Open online courses at Aalto University's School of Arts, Design, and Architecture
How can radical creativity change the world?
Learn what is radical creativity and how to use it to create deep change - whether in business, the arts, or technology.
Ever wondered what design really is all about?
Learn the basics about design, how designers solve problems, and get to know a lot of design tools. Design Bits is the online course about design for non-designers!
Interested in experimenting with materials?
The CHEMARTS Cookbook offers both simple and more advanced ideas and recipes for hands-on experiments with wood-based materials. Download the book for free!
Data Viz inspiration?
Browse through the interesting talks given at our annual Data Viz conference.
Safeguarding and renewing craftmanship
Interested in ceramics? Look no further, the Ceramics Handbook is your guide to the age-old craft (in Finnish only).
Architecture and the built environment
It's not possible to understand today without an understanding of the past. Take the online course on architectural history! (In Finnish only).
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Creative Teaching in the Age of AI: What Changes – and What Stays the Same?
Nearly a hundred Aalto teachers and education professionals gathered at Marsio Presents: Creative Teaching in the Age of AI to explore how rapidly evolving AI tools are changing teaching practices, while core goals like critical thinking, motivation, real-world problem solving and human interaction remain essential. Keynotes, teacher examples, and thematic dialogue sessions highlighted concrete ways to use AI as a responsible partner in teaching, and showed a strong appetite for ongoing, peer-based pedagogical dialogue and sharing of good practices.
May challenges the Aalto community to be active together
Take part in events on campus and make sustainable mobility part of your working or study day.