News

AYY will discontinue list.ayy.fi mailing list service on 10 December.

Apply for AYY's delegation for the OLL union meeting. The application process is open to all AYY members.
OLL general assembly will be held at Tikkurila, Laura-campus at 20.-21.11.2024

In 2021, AYY, TF, and KY committed to the student centre project with the purpose of building a joint student house in the Chemist’s Block in Otaniemi. In recent years, construction costs in Finland have increased so significantly that the project cannot be implemented at the current price level.

Monday, 2 Sept, is the year’s biggest moving day for AYY student housing as the new academic year is starting! On the moving day, an estimated 300-400 movers will visit the service office, which is why we will only serve customers with moving-related issues.

Tempaus 2024 - Collective Handprint is happening this October. Registration for everyone opens on 9 Sept.

If you want to pick up a year tag for your plastic student card, you can get it at the tag distribution point of the AYY Office on Aug 27th–Sept 5th 2024.

All our apartments available from August and September are currently booked.

The National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL) represents university students in national decision-making. The action plan and policy paper guiding SYL's advocacy work are approved at the General Assembly, which also elects the Board. The 2024 General Assembly will take place on 15-16 November 2024. In this news item, you will find instructions on how to register for AYY's SYL General Assembly Delegation and how to stand as AYY's candidate for the SYL Board.

This autumn, Aalto University Student Union will organise Tempaus after a break of several years. Kaikkien käsien jälki Tempaus (“A Collective Handprint”) takes place on the hundredth anniversary of the engineer with a sturdy beard, a mythical figure that supervises the actions of engineering students. In his article, Juuso Määttä delves into the history of Tempaus.

We are shocked by the recent cuts of the Finnish Government which put student housing and its construction at stake. In its session on spending limits, the Government made significant cuts to the special group investment grants for student housing construction, which makes the commencement of already planned housing projects in the capital region uncertain and complicates the housing situation for students as well as the housing activities of the Aalto University Student Union (AYY).

With the new deposit policy, AYY no longer requires a deposit from all tenants. (Text updated 5.9.2024)

Aalto University Student Union’s Vice Chair Mantė Žygelytė wrote a blog post on why she is going to vote in the European elections.