Aalto University

Aalto University
Aalto-yliopisto
Aalto-universitetet
Latin: Universitas Aalto
TypePublic foundation
Established2010 (2010)
Endowment700 million[1]
BudgetApprox. 390 million per year[2]
ChairmanMikko Kosonen
PresidentIlkka Niemelä
ProvostKristiina Mäkelä
Academic staff
2,761[2]
Administrative staff
1,228[2]
Students17,563 (2016)[2]
Location,
CampusUrban
ColorsBlue, yellow, and red
     [3]
AffiliationsCLUSTER, UArctic, CESAER, AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS, CEMS, UNITE!
Websiteaalto.fi

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.[4] 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.

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.

  1. ^ Private donations were collected over a couple of years. By the deadline of July 2011 a total of 200 million in private donations was collected. The state of Finland has agreed to boost all the collected funding by a factor of 2.5. Totaling the pledged sum to 700 million euros."Aalto University's foundation capital has been amassed". Aalto University. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  2. ^ a b c d "Key figures and annual reports". Aalto University. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Visual elements – Aalto University Visual Identity Library". Aalto University. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. ^ "EU Policy Blog". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2014-08-10.


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