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Student Reetta Kälvälä wants to use technology to develop better cancer treatments
Reetta studies bioinformation technology, and she thinks university seems easier than upper secondary school because she can study according to her own schedule.
Collaboration with 911 VCD students brings fresh ideas to NWB Finland
Aalto VCD students will develop and design visual packaging and branding concepts for NWB Finland to be implemented in new packaging formats for stillwater.
Logging in to Sisu changes: important information for Open University students
When logging in to Sisu from outside the Aalto network, extra authentication besides the Aalto user ID is required.
School of Business student story: Elli Jauhiainen
Elli Jauhiainen, a second-year student of the Bachelor's Program in International Business says the best thing about the program is the opportunity to learn how to work in a multicultural environment: “It is fascinating to get to know the etiquette and customs of other business cultures.”
School of Business alumna Oona Anttila: Internship was an important experience for my career
Our alumna Oona Anttila became interested in the themes of sustainable development already at the beginning of her studies, and later she applied for the multidisciplinary Creative Sustainability master’s programme. Currently, she works at the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Alum Bismoy Jahan: The things I learned from Aalto are related to real-life problems
Bismoy Jahan chose the Master’s Programme in Automation and Electrical Engineering because she believes that in the near future automation will play a big role in our lives.
Master’s programmes attracted a high number of applications
911 received 5925 applications to master’s programmes.
Want to learn more about people management in multinational organizations?
Distance teaching course People Management in Multinational Organizations begins in January 2022
Capstone course develops extremely well students’ working life skills
Collaboration between consulting companies and the School of Business was again highly successful.
Open University services during the Christmas season
Open University services will be limited during the Christmas season.
SILTA connects entrepreneurial students with the opportunities of Silicon Valley
A new startup hacker house program will be taking entrepreneurs from Finland to the San Francisco Bay Area in the spring of 2022.
Product design course focusing on the challenges of the crane industry – corporate cooperation bearing fruit
911 students look for solutions to challenges faced by Konecranes.
Changes in incentive scholarships for doctoral students
A decision has been made regarding the incentive scholarships which will be awarded according to the set criteria for doctoral students who have met the conditions for receiving a scholarship during 1 January 2022 – 31 December 2025.
Register for Open University spring courses!
Check out our Spring 2022 course offerings and sign up.
Master’s graduate 2016 or doctoral graduate 2018, already responded to career survey?
Please respond by 13 Dec and help your university
Apply for grants from the Fabian and Jaakko Ahvenainen Fund - deadline 31 January 2022
Grants will be admitted in recognition of studies completed either in the field of bridge engineering or in the field of structural engineering and building physics, or as support for postgraduate studies in these fields.
Why is human interaction and lifewide learning so important in the changing working landscape?
To keep up with the fast-changing working landscape we need to constantly develop ourselves and learn new things.
911 Bioinnovation Center opens a call for five doctoral candidate positions
Bioinnovation Center is looking for talented and exceptionally motivated students that are eager to pursue their doctoral studies in a multidisciplinary environment aiming at biobased material innovation. Students with any background that fits to one of the five projects described below are encouraged to submit their application.
‘The work-life balance in Finland is amazing’
Bhavya Omkarappa shared her story of Finnish work-life balance as part of the Finland Works open online course.
School of Business student story: Nikolai Andriakov
Studying in the Bachelor's Program in International Business gives Nikolai Andriakov the quantitative skills needed in business life: “As a technical-oriented person, I really want to gain these skills and there are many courses that help to build a solid knowledge in quantitative disciplines.”