Academic Committee for Engineering (IAK)
The Academic Committee for Engineering is a multi-member executive body that deals with academic matters at the School of Engineering. These include the school's curriculum as well as school-specific degree and admission requirements.
The dean of the School of Engineering serves as the chair of the academic committee. Committee members represent the school's professors, other personnel and students.
Aalto University Bylaws, Section 25:
The school academic affairs committee shall, in addition to other duties assigned by the University Academic Affairs Committee and the director of the school, put forth proposals on:
- a school-specific curriculum
- school-specific degree requirements
- school-specific admission requirements
- other matters relating to academic activities
- other duties assigned by the dean directing the school, and
- decide on the arrangements for the ceremonial conferment of doctoral degrees of the school and the conferral of the title of honorary doctor.
The school academic affairs committee can, by its own decision, delegate authority in the above-mentioned duties to other bodies elected in accordance with the Section 27 of the Universities Act.
Bylaws of the Aalto University School of Engineering, Section 7:
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In addition, the academic committee shall for its part be responsible of ensuring that the Aalto University schools cooperate to implement the university strategy and of the cooperation between the schools of technology to ensure the uniformity of training and education, research, and the shared tasks in the technical-scientific field and as well as the equal treatment of students.
The vice dean is entitled to attend and speak at the committee meetings.
Meeting dates 2026
- 9 February
- 23 March
- 25 May
- 15 June
- 7 September
- 2 November
- 16 December (Wednesday)
Committee members, 2026–2029
- Chair: Dean Kari Tammi
- Vice chair: Vice Dean Jani Romanoff
- Professor members:
- Sven Bossuyt, deputies Osiris Valdez-Banda, Luc St-Pierre
- Hamid Godini, deputies Petri Kuosmanen, Raine Viitala
- Magda Posani, deputies Mohamed Noureldin, Wojciech Solowski
- Jarkko Niiranen, deputies Andrea Ferrantelli, Weiwei Lin
- Heidi Falkenbach, deputies Risto Lahdelma, Raine Mäntysalo
- Raed Al-Juboori, deputies Maaria Nordman, Seppo Junnila
- Personnel members:
- Jussi Nikander, deputies Petri Rönnholm, Iisakki Kosonen
- Kaur Jaakma, deputies Juha Huuki, Henrik Holmberg
- Camilla Vornanen, deputies Fahim Al-Newshawy, Markou Athanasios
- Katri Koistinen, deputies Helena Litma, Minna Marin
- Student members in 2026:
- Vilma Hytönen, no deputy
- Kyösti Lehtonen, no deputy
- Aava Uusitalo, deputy Noora Koskela
- Tuomas Nykänen, no deputy
- Rapporteur: Manager of Academic Affairs Mirka Jalonen
- Secretary: Coordinator Jaana Kauppi
Contact
Meeting agendas
Agendas for the academic committee's meetings can be found below (requires Aalto login).
Year 2025
Agendas and appendice of previous years
Meeting minutes
Minutes of the academic committee's meetings from 2020 onwards can be found here.