Our strategy

Research and art: Driving excellence 

We create world-class clusters of excellence and bring talent together.
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Our long-term purpose: 

We excel and make breakthroughs in and across science, art, technology and business.

Our current focus of development: 

Driving excellence. We create world-class clusters of excellence and bring talent together.

The planned actions: 

We cultivate excellence in our strongest areas of research and art, both existing and emerging.

We develop and support selected physical and digital infrastructures.

We collaborate to amplify our impact in a changing global landscape.
 

Our current key research areas

Our strength is excellence and increasing impact on our chosen key areas in research, art and education and a unique combination of collaborating disciplines.

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Research & Art

Our research focuses on seven key areas combining four core competences in the fields of ICT, materials, arts, design and business together with three grand challenges related to energy, living environment, and health.

News related to research and art

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Research & Art Published:

EIBA 2024 – “That’s interesting! Rethinking IB research for the next 50 years”

It’s time to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of EIBA (European International Business Academy) and the future of research in the field of IB (International Business)
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Appointments, Research & Art Published:

Four new Professors appointed in the School of Engineering

Professors of Practice Katja Tähtinen and Assistant Professors Jan Akmal, Magda Posani, and Jenni Partanen were appointed to the career path of professors during August-October 2024.
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Research & Art, Studies Published:

Call for doctoral student tutors, January 2025

Sign-up to be a tutor for new doctoral students as part of the Aalto Doctoral Orientation Days!
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Aalto computer scientists in TCC 2024

Department of Computer Science paper accepted to the Theory of Cryptography Conference.
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