In 2018 Aalto University and Nokia signed a partnership agreement to strengthen research and co-operation in the fields of information and communications technology, artificial intelligence, business, and arts and design.
There are currently close to 20 ongoing research projects involving professors, postdoctoral researchers, and doctoral and master's students from Aalto and Nokia. Represented fields include, for example, 5G technology, signal processing, antenna technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things, mobile cloud computing and advanced materials. Also, experts from Nokia are often seen as visiting lecturers at Aalto.
Nokia funds approximately two Ph.D. thesis and 20 MSc thesis yearly. Furthermore, Nokia Foundation grants approximately fifteen scholarships for doctoral studies and research.
Nokia is active in recruiting Aalto students, who are highly valued in the company as trainees and in the entry level positions. Aalto student Veikko Saikkonen shares his career story on a video:
Nokia decided to fast-track the adoption of large language models (LLMs) in software development. For support, Nokia partnered with Aalto EE to create a custom-built training program.
In her master's thesis, made in collaboration with Nokia, Riina Kostiainen researched dividing 5G networks into virtual slices, which ensure bandwidth for such critical devices.
The Computer Engineering major to be launched this autumn will educate the computer engineering experts that leading companies in the field desperately need in Finland.
Opening the door to two decades of Nokia’s inner workings, a new online portal brings never-before-seen material to the public.
Nokia Bell Labs scholarships were awarded to women pursuing postgraduate studies in the School of Electrical Engineering and in the School of Science.
Nokia's industrial doctoral schools in Aalto have been a success. Nokia donates another 480,000€ to them.
