Helsinki and Espoo are Aalto University's strategic city partners. Key goals of cooperation include finding solutions for sustainable development and strengthening the Helsinki region as an area that attracts and holds on to people.
Collaboration in solving global challenges also opens new opportunities for students in the form of student work, for example. Aalto University and the University of Helsinki, as well as the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, and Vantaa, are working in close cooperation to advance the sustainable development of the cities. In the areas of urban research and planning, the two universities have a common Urban Studies and Planning master's programme and minor studies. Aalto University also has a professorship for urban economics led by Assistant Professor Tuukka Saarimaa.
Cooperation between the City of Helsinki and Aalto University is based on a shared view of the need to prepare for major changes in the world and the possibility of using them to build a more functional and safer world.
Aalto University and the City of Espoo want to find ways to build a more sustainable world both locally and globally. The aim of the cooperation is to encourage bold creativity in a new type of thinking, action, and continuous learning.
Aalto University engages in cooperation with many regional entities, including several regional councils. The University is represented in the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council cooperation group and it is also a partner in the Council's EU office, which represents the region's interests and disseminates regional information. Other cooperative partners include the Chamber of Commerce as well as the Centre for Economic Development, Transport, and the Environment (ELY Centre).
Continuous cooperation also takes place with the Regional Council of Häme, especially in innovation activities. The presidents of university-level institutions in the Helsinki region and municipal leaders have been holding joint meetings since 2007. In the shared vision, the Helsinki Metropolitan Area is being developed as a unified whole with an environment that is close to nature, and where it is good to live, learn, work, and engage in business.
Professor Jaan Praks has been chosen as Espoo's new congress ambassador
Designs for a Cooler Planet, Aalto University’s biggest annual exhibition showcasing the latest experiments, innovations, and prototypes by students and researchers, has received the prestigious Helsinki Design Award. The nearly two-month-long exhibition is now open on Aalto University’s campus, Espoo.
The exceptional employment outcomes are the result of collaboration, in which service design research has played a key role.
In the projects of the Kaupunkivaikutus collaboration, researchers are investigating urban nature as a means of climate adaptation, weighted-curriculum education and needs-based funding in comprehensive school, the impact of rail transport on people and businesses, and traffic disruptions.
The collaboration includes investments in the Otaniemi area, business and innovation activities, and efforts to integrate international talent.
Julia Lohmann's globally acknowledged seaweed pavilion is on display around the clock at A Bloc in Otaniemi, Finland.
This recognition highlights Professor Ilmoniemi's significant contributions to bringing and organising international scientific congresses and summer schools in Finland, Espoo, and abroad
The project has received funding from Unite! Seed Fund.
Katarina Blind, a student of product design, has designed a better bus experience for the public transport system in Helsinki and pitched it to the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority HSL
Understanding of computer science and mathematics becomes increasingly important in the field of DNA nanotechnology, says Professor Pekka Orponen
Tule kanssamme rakentamaan ihmevekottimia ja sukeltamaan pelikasvatuksen maailmaan talvilomaviikolla!
EU's Nature Restoration Regulation draws attention to the benefits of greenery in urban ecosystems.
The City of Helsinki, the City of Espoo, the City of Vantaa and the University of Helsinki and Aalto University have agreed to implement a scientific cooperation for the development of the Helsinki Capital Region in 2024-2028. Funding is now available for the period 2025-2027.
How can experiential knowledge collected from residents be utilized in urban planning?
In October 2024, students from Aalto University participated in the Incomplete City project, a globally recognized architectural exercise where participants design a city.
Aalto University’s doctoral conferment ceremonies for the fields of art and technology will take place 13 and 14 June 2019 in Dipoli in Otaniemi. Honorary doctors’ panel discussion will be held 11 June.
The Lux Helsinki light art festival 3-7 January 2024 will bring science and art together as artists Teemu Lehmusruusu and Roberto Fusco link their work to the CO-CARBON project's research data.
The city is looking for solutions to current challenges together with Aalto University’s Department of Design.
Achieving Helsinki's carbon neutrality goal requires new impactful measures. According to the recent study by Aalto University's economics working group, areas with CO2 emission-free transportation would be an efficient way to reduce emissions in Helsinki's transportation sector. A sufficient transition period would be a prerequisite for success.
Aalto University is once again widely represented in Helsinki Design Week's official programme, all throughout the festival on 8 – 17 September 2023. Come and explore Aalto at HDW through exhibitions and events – see this list to explore what, where and when!
Cooperating on ways to build a more sustainable world
As Espoo Ambassador, Professor Piekkari will represent Espoo's scientific excellence when travelling around the world
Espoo has a new congress ambassador, professor of engineering physics Peter Lund, who was chosen as the Espoo Ambassador 2023. The award recognises Lund's significant contribution to inviting and organising international scientific congresses in Finland, Espoo, and abroad.
Discover the diverse array of events and training courses offered by Business Helsinki.
The goal is to spur innovations in bioeconomy.
Minor for students from School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Aalto University, City of Espoo and Aalto University Student Union (AYY) invitation-only concert.
CO-CARBON on mukana järjestämässä kevään 2024 YHYS politiikkadialogia, jossa syvennytään kaupunkimaaperään ja maaperälähtöiseen kaupunkisuunnitteluun. Tervetuloa!
In this event arts, design, tech and business students from Aalto University meet employers offering summer jobs.
According to professor, voluntary compensation becomes a way of contributing to sustainable development in conferences.
The project combines GIS-based data (Syke) with qualitative data and user involvement (Aalto University) in order to assess possibilities to enhance actions towards more user-friendly environment.
