Researcher onboarding
This page contains relevant topics for new researchers' onboarding to Aalto as new workplace. Onboarding and orientation are important when starting new work.
This page is compiled to help you with your onboarding and orientation to Aalto and to your new tasks. You can further discuss these with your unit HR and your own supervisor/manager.
Take a look at Aalto president Ilkka Niemelä's greetings to new Aalto Community members!
Onboarding checklist for new employee for independent onboarding
Every student and employee at Aalto University is provided with an Aalto University user ID (user account). With the user ID, you can log in to Aalto’s information systems and use the internal services of the university.
On this page you will find instructions to access control, access to buildings and key control on Otaniemi campus.
Employees can add their personal bank account details to Workday, if their bank is located in a SEPA country. Finnish bank accounts can be added directly, bank accounts in a different SEPA-country can be added after HR has changed the bank location. Other than SEPA-country bank account details can be sent directly to payroll. Payroll does not accept directly sent bank details for other than non-SEPA-country accounts. To handle your bank details within the system you need to first connect via secure connection and identify yourself with Microsoft Authenticator app.
In accordance with the principles of the open campus, the university staff members must use a Aalto visual identity card and a guest must use a visitor card when moving around the university premises.
Here you will also find restaurants, the map, the Aalto Space mobile app, access control - all practical information on one page! You can also visit the campus virtually.
During your onboarding period, your first months in your job, talk again to your supervisor -about your tasks, goals, and how you have succeeded in your work. You should also evaluate the success of the orientation process.
Remember your information security!
Develop your competences and search trainings with Workday Learning tool
Aalto services are organized into 11 centralized and three school-specific service entities providing support for high-quality research, education and impact.
Teams and Zoom are tools for video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration. Panopto is a software and media service that is designed to capture, edit, stream, and share video presentations and recorded lectures. You can not use Panopto for online meetings.
Here some more practical links. You can just search for any needed information from www.aalto.fi/en main page with magnifying glass search tool.
Are you thinking of moving to Finland to work at Aalto University - or are you already an international member of the Aalto community? The information below might provide interesting insight in the practicalities of living in Finland and working at Aalto.
Here you can book spaces and objects for teaching, research and support activities.
A remote connection, or a VPN connection, enables users to use the services of Aalto University outside of the university's network.
You can find up-to-date news, contact information, chat and instructions of frequently used IT services at IT-help hub: accounts, passwords, email, MFA, vpn, printing, teams, zoom, VDI and guidelines how to procure workstations and phones.
You will find Language and multicultural training in Workday Learning -application
Staff training is one way to develop expertise, together with on-the-job learning and peer learning. You will find upcoming training events in Workday Learning application.
UniSport's exercise centres are located in Kluuvi, Porthania, Kumpula, Meilahti, Otaniemi and Töölö. They offer a wide variety of sports from Bodycombat to pilates, from floorball to flow yoga. All students and personnel as well as long-term visitors of Aalto are entitled to use sports services offered by UniSport.
Aalto University launches a new open online course on Finnish working life.
The personnel may use the massage services in reasonable prices and on campus. The massage is provided by Tony Orkamo from Rela-hierojat alternating weekly between Maarintie 8 and Otakaari 1.
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Information on Aalto University campus restaurants and cafés. Please check each restaurant’s and café’s own website for information on exceptional opening hours.
We are committed to further developing our community into an equal, diverse and inclusive place to study, work and collaborate in. Our operating model stresses community engagement, accountability and proactive development.
Aalto University strives towards being an accessible, safe and healthy university where research, teaching and services are accessible for all.
Aalto's guide to one-on-one meetings for academic and service personnel with their supervisors.
Get connected with people of Aalto.
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Having social networks helps you feel at home! Aalto University organises many events and other possibilities for international staff and their families to meet and mingle and thus hopefully settle in smoothly. Some examples are Experiencing Finland and Aalto Club events. In addition, we have collected tips and links for you to find the most suitable information.
Events, seminars, exhibitions, parties and meetings: Our lively campus connects people in all sorts of activities. Many events are also online. Which would you attend?
Otaniemi stories present people in Otaniemi.
National and international networks for doctoral students and supervising professors
Aallonhuiput doctoral student association
Deepen your knowledge on Aalto.
Here you will find information regarding Aalto University’s organisation, various operators, management processes, operational principles and the guiding rules and policies of our operations.
Aalto University is a foundation-based university and has six schools.
Scientific research, artistic activities and teaching are carried out at Aalto's six schools and their departments and units.
In our living strategy approach, our purpose, values, and way of working define our long-term direction while our choices are proactively and continuously re-evaluated.
Our purpose, values, and way of working define our long-term direction
The Aalto University Code of Conduct is one way of putting our values and way of working — the foundation of our community culture — into practice
Ilkka Niemelä (President), Kristiina Mäkelä (Provost) and Marianna Bom (Chief Financial Officer) give an overview of the key elements of how Aalto University is steered.
This page contains relevant topics for new researchers' onboarding to Aalto as new workplace. Onboarding and orientation are important when starting new work.
Topics concerning professors' work and onboarding such as: Tenure track, competence development, research, leadership, university, teaching and learning, financial matters, IT
'I came with a lot of energy and a lot of willingness to do different things and integrate, but also, the winter was coming. Even though I like new experiences, it was not always easy to arrive in the moment when every day was a little bit darker.'
Human Resource Services support your work and managerial duties at Aalto. We are available to help at every stage of the employment relationship. On this page you can find links to employment related information and contact information of the HR Services.
All onboarding, orientation and induction related pages on guidelines, practices and support at Aalto.