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Honorary doctors at Aalto University

The lists below include all Honorary Doctors who have been conferred at Aalto University after 2010, or before that at Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki School of Business Administration and University of Art and Design.
Doctoral hats, 2016

Fields of Technology (until 2010 Helsinki University of Technology):

Honorary doctors in Technology:

    Honorary Doctors 2024

    Honorary Doctors in Technology 2024 (from left to right): Marjo Yliperttula, Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko, Petteri Alinikula, Ashok Kumar and Cecilia Tortajada. 

    Aalto University Honorary doctors 2023

    Honorary Doctors in Technology 2023 (from left to right):Jyri Kosola, Arto Nurmikko, Hubert Girault, Tuula Antola, Minna Karstunen, Ari Niemelä, Kurt Mehlhorn

    DHC 2020-2022, Dean Kruus and Provost Mäkelä

    Honorary Doctors in Technology 2020-2022 (from left to right):

    • First row: Dean Kristiina Kruus, Luisa Coutinho, Tuula Teeri, Marjo Miettinen, Jürgen Mlynek, Anjana Devi, Antti-Pekka Jauho, Provost Kristiina Mäkelä
    • Second row: Juha Kostiainen, Tuomas Tenkanen, Mårten Mickos, Juan Mosig
    2019 Honorary Doctors

    Honorary Doctors in Technology 2019 (from left to right): Jukka Mäkelä, Matti Kauhanen, Enrique Lavernia, Jussi Pesonen, Maria Makarow, Markku Tilli and Arvo Kokkonen.

    Honorary Doctors in Technology 2018

    Honorary Doctors in Technology 2018 (from left to right): Ichiro Terasaki, Hüseyin Şehitoğlu, Risto Sillasmaa, Lea Kauppi, Kaarina Löfström, John Shawe-Taylor and Jon Crowcoft.

    Economic Sciences (until 2010 Helsinki School of Business Administration):

    Honorary Doctors in Economic Sciences:

      BIZ honorary doctors 2022

      Honorary Doctors in Economic Sciences 2022 (from left to right): Renée B. Adams, Elina Björklund, Salvador Carmone, Taavi Heikkilä, Petteri Karttunen, Pekka Laaksonen, John A. List, Michael D. Myers, Linda Putnam

      Honorary Doctors, Biz, 2016

      Honorary Doctors in Economic Sciences 2016 (from left to right): Eric Arnould, Janez Potocnik, Sari Baldauf, Ann Langley, Udo Zander, Kari Jordan, Herbert Moskowitz, Sauli Niinistö, Alnoor Bhimani and Harrison Hong.

      Honorary doctors, BIZ, 2011

      Honorary Doctors in Economic Sciences 2011 (from left to right): Dong-Sung Cho, Mark Grinblatt, Arto Hiltunen, Sirkka Järvenpää, Erkki Liikanen, Jussi Pajunen, Torsten Persson, Heikki Timonen and Maarit Toivanen-Koivisto.

      Arts, Design and Architecture (until 2010 University of Art and Design):

      Honorary Doctors in Arts, Design and Architecture:

        ARTSPromootio2019_DHCkaikki

        Honorary Doctors in Arts, Design and Architecture 2019 (from left to right): Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Helena Hyvönen, Jacob Buur, Irit Rogoff, Kari Korkman, Daniel Thawley, Leena Iisakkila and Gerfried Stocker.

        Honorary doctors, ARTS, 2013

        Honorary Doctors in Arts, Design and Architecture 2013 (from left to right): Yrjö Sotamaa, Ezio Manzini, Rachel Cooper, Arūnas Gelūnas, Mauri Kunnas, Pirjo Honkasalo and Olavi Linden.

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