Our strategy

Entrepreneurial mindset

We advance the entrepreneurial mindset and capabilities of our community. Entrepreneurial mindset is one of the three cross-cutting approaches in our living strategy.
Entrepreneurial mindset themed illustration showing a robotic hand, illustration by Anna Muchenicova

We integrate solutions for sustainability, radical creativity and entrepreneurial mindset into everything that we do. Our goal is to advance the entrepreneurial mindset and capabilities of our community.

You don’t need to be an entrepreneur to have entrepreneurial capabilities. Entrepreneurial capabilities – courage and curiosity to find new ways to create value, taking ownership of your work, having intrinsic motivation, owning up to your mistakes and tenaciously getting back up again – can and should be applied to anything one does.

The other cross-cutting approaches are

Solutions for sustainability

Radical creativity

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Presidents of Finland and Iceland visiting the Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition in 2025
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Applications for our biggest exhibition of the year are now open: Apply to Designs for a Cooler Planet by 26.1.2026!

For the autumn 2026 exhibition, we are looking for new and inspiring innovations, ideas, and experiments from all fields across Aalto University. The exhibition and its events serve as one of the most important showcases of the university’s work to the world. In 2025, the event attracted over 15,000 visitors.
Inventors Programme panel
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Turning Research into Impact: Insights from the Inventors Program Panel

Aalto University’s Inventors Program recently hosted a panel discussion bringing together experts from research, entrepreneurship, and industry to share their perspectives on turning scientific ideas into successful ventures.
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Aalto University launches Inventors program to turn science into impact

The new training program in the field of chemical engineering empowers researchers to explore entrepreneurial pathways and the commercial potential of their work.
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Aalto Ventures Program is closing its doors

After 12 joyful, chaotic, and entrepreneurial years, the Aalto Ventures Program is closing its doors to allow space for new initiatives to rise. Read our letter to the community.
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