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
Get to know our people
Marianna Bom, Chief Financial Officer
Claudia Dell’era, Grant Writer
Alexander Frey, Associate Professor
Anna Kholina, Doctoral Student
Floran Martin, Postdoctoral Researcher
Antti Suhonen, Professor of Practice
Maire Syrjäkari, Educational Developer
Tommi Mikkola, University Lecturer
Jessica Sinikoski,
Communications Manager