Aalto University

The endowment provided EUR 37 million to university operations in 2023, contributing approx.  9% to the total funding of the university. This funding continues to secure high-quality education and research activities to compensate for the…

Annually Aalto University awards the best 10 percent of doctoral theses. This year seven doctoral theses were honoured at the School of Science. The criteria for the Doctoral Thesis Award are academic quality, impact, and…

Dissertation awards were presented to: Muhammad Awais: Hyperspectral Imaging and Chemometrics to Investigate the Chemical Wood Modification Karl Alexander Henn: Scalable Surface Chemistry for Lignin Modification - Creating Value…

The Emission Free Pulping (EFP) research program intends to find ways to improve energy efficiency, enhance the efficiency of wood usage and conversion to products, achieve emission-free pulping (especially carbon dioxide…

There will be changes in the leadership team of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Dean Tuomas Auvinen started his new term of office on 11 March 2024, and now Professor Laura Beloff has been appointed as the new Vice Dean for art…

Aalto University School of Business has appointed Suzanne Innes-Stubb, who holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree, as Executive in Residence for business law. Part of the Department of Accounting and Business Law, Innes-Stubb’s three-year,…

Janne Hirvonen has been appointed as the new Head of Technical Service of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture from 1.6.2024. Hirvonen has been the facility officer of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture as well as…

Doctor of Science Raili Pönni has been appointed as Aalto University’s Development Director and a member of the management team starting 1 April 2024. She will be responsible for the university’s strategic planning, public relations and…

Aalto University's Meeri Karvinen recently defended her doctoral dissertation focusing on how universities and workplaces support early-career engineering graduates to act for sustainability. In a thought-provoking public defence, Karvinen…

Aalto University received 20 744 applications for bachelor's programmes in the joint application round for spring 2024, which ended on 27 March. 8 752 applicants out of the total of 13 500 chose an Aalto study option as their first choice.…