Key figures of 2020 and reports

Research
- We direct our research towards seven key areas: ICT and digitalisation, materials, art and design, business, energy solutions, living environments, and health and wellbeing.
- The number of refereed articles in scientific journals has increased by 78% since 2010.

Competitive research funding (€ million)
2010–2020
The number includes e.g. research funding from the Academy of Finland, Business Finland and companies, as well as competitive EU funding.

International peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals
2010–2020

Quality of publications
2015–2020
Share of Aalto University publications that belong to the top 10% most highly cited publications in the world in the same subject area. This indicator has been used since 2015.

International academic faculty (%)
2010–2020
Excellence in research
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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Recipients of European Research Council (ERC) funding |
6 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 27 |
Academy of Finland Centres of Excellence |
9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
Academy of Finland |
6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Academy of Finland |
39 | 38 | 37 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 44 |
Professors
- The tenure track career system is the university's most important strategic investment.
- 73% of all professors in 2020 are recruited after 2010.
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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All professors |
230 | 239 | 293 | 329 | 369 | 388 | 386 | 386 | 389 | 390 | 393 |
International | 4% | 6% | 12% | 15% | 17% | 18% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 24% | 26% |
Women |
10% | 11% | 13% | 16% | 17% | 20% | 19% | 20% | 20% | 21% | 20% |
New professors * | 0 | 18 | 83 | 131 | 185 | 216 | 228 | 243 | 268 | 278 | 286 |
International | - | 28% | 29% | 31% | 29% | 28% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 34% |
Women | - | 17% | 19% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 25% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 27% |
* New professors refer to professors appointed to the Aalto University tenure track career system, implemented in 2010.
Education
- Thanks to the systematic development of online teaching, we were able to promptly shift to remote teaching.

Bachelor's degrees
2010–2020

Master's degrees
2010–2020
Degree reforms and their transition periods have affected the number of master’s degrees in 2010, 2011 and 2018.

Doctoral degrees
2010–2020

Students with a minimum of 55 ECTS credits per year (%)
2010–2020

Bachelor’s and master’s degree students
2020
*Full-time equivalent degree students