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EIT Start-up stories: The expansion of Finnish start-up to France
A Finnish start-up specialising in nautical mobility, Bout settles in Paris to take in the French market
Anglo American Innovation Challenge (apply by 22 May 2023)
A great opportunity for start-ups and entrepreneurs with solutions to decarbonise steel
EIT Jumpstarter 2023 (register before 16 April 2023)
Do you have an innovative idea and want to jumpstart your business?
Avatars and genuine interaction
Aalto University’s researchers are contributing to the creation of redesigned maternity and child health clinics and positive childbirth experiences in their research projects. The visions seize the potential of technology, such as childbirth simulation in a 3D-video conference using an avatar, a virtual character. On the other hand, the researchers would also like to hold on to the best practices from the past, such as the traditional child health clinic card, genuine human interaction and the rotina tradition, visits by family and close-ones to meet the newborn and bring foods as a gift.
Students learn career design methods to clarify their identity and future
Aalto students took part in a pilot career design program to learn new methods to deal with the uncertainty of future careers
Aalto University’s academic results remained on a good level in 2022 despite declining funding
Board approved the Annual Board Report and Financial Statements for 2022
Aalto University endowment provided EUR 35 million in 2022 to education and research
Endowment investment return was -3.5% in a challenging investment environment
Fourteen new teams onboard the Aalto Digital Creatives pre-incubator program
The springs semester's creative industry pre-incubator program started on the 14th of March. Fourteen new teams are taking the next steps with their creative industry business ideas in the 13-week program.
Karol Lukaszewski: Learning is much more than finishing the courses
Karol Lukaszewski came to Finland to study Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at Aalto University. His journey in Rovio Entertainment started in May 2021 with a position of Performance Marketing Trainee. The traineeship period lasted for 4 months, but the journey continues as he was soon offered a permanent full-time Performance Marketing Specialist position.
Sahar Babaeipour dreams of entrepreneurship – but before that, she wants to graduate as a doctor
The doctoral research conducted by Sahar Babaeipour, a doctoral researcher at Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center, aims at a more sustainable packaging industry.
Matteo Iannacchero, a developer of bio-based yarns: ‘I value the freedom of science’
In his doctoral research conducted at Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center, Iannacchero uses machine learning to develop ecologically sustainable electronic yarns. This is an opportunity to come up with something completely new.
Unite! University Alliance Launches Seed Fund to Foster Collaborative Teaching, Research and Student Activities
Financial boost for innovative ideas from teachers, researchers and students across the Unite! alliance of nine European universities. Apply now!
Events at Aalto University
Doctoral Q&A on Thursday mornings
Answers to your questions related to doctoral studies and chance to have a friendly chat
CS Special Seminar: Bhaskar Ray Chaudhury "From Resource Allocation to Machine Learning: Fairness Through Computation and Fairness in Computation"
This talk is arranged at the Department of Computer Science.
Data documentation, folder organisation, and describing datasets in repositories
Learn about data documentation, organisation, and metadata with Data Agents Dr. Pedro Silva, Ilari Lähteenmäki, and Information Specialist Laura Mure from Research Services.