Aalto Media Lab
Aalto Media Lab
The Media Lab was founded in 1994 and is now a part of the Department of Media at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture of the Aalto University.
The mission of the Media Lab is to explore, discover and comprehend the new digital technology and its impact in society; to find and exploit the possibilities it opens to communication, interaction and expression and to evaluate, understand and deal with the challenges it poses to design and creative production.
News
ÄÄNIAALTO VII & Flux Island – Open call
Submissions are now open for ÄÄNIAALTO VII & Flux Island!
New Media Master's Thesis presentations / Mon 13.12.2021
Welcome to follow New Media Master’s Thesis presentations!
Games Now! – Open lectures on game development
Games Now! is an open lecture series on the dominant topics and emerging trends in games.
Artist talk: Kimchi and Chips
We are pleased to welcome you to an artist talk by Kimchi and Chips!Events
Aalto Media Lab Spring Demo Day 2023
The Demo Day is an open gathering of the Media Lab's students, alumni, staff and friends. You are all welcome!Latest Theses
The theses from the Media Lab are on public display at the Aalto University library as well as some of the latest ones also online. First recorded theses are from 1997 up to this date.
Media Lab Demo Days
Already in the late 1990s we adopted the slogan, ‘hands on with minds on’ to explain our work. We also adopted the ‘demo or die’ attitude of other Media Labs and formalised this into bi-annual Demodays, organised at the end of each term.
Apply to Media Lab
Media Lab at the Department of Media offers interdisciplinary studies in design and production of new media, games and sound. Also various areas and amounts of design, arts, computer science, communication, cognitive science, sociology etc. are present during your studies in Media Lab.
Department of Media
The Department of Media is an academic community of approximately 500 students and 80 staff members. We conduct research and provide education in Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral programmes across a broad range of subjects and themes.
School of Arts, Design and Architecture
The School of Arts, Design and Architecture is one of the most prestigious universities in its fields. We educate our students to create imaginative, collaborative, compassionate and unconventional approaches to the most pressing challenges of today.
Interested in getting a doctor's degree in arts?
Aalto University offers doctor's degree programmes in art.
Looking back at Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees in Arts, Design and Architecture 2013
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School of Arts, Design and Architecture graduates in working life
School of Arts, Design and Architecture Master's graduates are successful in finding jobs corresponding to their education. On this page you can find information on job titles, job sectors and career development of our graduates.
Get a degree in arts, design and architecture
We educate the next generation of filmmakers, designers, artists and art educators, photographers, architects and researchers to impact society through their creative work and research.
Honorary doctors of Arts 2019
At the conferment ceremony of Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture eight new honorary doctors in the field of arts were conferred their doctorates.
Dress code for the School of Arts, Design and Architecture 2019 Ceremonial Conferment
Dress code - School of Arts, Design and Architecture 2019 Ceremonial Conferment