By merging three leading universities in 2010, Aalto University was founded to work as a societally embedded, and innovative research university for a better world.
Aalto has a national mission to strengthen Finland’s innovative capacity through first-class research and education.
We have successfully brought together science, technology, art, and business to become a forerunner in our key areas.
Our campus has rapidly grown into a world-class collaboration hub.
We have transformed into one of Europe’s most international universities.
We have adopted a living strategy approach tailored for a world in motion.
Our purpose, values, and way of working define our long-term direction. We choose development areas and actions that best drive us towards our purpose. As a community, we proactively and continuously re-evaluate our choices.
See how we created Aalto University's living strategy together!
Starting Up is co-created by students and the European startup community and is a new contribution to open education by the country that brought Elements of AI to the world
Designed by Aalto students Emma Saarnio and Helmi Liikanen, the dress evokes nature with exquisite materiality and minimalist lines
Technology companies will need more than 53 000 new experts in the next few years. We are holding 'Shaking up Tech' for high school students, 'Girls' Day' for upper comprehensive school students in Heureka, and 'Women in Tech' for technical professionals: three events that highlight the many possibilities in the field of technology and introduce role models.
Researchers studying spiders have produced a synthetic biomaterial that can, in future, be used to make a multitude of products from clothes to car parts.
These young entrepreneurs have already convinced doctors and investors. Their innovation is coming to operating theatres this year.
Aalto University contributed to paradigm-shifting observations of the gargantuan black hole at the heart of distant galaxy Messier 87
France adopts new keyboard standard created with state-of-the-art algorithm
The overall ranking of Aalto University was 19th. The international Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings assess universities against the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).