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.

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.

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.

'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.