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Department of Design
Department of Design
The Department of Design is a diverse community of competent, creative and responsible individuals. In design, we appreciate technical skill, social significance and artistic expression.
We educate front-line design professionals and visionaries for established, changing and emerging fields of design. We renew our expertise through high level research in continuous collaboration with our stakeholders. We strive towards a sustainable and just society and environment.
Studies at Department of Design
You can choose the Bachelor's degree major between Design, Fashion or Aalto Bachelor Prorgamme in Design. Master's studies can be conducted either in Collaborative and Industrial Design; Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design; or Contemporary Design programme. In addition, the Department provides two Aalto-level Master's programmes: International Design Business Management and Creative Sustainability.
A student focuses either in the Master's degree major or the field of the programme, and may take advantage of Aalto University’s wide range of multidisciplinary courses for the minors and freely selectable studies.
Majors of the Bachelor's Programme in Design
- Bachelor's Programme in Design and Media
- Muoti, taiteen kandidaatti (only in Finnish and Swedish)
- Muotoilu, taiteen kandidaatti (only in Finnish and Swedish)
Majors of the Master’s Programme in Design
Research
Our research is at the international forefront in sustainable design, practice-based design research, human-centered design and co-design. Our research environment enables and our culture encourages goal-oriented research, imaginative experiments, critical discussion, and transdisciplinary collaboration.
Go to Aalto Design Research Site
Research Groups
Collaborate with us
We offer our partners the opportunity to collaborate with international level designers and design researchers.
Gallery
The gallery of the Department of Design.
News
Training available in AI use, research data management, open science + more – register now!
New topics included! Registrations for autumn 2026 are open.
Aalto ARTS exhibiting AI-inspired designs at Dutch Design Week 2026
Aalto University’s School of Arts, Design and Architecture returns to Dutch Design Week with ‘art-ai-fact’, an exhibition featuring multiple AI-inspired designs.
Aalto University and partners launch MELANGE, a new EU project using design to transform colouration practices in the interior textile industry
The new Horizon Europe project MELANGE will transform colouration practices in the European interior textile industry by moving colour design from the end to the beginning of the manufacturing process.
Camilla Naukkarinen is the Young Designer of the Year
Camilla Naukkarinen, who graduated from Aalto University, has won the Young Designer of the Year 2026 competition. The winning entry consisted of hand-woven flowers made from hair fibers and metal wire.Events
AI in research work, Oct 22, 2026
Learn about generative artificial intelligence in research work with Data Agents Dr. Enrico Glerean, Dr. Pedro Silva, and Dr. Emrecan Gulay
AI agents unveiled – How AI agents work behind the scenes, Oct 27, 2026
Everything you wanted to know about AI agents and never dared to ask, with RSE Simo Tuomisto.
Data storage and management for Aalto researchers, Oct 28, 2026
Learn best practices in data storage at Aalto University.
Starting computational research projects at Aalto, Oct 29, 2026
Learn about the options for doing data science / computational research with Aalto computers with RSE Dr. Susa Merz.Department management
Department of Design - Personnel
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