's students and one doctoral student graduated.

Dissertation: Team entrepreneurship experiences develop students鈥 abilities to notice and utilise different opportunities in working life
According to the research, understanding and mutual respect develops through working together in teams.

Dissertation: Pursuing returns or supporting a cause? Investors are choosing equity crowdfunding for various reasons
The success of equity crowdfunding campaigns depends on many factors, such as campaign characteristics, the company's ability to leverage its networks and how easily understandable the products are, demonstrates a recent doctoral dissertation.

The winner of ORCID competition is...
Dean of the School of Business Ingmar Bj枚rkman was awarded a beautiful orchid as a prize for winning the competition.
School of Business building staircase invited art competition
New artwork will be located in the newest building on campus.

Aalto University鈥檚 academic results and campus developed favourably in 2018
The Board approved the Annual Board Report and Financial Statements for 2018 on 20 March 2019. The year 2018 was Aalto University鈥檚 ninth year of operations.

International Women's Day alumni seminar stirs up discussion of neural networks and peace
The topics covered in the alumni seminar also included new business models and the societal impact of AI and digitalisation.

Professor of Practice Jari Melgin was nominated Teacher of the Year by KY
Jari Melgin was applauded for his ability to create an atmosphere of openness and dialogue.

Konecranes became Premium Partner of School of Business
Cooperation was started with a student team taking a look into the current employee diversity situation at Konecranes.
