South Korean President visited Aalto University

Published: 11.6.2019

Aalto-yliopiston rehtori Ilkka Niemelä toivottaa Etelä-Korean presidentin Moon Jae-inin tervetulleeksi vierailulle Aaltoon päärakennuksen ovella. Kuva: Heli Sorjonen / Aalto-yliopisto

The President of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Moon Jae-in, visited Aalto University as part of his state visit to Finland on 10 June. He was welcomed to Aalto University by President Ilkka Niemelä.

During the visit, the President and his delegation met technology startup companies and researchers of 5G technology. The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland participated in the event and presented the Smart Otaniemi project.

Photos: Heli Sorjonen / Aalto University

Professori Riku Jäntti (keskellä) kertoo Etelä-Korean presidentille (toinen oikealta) 5G-tutkimuksesta. Kuva: Heli Sorjonen / Aalto-yliopisto — President Moon Jae-in (second from the right) asked Professor Riku Jäntti (in the middle), how 5G can be applied to people's daily lives.

Etelä-Korean presidentti (keskellä) tutustuu ICEYE-yrityksen satelliittin prototyyppiin. Kuva: Heli Sorjonen / Aalto-yliopisto — ICEYE, an Aalto-born startup, presented their story. President Moon stood by the company's mock-up satellite and commented: ‘This is the greatest startup I’ve ever heard of.’

Rehtori Ilkka Niemelä (vasemmalla) ja presidentti Moon Jae-in nouevat portaita Dipolin toiseen kerrokseen. Kuva Heli Sorjonen / Aalto-yliopisto — President Ilkka Niemelä (left) leads the delagation to Dipoli's second floor.

Presidentti katsoo valokuvia, joissa on Aalto-yliopiston KOreassa järjestämältä Executive MBA-kurssilta valmistuneita. Kuva: Heli Sorjonen Aalto-yliopisto — President Moon looked at photos of graduates from the Aalto University Executive Education’s (Aalto EE) Executive MBA programme that has educated over 4 000 leaders and experts in South Korea.

See all

University Published: 14.8.2019

Changes to internal communications at the School of Engineering

Stay up to date after the closure of Inside.

Photoactive rod-like virus bundle schematic

Press releases, Research & Art, University Published: 12.8.2019

Dyes and viruses create new composite material for photooxidation reactions

A recent study shows that native viruses can be employed as a scaffold to immobilise photoactive molecules to potentially oxidise organic pollutants present in wastewater, under visible light irradiation