Digital Aalto

Aalto University has a very ambitious goal: within the next few years, we are going to be a leading European university with regards to digitalisation research and practice. Digital Aalto is a university-level strategic initiative and you are invited to join us on our journey towards a digital future.

At Aalto University, digitalisation is a crucial means to adapt to the continuous changes around us; meshing the physical world with the digital. By constantly improving and furthering digitalisation, we aim to empower and support everyone in the Aalto community.

MAGICS-infrastruktuuri mahdollistaa virtuaalitodellisuuden hyödyntämisen muun muassa taiteellisissa esityksissä. Kuva: Aalto Studios.

Aalto University, the University of the Arts Helsinki, and Tampere University are collaborating to develop a virtual meeting which looks and feels as if all participants were sharing the same space. In addition to the senses of sight and hearing, a feeling of authenticity can also be created through touch and smell.

15.12.2020 News

Person sitting on a pink couch in front of a big window holding a laptop

A new research project by Aalto University and LUT University examines the utilisation of surplus heat from data centres and the design of more efficient digital services, for example.

28.1.2021 News

The new virtual campus tour allows users to experience the Aalto University campus from anywhere in the world.

16.2.2021 News

Data literacy for Aalto community

Start your journey towards data-driven way of working already today!

Main illustration for data literacy for members of Aalto community

Join time to level up community! #timetolevelup

Time to level up is a campaign and a community promoting the ways you can employ new (and not so new) technologies and techniques to make your work and study a breeze.

Media Repository project

Aalto University is procuring a repository system that performs as a digital preservation, showcasing and asset management system for all digital content, especially audiovisual media and administrative data.

Third dimension in data digitisation

Aalto Archives ceramics collection is transformed into digital 3D format with a high-tech PhotoRobot. In the following years students and teachers will be using the PhotoRobot in their own creative projects.

Main areas of Digital Aalto

Digital transformation happens everywhere - in teaching, learning, research, creative practices, collaboration and at the campus.

Digitalisation in Teaching & Learning is striving to offer more value for students, teachers, researchers and university leaders and the goal is to create user-centric, flexible and high-quality digital services to enable more personalised and adaptive learning. In the near future, advanced educational analytics and machine intelligence will aid data-driven decision-making as well as supporting student success and well-being. The aim is to integrate new concepts and ideas from the specialised knowledge and skills that the Aalto community possesses, and to differentiate through research-derived, multi-disciplinary and challenge-based learning.

The goal of digitalisation in research & innovation is to have an excellent infrastructure for research, art and collaboration. We emphasise data analytics capabilities for research intelligence and management. Aalto University’s research and innovation ecosystem provide on-demand resources for research, design and innovations, and unique opportunities for collaboration.

The goal for 2022 is to be an attractive and unique collaboration hub, while being an energy self-sufficient campus supported by IoT. Working spaces will be upgraded to be smarter supported by high-end IT infrastructure, campus-wide connectivity and AV systems. The whole digital campus experience is completed by real-time space availability status and smart booking systems supported with smart campus navigation.

The goal of partnerships in digital transformation is to have a world-class community-driven partner engagement for research, creative practices & education. The goal is to also have excellent support for partnership segmentation and analytics for decision-making; personalised, contextual CRM and communications, and multichannel partner experience.

Digitalisation in communication & collaboration makes sure that high-performance communications platform, exceptional analytics and site diagnostics will be the basis for the experience, with simple site creation and updated and easy to use collaboration and services. A blended digital and physical campus will offer a unique and seamless Aalto service experience, and collaborative practices and thorough creativity of Aalto community will become one of our greatest assets.

Digitalisation in this area means digitalising various forms and workflows, and simultaneously streamline processes to best serve Aalto University's academic faculty, staff and students' needs. The aim is to provide excellent digital support services for academic personnel, recruitment and career management, as well as manage HR & finance real-time planning, reporting and analytics. The Aalto digital infrastructure is an integration hub that aims to develop the main existing and future digital platforms, keeping the user in center to inspire innovation and co-operation.

Digital Accessibility

Digital accessibility guidance for Aalto web sites, e-services, mobile applications and documents to implement the national Act on the Provision of Digital Services (306/2019).

Student at laptop. Photo by Aalto University / Aino Huovio

Higher Education Institutes’ Digivision 2030

Aalto University is an active member of this joint program that aims to renew Finnish higher education with digitalisation and make Finland a model country for flexible learning.