Career Design Lab

Career Design Lab

is a learning hub for shaping sustainable and meaningful careers

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Career design is a creative approach for leading your career with meaning, experimentation, and collaboration. Creating a path that is sustainable in terms of your wellbeing and impact while finding meaningfulness is at the core of what career design aims for.

At Career Design Lab, we provide research-based, creative services and collaborate with the Aalto University community and partners. We support Aalto students and alumni in career design, collaborate with alumni and organizations, connect employers with Aalto talent and help all lifewide learners prepare for the future of work. Let’s shape a sustainable future of work – together!

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Career Design Lab Blog (external link)

This blog provide insights on how work is changing and how you can design a meaningful career path.

News

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Unite! Secures €7.2 Million in EU Funding

The next phase of the Unite! alliance will start in November 2026, bringing continued opportunities for Aalto students, faculty and staff.
Alumni in Munich May 2026
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Alumni encounters from Zurich to Washington D.C.

From keynote events in the US and Germany to after works in Switzerland, alumni across borders, industries and generations were reuniting this spring and summer to celebrate connections, share stories, and spark new opportunities.
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Discover Aalto Founder School

Aalto Founder School helps students develop the mindset and skills to create something new. Open to all Aalto students, it offers multiple ways to explore entrepreneurship through Founder Talks, the Founder Minor, and Founder Sprint.
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Keep in touch: a friend book for building your student network

A student team designed a friend book for Aalto University Shop to help students build contacts and make connections.
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Career Services for School of Business students

Aalto University School of Business Career Services offer a wide range of services to our students.

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For alumni

As an alum, you are part of Aalto community. Let's stay connected and develop together!

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Advancement

We develop alumni activities and build relationships with donors.

Services
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