News

Alumni encounters from Seattle to Bangalore

Aalto University alumni live in more than 100 countries. Over the past year, we have met with our alumni in more than 10 cities around the world.
Alumni in Seattle 2024
Professor Laura Arpiainen hosted a gathering of Aalto alumni in March in Seattle.

During her March working trip, Professor of Health and Wellbeing Architecture Laura Arpiainen invited dozens of alumni to network and hear news from Aalto University in Vancouver in Canada and Seattle in United States. 

In June last year, the University's leadership met with alumni in Palo Alto and in September in New York and Boston. Alumni networking continues in the LinkedIn groups and get-togethers convened by the local alumni ambassadors. 

Radical Creatives film premier for alumni in New York 2024

The documentary Radical Creatives, directed by alum Emilia Hernesniemi, attracted an audience of about 100 people to the film's US premiere in New York in February. Aalto's management also met with alumni in Washington DC in February.
 Read more

Alumni event in Bengaluru

'Good local alumni networks are crucial when marketing Aalto University to potential students around the world,' says Eeva Liinamo-Liukku, Senior Specialist in International Student Recruitment. 

On a working trip to India, Eeva met together with Kit Srinivasan, Senior Manager in Global Engagement, dozens of alumni at the embassy of Finland in New Delhi and at the Finland's consulate in Mumbai as well as in Hyderabad and Bangalore. Some of the alumni said they had been waiting to meet for over 20 years! 

Time Out opening 2024 Brussels

In April, we invited alumni to the Aalto Time Out! Rethinking Construction exhibition at The New European Bauhaus festival in Brussels. The local alumni network keeps in touch via a WhatsApp group and organises a meeting about once a month. In April, we also met with alumni in Riga, Latvia.

Alumni in Hamburg 2024

In May, dozens of our graduate and exchange students gathered for an evening out in Hamburg. In June, we met our alumni in Sweden at Almedalsveckan in Visby for the Swedish film premiere of Radical Creatives. In July, the film will be shown to our alumni at FinnFest in Duluth, USA and in August in Hamburg, Germany.

During the autumn, there will be more alumni get-togethers, for example in India and the UK.

Welcome to the Aalto community!

Join us for networking and discussion in the Aalto alumni LinkedIn community. To be invited to an alumni meeting in your area, please keep your contact details up to date here.

As an Aalto Alumni Ambassador, you have the opportunity to build a strong professional network while giving back to your university. As an ambassador, you can organise alumni meetings, act as a liaison between the university and alumni, advise students who want to come to work in your country or support potential students who are planning to study at Aalto.

Several alumni ambassadors have organised a screening of the popular documentary Radical Creatives for the local network. You can order a free copy of the film for screening it to your own network here.

Become an Aalto Alumni Ambassador

Be a local contact point and share your international experiences.

Read more
Color photo of three people talking together (one person facing away) and another person walking past
PowerBI kartta alumneista

Over 100 000 alumni around the world (external link)

Take a look where our Aalto University alumni are located according to the alumni database!

 Susanna Ritala

Susanna Ritala

Alumni Engagement Manager

Upcoming events

Tapahtumia alumneille

Join events

Every year, Aalto University and its partners organise hundreds of events open to alumni and partners, many of them also online.

For alumni
  • Updated:
  • Published:
Share
URL copied!

Read more news

Colourful general image promoting Aalto Creatives pre-incubator programme
Campus, Cooperation, Press releases Published:

Applications open: Aalto Creatives pre-incubator autumn 2026

The next Aalto Creatives pre-incubator starts in September. Applications close on 7 September. Join the info event on 27 August to hear from alumni and meet the Aalto Creatives team.
Outdoor wooden daybeds with sheer beige curtains in a ruined courtyard garden with tall plants.
Cooperation, Press releases, Research & Art Published:

A Finnish working group’s artwork brings a cooling garden to Spain, which is sweltering in the heat

Through their garden art installation, a group of Finnish architects and artists proposes vegetation and a sense of community, among other things, as solutions to urban heat islands and the environmental crisis.
Paula Nybergh. Black-and-white portrait of a smiling woman with short hair, glasses and a light jacket over a dark top.
Cooperation Published:

Paula Nybergh Donates to innovation activities of Aalto's Bioinnovation Center

Our alumna, Paula Nybergh, with a Licentiate of Science (Technology) and an honorary Doctor of Science (Technology), has made a significant donation to support the innovation activities of the Bioinnovation Center.
Person at mixing desk in a dim recording studio with wooden panels, computer screens and microphones
Aalto Magazine, Awards and Recognition Published:

From sound design to the Cannes red carpet – Working with a filmmaking idol on a Palme d’Or winner

Aalto University alum Pietu Korhonen is responsible for the sound design of the award-winning new film Fjord.