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Projects with companies working in the field, interesting trainee positions and a passion for sustainability. Salli Aikio graduated in: 2019 from the Master’s program in Sustainable Metals Processing.

Honorary academic achievements, contributions towards the student community and a passion towards building a better future, Adel Assad graduated 2019 from the Master’s program in Functional Materials. He studied a minor in Fibre and Polymers Engineering.

This academic year started in very different circumstances than usually. Joan Lofgren, the Director of the Bachelor’s Program in International Business, teaches the Global Business Environment course to first-year students at Mikkeli Campus. This year the course was delivered using a hybrid format due to the COVID-19 situation.

A team of two Master’s students collaborated with Valio in a 6-month Aalto Thesis project.

The project aims at deepening and increasing public discussion and societal impact on the fate of the modern building stock.

A textile artist sees natural materials as the future for costumes in television and film.

Doubling the life of textiles will reduce the climate impact by 40-50%. Still most of the used textiles generated in the Nordic region is incinerated instead of being reused, remanufactured and recycled. To enhance circularity of textiles a two-year Nordic project has been initiated.

Professor of Practice Sawhney examines the role of technology and cooperation in crisis using transdisciplinary human-centered design practices.

The program also helped me develop a more critical perspective on the information and solutions that are given to us.

New digital tools enhance learning and improve the predictability of studies.

Ksenia Avetisova moves around the virtual world as part of her job, but what brought her to Finland was a live rock gig.

As top applicants, Rina Shmeleva and Parinaz Avaznejad received scholarships for their master’s studies and now they share their study experiences