Equality, diversity and inclusion at Aalto
We build a diverse and inclusive community where all students, faculty, staff, and stakeholders can feel a sense of belonging and fulfill their professional, educational, and social aspirations
Our strategy
Enabling our success
To enable our success, we invest in our community & people, infrastructures & campus and services & resources.
We invest in our community & people, infrastructures & campus and services & resources.
Community & people
Actions: Developing our culture of inclusion, curiosity, collaboration and wellbeing as our competitive edge.
Infrastructures & campus
Actions: Investing in open, state-of-the-art physical & digital infrastructures, and campus environment as long-term assets.
Services & resources
Actions: Building dynamic service solutions and data-driven operations. Strengthening our financial resilience.
Read more about our community, infrastructures and campus
Student Services psychologist group
The Student Services psychologist group comprises Aalto’s study psychologists and the career counselling psychologist.
Virtual Campus Experience (external link)
Explore Aalto University’s campus from anywhere in the world! Our digital guides introduce you to our learning facilities, laboratories, workshops, service spots and outdoor spaces. Experience the tour on desktop, mobile or with VR headset.
Otaniemi campus to develop into a lively neighbourhood
The university's campus is in Otaniemi, home of the lively community that supports innovations. The goal of the campus development is to mix valuable history and new ways of planning.
Research and learning infrastructures
Our research and teaching infrastructures are a prerequisite for world-class, cutting edge research. They offer opportunities for collaboration and foster the local innovation ecosystem growth. The large infrastructures are open for all Aalto and external users.
Aalto Networking Platform
The Aalto Networking Platform brings together research expertise across departments, supporting collaboration both inside and outside of Aalto.
Digital Aalto
Digital Aalto is a university-level strategic initiative that helps us shape a sustainable future.
Stories about people at Aalto
Olli Ikkala and Esa Saarinen found a common thread in baroque music and lecturing
Olli Ikkala will continue his research on nature-inspired materials and will find himself again as an organist after his busy research career. Esa Saarinen, on the other hand, continued to lecture the Philosophy and Systems Thinking (Filosofia ja systeemiajattelu) course to packed halls this spring. When they met, they discussed the organ and the atmosphere of the lectures.
An entrepreneurial researcher takes action and creates something new
When a researcher thinks like an entrepreneur, they can create something truly groundbreaking.
Experimentation, risk-taking, seeking the new – entrepreneurial mindset permeates Aalto
For Aalto University employees, entrepreneurial mindset means daring to try something new
Koos Zevenhoven: The scientific world doesn't know this kind of unusual path very well
'There have also been PhD students in my group, and I haven’t been able to officially act as their advisor. Some of my students have finished their PhD before me.'- Published:
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