The Aalto University has been created in Helsinki. Made up of the current Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design, its doors will open August of 2009. Its quite big news because of the groupings these represent. Design, Technology and Economics meaning that policy makers in Finland clearly think that for Finland economically the way ahead is with technology based design in different disciplines.
Apart form being forward thinking to take this attitude, its of course a little controversial, how influential will the economics department be on the artists so to speak, and how well can they or should they integrate? I think there is probably a deeper underlying trend also and that is not only design as a key economic leader but that design and high technology are more and more integrated subconsciously into our daily lives and this is a common theme universally across disciplines.
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i will like to study in your school but dont know when the admission will be on.muchmore,what are the requirement on how to go about this.i check the school location and i see it is conducive enough to learn ,i will really appreciate if my favour is considered.
yours sincerely
ibrahim
A couple of things, the university isn’t functioning yet and I’m not a member try Helsinki University of Tecnology.
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