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Delve into our research – find the people behind it! (external link)

You can find publications, research units and departments in the research information portal.

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Management

The executive bodies of the university are the Board (AUFB), the President, and the University Academic Affairs Committee (AAC). The President's Management Team (PMT) coordinates the daily work at the university and the preparation of pre-decision motions. The Aalto Management Team (AMT) furthers transparency and open dialogue in decision-making regarding university development.

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Study in Finland at Aalto University, where science and art meet technology and business. Join a top-ranked, multidisciplinary community!

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For the media

Aalto University Communications helps media representatives in all questions related to the university.

Life at the campus.

Careers at Aalto

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We are an international community of 20,000 bold thinkers who shape a sustainable future with education, research breakthroughs and innovative ideas and solutions. Join us in changing the world – we have many attractive career opportunities to offer.

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Collaboration

Aalto University offers numerous opportunities for collaboration and networking. How would you like to collaborate with us?

Meet our people

Appointments

Assistant Professor Hannah Hook
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Meet Hannah Hook, assistant professor of sustainable land use and transport planning

Hannah Hook explores the ways everyday travel shapes happiness and satisfaction.
Apulaisprofessori Max Finne. Kuva: Jaakko Kahilaniemi / Aalto-yliopisto
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Professor Max Finne appointed Associate Dean of MBA Education at the School of Business

The creation of the Associate Dean position aims to further enhance our internationally accredited MBA, EMBA, and DBA programs at both national and global levels
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Assistant Professor Jiancheng Yang improves healthcare with AI

Yang is one of the nine newly recruited professors joining the ELLIS Institute Finland as principal investigators. 
Assistant professor Lauri Uotinen in the Underground Research Laboratory. The rock wall behind him features two automatically detectable markers used in photogrammetry
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Meet Lauri Uotinen, assistant professor of rock engineering

Lauri Uotinen combines photogrammetry and rock engineering to create new insights into underground spaces.

People stories

Olli Ikkala ja Esa Saarinen
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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.
Elisabet Lahti and Jaan Praks
Cooperation, Research & Art, University Published:

An entrepreneurial researcher takes action and creates something new

When a researcher thinks like an entrepreneur, they can create something truly groundbreaking.
Minna Tuusa and Anu Honkalinna.
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Experimentation, risk-taking, seeking the new – entrepreneurial mindset permeates Aalto

For Aalto University employees, entrepreneurial mindset means daring to try something new
Koos Zevenhoven, photo by Oona Hilli
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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.'
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