Making Waves
Discussing diversity and inclusiveness in our community
Get together
A range of inspiring activities, events and initiatives are taking place in our Schools, units and student union.
Networks and events
Aalto Readers' Club
Join our dynamic book club at Aalto University!
QueerA! Network
QueerA! is a network for queer staff members from Aalto University across all schools and services.
A! Walk
A! Walks is a summer course centered around walking-based learning, exploring Otaniemi campus and its surrounding urban–natural spaces. Rather than standalone lectures or experiments, the program is designed as a curated sequence of sensory, interdisciplinary walks, guiding participants toward experiences in coexistence, awareness, action, and futures. If successful, A! Walks may be continued during the regular semester.
Life in Academia
Life in Academia is a series of talks where experiences are shared, lessons are learned, and new perspectives are embraced.
Aalto Social - internal social media communties
There are already dozens of communities, from campus gems to book clubs and pet channels, as well as from everyday artificial intelligence to sports and learning languages and new things.
Student associations
Whether you are an exchange student, international degree student, or Finnish all the way, you can meet people from all over the world in the international associations.
Societal associations within AYY provide opportunities for developing networks and working life skills, engaging in social advocacy, as well as participating in political and spiritual activities.
List of all associations
Continue an old hobby or start a completely new one, find like-minded friends, learn and gain experiences! There are more than 200 associations operating within AYY, so the range of activities is...
Aalto clubs for personnel
You are welcome to join Aalto's different clubs for personnel!
Inclusivity fund
Schools are funding projects that foster and encourage diversity, inclusivity and equity. We encourage our community members to apply, as no initiative to advance equal opportunities for all is too small for this funding.
School of Business Diversity and Inclusivity Fund
The School of Business is funding projects that foster and encourage diversity, inclusivity and equality
Apply funding for your diversity and inclusivity initiative
The School of Science is funding projects that foster and encourage diversity, inclusivity and equality.
Apply funding for your diversity and inclusivity initiative
The School of Electrical Engineering is funding projects that foster and encourage diversity, inclusivity and equality
Upcoming events at Aalto
Unfolding Design Culture: practical investigations explores possibilities for a new praxis of design and enquiry.
Symposium on post-solutionist design culture: how Design Culture Studies scholars practice creatively, engage publics, and generate insights beyond project conventions.ELEC Introduction to Doctoral Studies, autumn 2026 (course)
ELEC Introduction to Doctoral Studies course, autumn 2026, for recently admitted doctoral students
Affordable Housing in the 1910s–1930s: New Narratives on Unbeaten Tracks?
Seminar reexamines 1910s–1930s affordable housing across Europe to inform today’s design, conservation, density, and livability debates.