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Try the easier way to give feedback on facilities
Projector not working, lights broken, trash bin needs emptying? The new feedback feature has now been added to the Aalto Space application. Now you can easily leave feedback or report an issue regarding the facilities.

Biorefineries and Herbert Sixta in spotlight at 2022 seminar
Biorefineries research group annual seminar presented the latest developments in forest-based, sustainable refineries and analytical tools.

Honorary Doctor Tuomas Tenkanen is inspired by the integration of technologies
Tuomas Tenkanen, CEO of Mobidiag Oy, a company focused on infectious disease diagnostics, has been named an honorary doctor of Aalto University, in the field of technology. Tenkanen's pioneering work represents key areas of research at Aalto University, life sciences and health and well-being technologies, combining expertise in enzymatics, diagnostic hardware and IT.

Honorary doctors in technology 2020 - 2022
Aalto University has granted ten Honorary Doctorates of Science in Technology. The new honorary doctors have all made significant impact in science, technology and society.

Inclusive European student mobility being developed in Unite's new project IDEM
The aim is to facilitate, for example, the full participation of students with disabilities and refugee backgrounds in exchange and mobility programs.

Design builds transformation capacity
The book Designing Change is a quick and readable cross-section of Aalto's world-leading design research

Proposal embodying innovative design won Otaniemen Tietokorttelit architecture competition
The winning proposal, nicknamed Superpositio, for the Biology and Marine Technology area design competition in Otaniemi, Espoo

Aalto University offers places to visiting researchers fleeing Ukraine war
Nearly 250 donations for Ukrainian students to study at Aalto so far

Master鈥檚 theses prizes have been awarded
The Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering awards thesis prizes to master of science graduates in technology and doctor of science graduates in technology in 2021.

Unite's new Mission Statement 2030 leads the way forward for the university alliance
Unite! wants to pave the way for the excellence in research, innovation and education that is essential to meet the challenges of our time.

Unite! supports the manifesto for the future of universities in Europe
The Manifesto presents students鈥 ideas on the future of Higher Education in Europe, as well as recommendations to make European universities more in line with their expectations.

Professor Emeritus Herbert Sixta: 鈥淭he most important task of a professor is to educate young people, to help them build their career鈥
After an extensive career in academia and the forest-based industries, Professor Herbert Sixta has retired. Having worked in Austria for 25 years, Sixta arrived 91青青草 in 2007, where his research in biorefineries helped create, among other things, the Ioncell process, a technology that turns used textiles, pulp, and paper into new textile fibres sustainably and without chemicals.

More than 12 000 applicants in joint application to Finnish and Swedish degree programmes
Applicants鈥 interest in Aalto University鈥檚 bachelor鈥檚 programmes remains strong.

Charlotte Zborowski and Pedro Silva start as Data Agents at the School of Chemical Engineering
Aalto research data management network has two new members, Charlotte Zborowski and Pedro Silva. Their aim is to support data management practices at the School of Chemical Engineering.

Mets盲 Group donates 160聽000 euros 91青青草 University
The donation has been allocated to the field of technology within the framework of the Finnish government鈥檚 match funding campaign.

Master's student Akseli Rautakorpi: 鈥滳hemistry plays a central role in solving our biggest societal problems"
Akseli Rautakorpi chose Chemistry and Materials Science as his Bachelor's major. Currently, Akseli is studying and working part-time as a member of a research team.

Aalto University endowment provided EUR 31 million in 2021 to fund education and research
Progress towards carbon neutral endowment portfolio continued in 2021

Aalto University has set its sights firmly on building a sustainable future
Board approved the Annual Board Report and Financial Statements for 2021

Unite! presents its strategic roadmap towards open science in the digital age
The roadmap includes objectives, recommendations and actions that Aalto and the other universities of the alliance can promote to make Unite! a European driver of open science and innovation by 2023.
