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The next PdP gala will be on Friday 8th of May 2026. See you at Puumiehenkuja 5, Espoo

For 30 years, Product Development Project (PdP) has brought students of business, design, and technology together to tackle industry challenges and develop state of the art solutions to real problems. It is one of Aalto’s longest-running multidisciplinary courses, organized by Aalto Design Factory.

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Build the products of the future

The course follows project-based learning, where teams work on real industry challenges. The product innovation challenges are given and sponsored by different types of partner organizations from different fields who are searching for innovative cooperation with the next generation of product developers.

In PdP, you get to see the whole development cycle – from initial scoping and needfinding all the way to functional, tangible product and service solutions.

You can check the project topics of the current course in MyCourses.

Learn in interdisciplinary teams

Each year, approx. 150–200 students across different take part in the course. The interdisciplinary teams are typically approximately eight students and each team has a student project manager.

The course is open to all Aalto students and select partners. It is recommended for first-year Master’s students or those with equivalent experience. Aalto students can sign up for the course on Sisu.

See the impact

PdP does not stop at creating concepts – this course lets you go all the way. At the public Product Development Gala, the teams showcase the result of their hard work, engage with the visitors, explain the project and answer their questions, and mostly be proud of their work!

The visitors will have a chance to hear about the teams’ accomplishments and processes, as well as to get familiar with the people themselves together with their amazing prototypes.

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