Our School – Our Future

Aalto University School of Business is one of the leading business schools in Europe. We educate experts and leaders for the future and contribute to society through impactful research and long-term partnerships.

There is a strong demand for studies in business and economics in society and our goal is to grow substantially during the 2020s. With your donation, you can help us to continue offering high-quality education and conducting ambitious research for better business and a better society also in the future. 

By growing and constantly developing our School, we wish to give our alumni a reason to be proud of their alma mater and their valuable degree also in the future. 

Make a donation

There are currently three donation options in the School of Business, and they are: 

• School of Business in general
• School of Business International Student Exchange. Read more here.
• School of Business Ownership teaching and research area. Read more here. 

Choose the donation option and sum of your preference: every donation counts! Your donation will be used entirely for the purpose you have chosen.

Donor recognition

All supporters of the School of Business have the opportunity of being recognized in the new main building through a piece on the Abacus Donors’ Wall, with a named chair, or a piece on the Major Donors’ Wall (read more here.)

By donating at least 500 euros (one-off donation) as an individual, you will have the possibility of having your name carved into the Donors’ Wall. Donations of at least 850 euros per year can be directly deducted from your taxes (in Finland). More information on the tax deduction possibility can be found at the bottom of the page. By donating at least 1000 euros (cumulative donation) as an individual, you can have a chair named after you. All the donations made by an individual are added together, so that if a donor has, for instance, donated 850 euros before, a new donation worth of 150 euros entitles him or her to a named chair.

In donations of 10 000 euros and more to the School of Business, please contact our Head of External Relations Jonna Söderholm ([email protected]). A deed of donation will be always drafted for donations of 10 000 euros or more. 

The online donations are monitored on a weekly basis, and we will contact all those eligible for the different forms of recognition.

Watch the Kauppis 110 video (with English subtitles)

In the video that was filmed in 2021, Professor of Marketing Pekka Mattila and alumna Elisa Liekkilä talk about their time at the School of Business and the networks created there, discuss the importance of donating and consider the future prospects of the School of Business.

Professor of Marketing Pekka Mattila in memoriam. 

Donating shares

Did you know that it is also possible to make a donation to the School of Business in the form of shares? In this case, the shares are transferred to Aalto University's book-entry account, which means that the donor does not have to sell the shares and therefore, does not have to pay transfer tax. The value of the donation is determined by the market value of the shares. A share donation can also consist of shares in several companies. Aalto University will sell the shares upon receipt and will bear all the costs of the sale, if any. The shares must be liquid, i.e. tradable shares.

If you are interested in knowing more about donating shares to the School of Business, please contact Jonna Söderholm, Head of External Relations at the School of Business, [email protected].  

Please note! Share donations are not tax deductible (in Finland). 

Tax deductions of donations

Individuals are eligible for tax deductions of donations to universities or other higher education institutions in Finland. Donations between 850 euros and 500 000 euros per year are deductible and the total donation sum may consist of separate installments. Read more on Finnish Tax Administration's website: 

Donation deductions for individuals

For corporations donations between 850 euros and 250 000 euros per year are deductible, read more on Finnish Tax Administration's website: 

Donation deductions for businesses and corporations (in Finnish)

Fundraising permit

Aalto University has a fundraising permit granted by the National Police Board. The permit is valid throughout Finland, except for the Åland Islands. The number of the fundraising permit is RA/2020/1069.

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