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Events

Events, seminars, exhibitions, parties and meetings: Our lively campus connects people in all sorts of activities. Many events are also online. Which would you attend?

Future campus

Together with the City of Espoo, an environment that supports interaction is being built in Otaniemi for research, innovations, learning and the arts. The goal of campus development is to mix valuable history and new ways of planning.

From campus to a lively neighbourhood

Aerial view, Archive photo in black and white of the Otaniemi campus in 1966

“Ave Alma Mater, morituri te salutant”

In 1949, Aino and Alvar Aalto's architecture firm's proposal won the Otaniemi area plan design competition. Since then, the campus has become the first hub of world class research, a pioneer of modern architecture, the stage for the CSCE and the home of Finland’s first satellite.

Travel back in time on campus

A woman stands on a stage at Slush in 2019

Startup campus

70-100 are founded in our ecosystem every year. More than half of companies founded in Finnish universities come from Aalto. Our energetic community consists of both student-led and university-run entrepreneurial activities.

Aerial view in winter of Väre and School of Business buildings during contruction, solar panels in view

2069 solar panels and 100 geothermal wells

The key environmental impacts of the campus are related to energy consumption and transport. We have decreased our annual carbon dioxide emission of real estates' energy use by 40% since 2012. The aim is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030.

Dipoli from above in the autumn, trees with yellow leaves surround Dipoli on a sunny day

Functional, radical and modern

A campus that transforms with its community, boasts a wonderful mix of new and old - Otaniemi is a treasure trove filled with Finnish architectural gems.

In the centre of the image is LUMEN, a sculpture by Kirsi Kaulanen, in Väre building during daytime

One percent for art

Aalto University applies the one per cent art principle in its building projects, where approximately one per cent of a building project's allocation is allocated to art purchases.

Dive into the public art on campus

Aerial view of the campus in summer, Undergraduate Centre, Learning Centre, Väre, A Bloc and School of Business in view on a sunny day. Grass and trees are vibrant and green.

Protected linden alleys from mansion-era

Planted in the 19th century, the linden alleys that once guided visitors to the main buildings of the Hagalund and Otnäs manors are the most popular filming locations on the Otaniemi campus.

What is a green and urban campus?

University locations

Metsähovi

Töölö

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Mikkeli

Otaniementie 12

Otakaari 27

Information on Aalto University campus restaurants and cafés. Please check each restaurant’s and café’s own website for information on exceptional opening hours.

Book a venue for your event at the Aalto University campus

Aalto University offers versatile and high-quality facilities for different kinds of events. More than 100 spaces are available and they are located on the Otaniemi campus.

Coworking spaces

A Grid invites companies to join the Aalto community on the Otaniemi campus by opening membership-based coworking venues around the university's interdisciplinary themes.

Research, education and new solutions in the fields of mechanical engineering, civil engineering and built environment.

At the School of Business we strive for better business and better society. We excel in education and research with a multidisciplinary approach and in collaboration with our partners.

At the School of Chemical Engineering, we combine natural sciences and engineering in a unique way.

Science for tomorrow’s technology, innovations and businesses

At the School of Electrical Engineering, we are experts in systems science developing integrated solutions from care of the elderly to space robotics.

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.

An autumnal aerial view of Aalto University campus from Laajalahti, autumn colours, yellow and orange, are prominent in the trees — Aerial view of campus from the sea. Photo: Aalto University / Matti Ahlgren

Dipoli and Pinecone in February snowy scene, light snow covering on buildings, rocks and tree branches — Dipoli and Pinecone in the winter. Photo: Aalto University / Anni Kääriä

Undergraduate Centre and parts of Alvarinaukio square in the winter, sunlight warming the red brick walls of Undergraduate Centre. People walking up the steps next to the building, dressed warm. — Undergraduate Centre and Alvarinaukio square. Photo: Aalto University / Anni Kääriä

