Aalto University Academic Affairs Committee
The Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) decides on the university’s curriculum, degree requirements, and criteria for student selection, other general rules involving teaching, research, and artistic activity, and it appoints the required bodies to conduct research and teaching.
Furthermore, the committee appoints the members of the university board. The Chair of the Committee is the president or another person designated by the president.
The Academic Affairs Committee may, by its sole decision, transfer the tasks listed above to the Academic Affairs Committees of the Schools, excluding the responsibility for appointing the university board.
Members of the Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) 2025
Nine (9) members of the committee shall represent the professors, six (6) other research and teaching staff and other staff and four (4) students. The deputy members shall be appointed in proportion the number of full members. The members of all of the above-mentioned groups shall represent each of the university’s three areas of expertise: business, technology, and art and design.
| Jäsen | Varajäsenet | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Professorijäsenet / Professor members / Professormedlemmar | |||
| ARTS | Anniina Suominen | Pirjo Sanaksenaho | Pia Fricker |
| ARTS | Lily Diaz-Kommonen | Maarit Salolainen | Arturo Delgado Pereira |
| BIZ | Katri Kauppi | Juuso Liesiö | |
| BIZ | Sami Torstila | Elias Rantapuska | Teemu Malmi |
| CHEM | Sami Franssila | Lasse Murtomäki | |
| ELEC | Jorma Kyyrä | Riku Jäntti | Ville Pulkki |
| ENG | Esko Niemi | Sven Bossuyt | Jarkko Niiranen |
| SCI | Petteri Kaski | Ahti Salo | Nitin Sawhney |
| TECH | Maaria Nordman | Alex Jung | |
| Opetus-, tutkimus- ja muu henkilöstö / Teaching, research and other Staff members / Unvervisning, forskning och övriga medlemmar | |||
| Kalle Airo | Saana Rossi | Juha Huuki | |
| Riikka Leikola | Laura Sivula | Saara Kanerva | |
| Enrico Glerean | Reetta Karinen | Kerttu Pollari-Malmi | |
| Panu Sainio | Martti Rahkila | Matti Hokkanen | |
| Anu Lehtovuori | Stina Giesecke | Ari Korhonen | |
| Mika Karhu | Noora Jaakkola | Jerri Kämpe-Hellenius | |
| Opiskelijajäsenet / Student members / Studentmedlemmar | |||
| Marcell Berta | Carl-Victor Schauman | Elmeri Pälikkö | |
| Leevi Koistinen | Ellen Ilivitzky | Umer Amin | |
| Mante Zygelyte | Toni Niemi | ||
| Vilhelmiina Vierjoki | Thomas Febvre | Kimi Hoek | |
Members of the academic committees 2026–2029
Aalto University Academic Affairs Committee
Professors
| AREA OF EXPERTICE | MEMBER | 1st DEPUTY MEMBER | 2nd DEPUTY MEMBER |
| Aalto ARTS | Pia Fricker | Maarit Salolainen | Pirjo Sanaksenaho |
| Aalto ARTS | Teemu Leinonen | Harri Ylönen | Arturo Delgado Pereira |
| Aalto BIZ | Kari Hoppu | Petri Jylhä | Peter Nyberg |
| Aalto BIZ | Pekka Malo | Vikash Sinha | Lauri Viitasaari |
| Aalto CHEM | Kari Laasonen | Riikka Puurunen | Paula Jouhten |
| Aalto ELEC | Edris Pouresmaeil | Riku Jäntti | Ville Pulkki |
| Aalto ENG | Sven Bossuyt | Heidi Falkenbach | Jarkko Niiranen |
| Aalto SCI | Tuomas Hytönen | Mikko Jääskeläinen | Andrea Sand |
| technical schools | Petri Vuorimaa | Weiwei Lin | Mady Elbahri |
Other teaching and research personnel and other university staff
| GROUP | MEMBER | 1st DEPUTY MEMBER | 2nd DEPUTY MEMBER |
| other university staff | Riikka Leikola | Panu Sainio | Katriina Korhonen |
| other teaching and research personnel | Enrico Glerean | Reetta Karinen | Jorma Laaksonen |
| other university staff | SaaraKanerva | Kalle Airo | Juha Linnekoski |
| other university staff | Oskari Nokso-Koivisto | Minna Mäkitalo | Jerri Kämpe-Hellenius |
| other teaching and research personnel | Anu Lehtovuori | Ari Korhonen | Johanna Wartio |
| other university staff | Mari Haapio | Heli Järvelä | Wille Jurmu-Leppämäki |
In alignment with Aalto University Bylaws, each university area of expertise (art and design, business, technology) is represented in the members.
AYY elects student representatives separately.