For alumni

Join events

Aalto University and its partners organise hundreds of events every year, open to alumni, partners and the general public. You can also find the exhibitions below, after the events.

Event highlights

See all
Anniversary Class Reunion 21.8.2026
Networking –

School of Business Anniversary Class Reunion 21.8.2026

For the first time, we invite to a joint class reunion everyone who started their studies at the School of Business 10, 20, or 30 years ago!
Text ‘DESIGNS FOR A COOLER PLANET’ on a bright white circle with green glow on a dark background
Exhibitions –

Designs for a Cooler Planet 2026 exhibition

Curious to catch a glimpse of tomorrow? Welcome to experience our largest exhibition of the year!
Blue Aalto CS Talks banner with white slogan text: Come curious — leave inspired
Lectures and seminars, Networking –

Aalto CS Talks

Corinna Coupette: TBA
Sebastian Szyller: TBA
Poster for Aalto University talk ‘We Design, But We Are Not Designers’, text over cropped portrait.
Lectures and seminars –

We Design, But We Are Not Designers

In this Design Interrupted panel discussion, we delve into the limits of design as seen from outside its professional confines.
See all

4.8. 13:00 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Department of Mathematics and system analysis talks:
Employing Deep Neural Operators for Optimal Control

4. - 28.8. Otaniemi
Dissertations e.g.: geoinformatics, mathematics and statistics, computer science, biotechnology, processing of materials, neuroscience and biomedical engineering, communications engineering, architecture, communications engineering and networking technology, engineering physics, electronic and digital systems, bioproduct technology, design, biotechnology

21.8. 18-22 Aalto Töölö, Helsinki
School of Business Anniversary Class Reunion

25.8. 15:15 Otakaari 1, Otaniemi
Algebra, Number Theory, and Applications Research seminars:
Guillermo Mantilla-Soler (U. Nacional de Colombia)

25.8. 17-20 Design Factory, Puumiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi
Reshaping Spatial Acoustics – Stakeholder reception

26.8. 10-11 online
100STARTUPS Masterclass:
Entrepreneurship ABC

27. - 28.8. Konemiehentie 1, Otaniemi
Fonetiikan päivät (in Finnish)

27.8. 15-17 Viima, Puumiehenkuja 5, Otaniemi
Aalto Creatives afterwork & info event

29.8. 17:00 Sibelius Hall, Lahti
Dominante choir concert at Sibelius festival

29.8. 18:00 City Hall, Mariehamn, Åland
The polytech Orchestra: Tour Concert

until 30.8. The Old Granary, Fiskarsintie 333, Fiskars
Aalto Universitey at Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale: Sense of Water & Material Flow
 

What would you like to learn next?

Exhibitions

Poster

Näyttely26

Aalto Fashion and Textile graduate exhibition at the Bio Rex Outer Foyer at Lasipalatsi

– Events
YUIMA NAKAZATO, GLACIER, March 2025, photographed in Hailuoto.

Tomorrow's wardrobe & fashion futuring

We need a fashion futuring approach and a new mindset—how we design and manufacture, and how we understand fashion—and this seminar aims to offer that.

– Events
Keuhkot_Lungs_installation at LUX Helsinki

Lungs of the City: an exhibition on the carbon cycles of urban green

The exhibition in Think Corner, presents the special characteristics of the carbon cycles of urban green, and also shares tips for home gardeners.

– Events
Poster for “From Fragments” exhibition with broken floral plate and beaded LOVE bracelet on pastel background

From Fragments / Sirpaleista exhibition

Created in collaboration with GAYY, Aalto CHAIR and Starting Point of Wellbeing, the exhibition brings together artists, collaborators, and community to reflect on the pieces that shape who we are.

– Events
Designs for a Cooler Planet

Research becomes real-world solutions in autumn exhibition – Designs for a Cooler Planet showcases work by researchers and students

Aalto University’s largest annual exhibition, Designs for a Cooler Planet, will point the way to the future this autumn. It will feature more than 20 practical solutions, experiments and ideas from researchers and students.

News
Renata Jakowleff «Blue» 2017, 190 x 160 x 40 cm, glass and steel, assembled Photo: Mikko Raskinen

Public art collections at Aalto University

The aim of public art across Aalto is to create a vibrant environment for experiencing the world through various perspectives and for embracing imagination, intuition, and exploration.

Research & Art
Aalto betaspace, an exhibition venue for students at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture / photo by Julia Weckman.

Aalto galleries and exhibition venues

How can we make space for unexpected ways of looking at the world? Galleries and exhibition venues are co-produced spaces for action, bringing together the knowledge, content, vision, and passion of different agents.

Research & Art
Wood and Clay course exhibition organised by Nathalie Lautenbacher, Väre Main Lobby, March 2019

Väre Exhibitions

Väre Exhibitions, School of Art, Architecture and Design

Research & Art

See more exhibitions online

Visitors at an exhibition exploring sustainable materials. Displays include furniture, small plants, and design elements.

Designs for a Cooler Planet 2025 exhibition

Aalto University’s biggest annual exhibition presents visionary cross-disciplinary work. Come explore prototypes, experiments and solutions.

– Events
Colourful abstract graphics for Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 visual identity.

Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 – Exhibitions

What don't we see even though we should – or could? Explore the exhibitions of Designs for a Cooler Planet 2023 to discover what Aalto students and researchers should be made visible.

Designs for a Cooler Planet
Image from remote site: virtualexhibitions.aalto.fi

DIALOGUES Creating New Textile Futures | Aalto Virtual Exhibitions (external link)

DIALOGUES – Creating New Textile Futures by AaltoTEXTILES

Life 1.5 in black font and Designs for a Cooler Planet logo on a white, fragmented background.

Life 1.5 – an exhibition of planet-friendly materials, fashion and food

Designs for a Cooler Planet is a five-week-long festival celebrating experiments in planet-friendly materials, fashion, and food.

– Events
Near futures, exhibition tribute to the academic year 2019–2020 graduates

Near futures – online exhibition

Near futures, exhibition tribute to the academic year 2019–2020 graduates

– Events
Tienraivaaja Breaking Ground näyttelyn mainos

Breaking ground – 8 ways research shaped our world

Breaking Ground is an exhibition which highlight the interconnected histories of long term and fundamental research and their impact on society

– Events
Creativity in Action exhibition graphics by Emery Norton

Exhibition in honour of Aalto's 10-year anniversary highlights student impact over the decades

‘Creativity in Action: The Spirit of Student Life’ exhibition opens at the Dipoli Gallery and online on 27 August.

News
Re-imagining the Past Vol. 2. Photos: Kitty Norros

Re-imagining the Past exhibition Vol. 2 online

The stories and images from the exhibition celebrating Aalto 10 are now available for online exploration.

– Events

Follow events also at Aalto Waves letter and social media

Aalto Alumni Community LinkedIn
Aalto Alumni Facebook
Aalto Career Design Lab
School of Business Alumni LinkedIn
Campus maps, addresses and opening hours in Otaniemi
Maps and moving at the campus
Privacy notice for Aalto University communication and events
Privacy notice
For alumni
Go back to For alumni main page
  • Updated:
  • Published:
Share
URL copied!