Hasta La Ideas

Famous for its public education system and a culture of risk aversion, the small Nordic state of Finland is recasting three major universities in Helsinki as a global hot spot for innovation.

This year, the Finnish government will merge three top universities in three diverse fields: Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki School of Economics, and the University of Arts and Design in Helsinki. At first called Innovation University–sparking some debate about its relationship to the industrial sector–the new institution has been named Aalto University, after the legendary Finnish architect and designer, Alvar Aalto.

>> Read article (Seed Magazine)

(Associated Aalto “factories”: Design Factory, Media Factory and Service Factory)

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