Collaboration

Research collaboration strengthens expertise and business development. New product and service ideas are created in study projects. Our campus offers an inspiring operating and networking environment. At Aalto's recruitment events, companies meet the top talents of the future.

Students walking and working in the basement floor of the Harald Herlin Learning center / photo by Aalto University, Aino Huovio

The most significant benefit of our collaboration with Aalto University is the expertise it provides us.

Matti Kauhanen, Business Unit Technology Manager, ABB Oy Drives and Controls

President Ilkka Niemelä: ‘We make an impact in society together with our partners’

At best, collaboration between Aalto University and corporates brings about solutions with a great impact on society. Collaboration leads to change toward a more sustainable world, develops new skills and knowledge, and creates jobs.

Rehtori Ilkka Niemelä katse kameraan suunnattuna, kuvattuna Dipolissa

Strategic partnership is a long-term commitment

We create impact together with our corporate partners. By combining the latest knowledge with leading industrial expertise, we develop sustainable solutions and educate future talents for business.

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Kimmo Karhu is a post-doctoral researcher at Aalto University.

Research & Art Published: 1.6.2023

The BalticSeaH2 project starts building a hydrogen valley around the Baltic Sea

Aalto University will focus on studying the use of data-mediated network effects to boost the growth in the hydrogen valley.

Multiple coils of different shapes within the same transcranial magnetic stimulation device: figures of eight, loops and circles. Photo: Aalto University

Campus, Research & Art Published: 22.5.2023

Invisible: From a mini-sized supersensor to a forgotten building material - the exhibition will make the invisible visible

See the future in a whole new way at the Designs for a Cooler Planet festival this September. The theme, "Invisible," encourages us to look beyond the surface and consider what lies beneath.

Cooperation, Studies Published: 5.5.2023

A student team surveyed opportunities for a new operating model in EY legal services

The goal of the project was to observe the potential of new operating models in the legal services sector that has remained the same for a long time

Students enjoying a complementary drink on a stand

Cooperation, University Published: 4.5.2023

Thousands of Aalto students and over a hundred representatives of different organisations meet

The next Aalto Talent Expo recruitment fair will take over Otahalli on 2 November 2023

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What can we do together?

We offer companies opportunities for collaboration in all areas of Aalto's operations, as well as possibilities for networking with researchers, teachers and our active student community. The collaboration can start with even a small project, and grow into a long-term strategic partnership. We encourage also the SMEs to become involved!

For a company, the research collaboration is most beneficial when it is fundamental, long-term and strategic. Usually, in this kind of projects the costs and productivity risks are high if the research is carried out by the company alone.

The possibilities for research collaboration extend from single research projects to long-term funding of strategic research and personnel, often including the utilization of the university’s extensive research infrastructure.

Explore our research collaboration options

Teaching cooperation offers a natural way for businesses to

get new insights and explore alternative perspectives
get in touch with students
gain visibility and develop their employer brand amongst students

The range of collaboration spans from guest lectures and real-life cases to multidisciplinary study projects and thesis assignments.

Explore our teaching collaboration options

Career Services help employers in recruiting and building their employer image amongst students. We'll help you to:

recruit a student
reach Aalto students for career development and open positions
participate in recruitment events
organise an event of your own at the campus

More information and contact details can be found here

Explore our in-service training options:

Aalto University Open University

provides single university courses and parts of degree programs for everybody who is interested in our branches of science

Aalto University Executive Education Oy

provides in-service education for executives (Aalto EE), professionals (Aalto PRO) and entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs (Aalto ENT).

Participating in our seminars and events is an excellent way to learn, network and stay up-to-date with the latest developments in your industry.

Browse our events here

Are you looking for an office space for your company, or would you like to organize an event at the campus? Maybe you are looking for an easy way to network with our experts and the innovative startup community.

Aalto Campus & Real Estate (ACRE) rents out facilities from the campus area.

Learn more about ACRE

Campus membership including access to our coworking spaces and possibility to participate activities at our innovation community A Grid, which has been developed in order to make collaboration projects easier and enhance networking.

Learn more about the innovation community A Grid

Research knowledge and new innovations

The cooperation supports the company's innovation activities and business development.

Future talents

The cooperation facilitates the discovery of future experts and offers diverse opportunities for staff development.

Networks and special resources

The collaboration opens access to our research infrastructure and our extensive national and international network.

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Support for university development

The collaboration helps us at Aalto to develop research and education to meet the changing needs of business. It improves the quality and effectiveness of our operations as well as our access to finance.