Corporate collaboration
Boosting business through collaboration
Research collaboration strengthens expertise and future 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.
Shaping the Sustainable Future — Together with our Partners
President Ilkka Niemelä to employers: ’Let’s connect each student with Finnish working life’
Aalto University wants to work with employers to integrate the international talent that Finland clearly needs.
Join the MEC-funded doctoral pilot at Aalto University 2024-2027
Aalto University offers companies and organizations a unique opportunity to participate in the doctoral education pilot funded by MEC.
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What could 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.
Teaching collaboration gives your organisation visibility among students, allows you to meet future talent and introduce you to the scientific community.
- 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.
When you are recruiting students for summer jobs, internships and thesis placements, Career Design Lab's employer services are at your disposal:
- Recruit a student
- Reach Aalto students for career development and job vacancies
- Participate in recruitment events
- Organise your own recruitment event on campus
- Be a mentor to introduce students to the world of work and develop their work-life skills
Learning can happen regardless of time or place. We offer high quality learning content for every need: both for individuals and for organizations.
→ Read more about lifewide learning for organisations
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Matti Kauhanen, Business Unit Technology Manager, ABB Oy Drives and ControlsThe most significant benefit of our collaboration with Aalto University is the expertise it provides us.
News
Design strengthens industrial competitiveness – human-centered factory work at the core
Factory work is undergoing a transformation: new technologies and artificial intelligence are changing the content and roles of work. Aalto University’s Department of Design is studying this change from a human-centered perspective in the HiFive project.
Eden Telila's master's thesis contributed to Ramboll's geotechnical toolkit
Geoengineering alum Eden Telila helped Ramboll automate manual tasks.
What drives success in the film and audiovisual industries? New research to support growth and competitiveness
Aalto University Department of Film is leading a €1.6 million Co-Innovation research project, SmartSuccessAV, funded by Business Finland. The project aims to gain new research-based knowledge on how success in the Film and AV industry is managed and how decision-making is structured as production, financing, and distribution structures change.
Doctoral pilot programme produces the best experts in artificial intelligence
The AI-DOC doctoral pilot program produces top AI experts in Finland. Companies would be wise to establish relationships already during their doctoral studies.Events
Guest talk: Cédric Colas "Autotelic Curiosity - The Co-Evolution of Goals and Behaviors"
Dr. Cédric Colas from MIT and Inria will give a guest talk at the Department of Computer Science
Alumni get-together in Copenhagen
Join an after work meeting for Aalto University alumni and friends in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Joint Finnish Alumni events in China
Meet alumni from Finnish universities in Beijing and Shanghai in March 2026 at the Finnish embassy's event in China.