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Bachelor's Students Successfully Complete Research Internship
Three bachelor's students have successfully completed their research internships.
From Materials to Smart Textiles: Benjamin Begins a New Chapter at Aalto
Ping-Chun Chen is a researcher from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
The idea of three researchers generated a deep tech company
Sim Analytics Oy relies on strong research expertise. Its story began when three researcher colleagues working in different laboratories at LUT University began to consider how to provide and analyse data in a way that would support industrial companies in making business decisions.
Experience Isn't the Finish Line: Payam Salarvand on Learning to Build Better
Can experienced entrepreneurs still benefit from going back to the classroom?
Vertics Oy was born from the vision of two upper secondary school students
Atte Pohjanmaa, who founded a company when he was still an upper secondary school student, succeeded in growing his company even during the coronavirus years.
World’s first superconducting quantum heat engine opens the path to larger quantum computers
A newly-developed superconducting quantum heat engine not only advances our understanding of thermodynamics but also enables technologies needed for high-qubit quantum computers.
Beyond Startups: Karla Still on Rethinking Entrepreneurship
Can entrepreneurship look different from the startup stories we hear most often?
Shell servers have been rebooted on July 8th
Shell servers kosh.aalto.fi, lyta.aalto.fi and servers for light computation brute.aalto.fi and force.aalto.fi have been rebooted on July 8th.
Researcher-established company Xiphera growing rapidly
Xiphera Oy, which is celebrating its ninth anniversary, has developed hardware-based encryption solutions for the prevention of information security threats. The company is a deep tech company and its products are based on research and produce new technological solutions.
From Quantum to Entrepreneurship: Sreekrishna Praveen on Expanding His Perspective
How do you turn breakthrough technologies into real-world impact?
The World Planning Schools Congress 2026 brought together more than 1500 participants in Espoo and Helsinki
The sixth World Planning Schools Conference took place in July 2026 hosted jointly by 911±¬ÁÏÍø, University of Helsinki, and Tampere University.
Prototyping and Validation Grant: Deployable
Four Aalto master's students built a physical AI startup on a borrowed GPU, beat PhD teams at a hackathon, and received Aalto's prototyping and validation grant.
Applications open for Innovation Postdoc in AI
A fully funded, 12–month career track to turn your doctoral discoveries into a deep-tech startup.
Applications open: Aalto Creatives pre-incubator autumn 2026
The next Aalto Creatives pre-incubator starts in September. Applications close on 7 September. Join the info event on 27 August to hear from alumni and meet the Aalto Creatives team.
A Finnish working group’s artwork brings a cooling garden to Spain, which is sweltering in the heat
Through their garden art installation, a group of Finnish architects and artists proposes vegetation and a sense of community, among other things, as solutions to urban heat islands and the environmental crisis.
Open university courses for Autumn 2026 have been published!
The open university courses for autumn semester have been added to our course selection.
Founder Stories That Stay With You: Emma Seisto on Discovering Entrepreneurship
The course that made Emma rethink her future.
RealYou AI will develop the next generation of personalized AI decision assistants
Researchers to build cognitive machine learning that will improve decision-making with instantly personalized intelligent assistance.
TECH student! Exchange destinations available for spring 2027 published
Change the scene next spring! The exchange destinations open for application in the supplementary round are now published. The application round will be open from 31 Aug to 18 September 16:00.
