Aalto University as an employer

Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. People are the ones who create Aalto: they enable world class research, provide pioneering education, create trend-setting art and empower society-renewing collaboration. Join our international community!

Unique career possibilities

• A range of opportunities for career advancement, including the tenure track and lecturer track career systems, and career paths for support service positions
• A wide variety of training options in all areas related to research and artistic work, teaching, services and academic leadership
• We are a HRS4R-certified employer: we offer a stimulating working environment with fair and transparent recruitment and advancement processes

Diverse working environment

• We are a highly international university – 30% of our faculty comes from outside Finland
• Aalto has exceptionally strong international networks with partner universities and companies around the world
• We solve challenges by active collaboration and knowledge exchange between different academic disciplines, companies, startups, and public organisations

Flexible working culture

• Finland has one of the best parental leave policies in the world, guaranteeing both parents paid time off when they have small children
• To support work-life balance, we offer flexible working hours and the possibility for flexible work
• Finland is one of the countries that has the most annual leave in the world

Extensive services for our staff

• Our academic staff is supported by top-level experts, such as grant writers and pedagogical developers
• All Aalto employees receive private occupational health care services
• UniSport offers a wide range of low-cost sports services on our campuses

Do you share our values?

• Passion for exploration
• Courage to influence and excel
• Freedom to be creative and critical
• Responsibility to accept, care and inspire
• Integrity, openness and equality
   

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