Aalto_University_campus_spring_2019_photo_Matti_Ahlgren.jpg — Undergraduate Centre in the spring. Photo: Aalto University / Matti Ahlgren

A tree branch with green leaves, more green trees in the background — Campus in the spring. Photo: Aalto University / Mikko Raskinen

väre aalto-yliopisto solar panels mikko raskinen — Aerial view of central campus block and its solar panels. Photo: Aalto University / Mikko Raskinen

A snowy path going through the Laajalahti route in early spring, last year's tall grass in view, framed with birches and aspen tree trunks, tree tops not in view — Walking route towards Laajalahti nature reserve in the winter. Photo: Aalto University / Mikko Raskinen

BIZ students — Students next to School of Business in the summer. Photo: Aalto University / Unto Rautio

Picture of outdoors campus — Alvarinaukio in the summer. Photo: Aalto University / Mikko Raskinen

Pathway among birch trees — Campus route in nature reserve in the summer. Photo: Aalto University / Anni Kääriä

Otaniemi campus in summer. — Undergraduate Centre and Alvarinaukio square in the summer. Photo: Aalto University / Mikko Raskinen

Aalto-yliopisto Väre A Bloc Kauppakorkeakoulu ilmakuva Kuva: Mikko Raskinen / Aalto-yliopisto — A Bloc, Väre, School of Business and Undergraduate Centre in the summer. Photo: Suomen Ilmakuva

Kaksi henkilöä kampuksella. — Linden alley in the summer. Photo: Aalto University / Mikko Raskinen

Two cyclists on their bikes with their backs to the camera, cycling on a path through the woods in Otaniemi, autumnal colours — Autumnal cycle route on campus. Photo: Aalto University / Anni Kääriä

Career Services support internships in Finland and abroad. — Cycling on campus. Photo: Aalto University / Unto Rautio

Campus life by Unto Rautio — Students next to the old oak in front of Väre building. Photo: Aalto University / Unto Rautio

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Campus, Cooperation Published: 25.1.2022

Colliding students and startups in A Grid’s Omnia Makerspace

Omnia Makerspace was launched in startup hub A Grid’s first floor opposite Restaurant Factory in April 2019. Since then, the space has evolved from an empty basement into a flourishing workspace where students and startups collide.

Drone image of Otaniemi campus in early December, light covering of snow everywhere, with low sun shining

Campus, University Published: 21.1.2022

The origin of the name Otaniemi is a mystery

What gave the university campus area its name?

Campus, University Published: 17.1.2022

Two linden trees near Otaniementie to be renewed

The trees will soon be given a new life as decaying wood art.

Image depicts a white wall with the words IV Konehuone OLO sprayed on it in red, referring that the engine room for AC is that way.

Campus, Press releases, University Published: 12.1.2022

Aalto University announces two art competitions for a campus block under construction

The competitions seek for artworks to be placed in Aalto Works block, currently under construction

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Exhibitions and fairs 21.1.–3.2.2022

Datemats - Designing with emerging materials and technologies

27.1.

Online event 27.1.2022 14:00 – 15:30

CSNOW - The Network of Women in Computer Science

On January 27 come and hear about the CSNOW initiative at ETH Zurich for breaking down gender-based barriers and prejudices.

27.1.

Dissertations 27.1.2022 18:00 – 21:00

Defence of dissertation in the field of Bioproduct technology, M.Sc (tech.) Rubina Ajdary

M.Sc.(Tech.) Rubina Ajdary will defend the dissertation "Structuring of Nanocelluloses in 3-D Functional Materials" on 27 January 2022 at 18 in Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems.

Exhibitions and fairs 28.1.–11.2.2022

Jaettua sähköä / Spatial current - Group exhibition

Jaettua sähköä / Spatial current is a contemplating group exhibition utilizing audiovisual techniques and photography, with the works conversing on the relationship of the individual to their surroundings.

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Published: 10.4.2018
Updated: 18.1.2022

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