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Aalto University

Espoo , Espoo , Finland

National Ranking: 1

Founded: 2010
Establishment: University
Type: Public
Total Students: 0

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Aalto University

Aalto University (Finnish: Aalto-yliopisto; Swedish: Aalto-universitetet) is a public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki. The close collaboration between the scientific, business and arts communities is intended to foster multi-disciplinary education and research.

The Finnish government, in 2010, set out to create a university that fosters innovation, merging the three institutions into one. The university is composed of six schools with close to 17,500 students and 4,000 staff members, making it Finland's second largest university. The main campus of Aalto University is located in Otaniemi, Espoo. Aalto University Executive Education operates in the district of Töölö, Helsinki. In addition to the Greater Helsinki area, the university also operates its Bachelor's Programme in International Business in Mikkeli and the Metsähovi Radio Observatory in Kirkkonummi.

Aalto University's operations showcase Finland's experiment in higher education. The Aalto Design Factory, Aalto Ventures Program and Aalto Entrepreneurship Society (Aaltoes), among others, drive the university's mission for a radical shift towards multidisciplinary learning and have contributed substantially to the emergence of Helsinki as a hotbed for startups. Aaltoes is Europe's largest and most active student run entrepreneurship community that has founded major concepts such as the Startup Sauna accelerator program and the Slush startup event.

The university is named in honour of Alvar Aalto, a prominent Finnish architect, designer and alumnus of the former Helsinki University of Technology, who was also instrumental in designing a large part of the university's main campus in Otaniemi.

Important Facts

Our university community includes 12,000 students and more than 4,000 employees, 400 of whom are professors. Aalto University has six universities.

The rapidly changing world calls for courage to take a leap into the unknown. Aalto University answers this call by generating new ideas, cutting-edge research, high-class experts, entrepreneurship and leadership. Give today and support research and work on behalf of a stronger Finland that succeeds in international competition.

Innovations, new companies, jobs and well-being
Multidisciplinary cooperation and globally networked research in these areas help us find new energy solutions, plan and build human-centered environments and develop health-enhancing technology. Close interaction with business life ensures that research results are rapidly put into practice. This creates innovations, new companies, jobs and well-being.

Each donation contributes to our pioneering research and education. It is important to us that our donors have wanted to support the development of Aalto.

Government matching funding campaign for donations received by universities is currently underway. Donations of more than 10 000 eur to Aalto University or to a specific field of study: business, arts and design or technology are eligible for matching funding.

A donation of less than EUR 10,000 is eligible for matching funding when it is generally allocated to the university. Select "Aalto University” in the online donation.

Ranking / Awards

Aalto University has improved its position in university comparisons of technology, economics and art. The ranking is also excellent in the overall rankings of young universities.

Depending on the calculation method, there are about 17,000–22,000 universities in the world, of which about 1,000 in Europe, about 70 in the Nordic countries and 14 in Finland.

Many ranking lists compare universities with different indicators. Most evaluate research publications - their number and, for example, how much they have been cited in other researchers' publications. Criteria may also include, for example, internationality, external funding and the university's reputation among researchers and employers. In several rankings, these areas are specified and the overall ranking is decided by common points.

Some of the comparisons are so-called general rankings, in which universities are evaluated as a whole. Aalto University is excellently ranked in the overall rankings, which include only young universities under the age of 50.

Some of the ranking lists are discipline-specific and are more relevant to a university specializing in three fields, such as Aalto University. Different disciplines have different publishing practices, and in sectoral comparisons, universities are better on the same line.

Organizations producing rankings also make special listings of their extensive data, taking into account only one indicator or criterion, such as internationality, business cooperation or external funding.