Aalto University Academic Affairs Committee
The Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) decides on the university’s curriculum, degree requirements, and criteria for student selection, other general rules involving teaching, research, and artistic activity, and it appoints the required bodies to conduct research and teaching. The tasks of the Committee are set in the Aalto University Bylaws.
Furthermore, the committee appoints the members of the university board. The Chair of the Committee is the president or another person designated by the president.
The Academic Affairs Committee may, by its sole decision, transfer the tasks listed above to the Academic Affairs Committees of the Schools, excluding the responsibility for appointing the university board.
Members of the Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) 2026
Nine (9) members of the committee shall represent the professors, six (6) other research and teaching staff and other staff and four (4) students. The deputy members shall be appointed in proportion the number of full members. The members of all of the above-mentioned groups shall represent each of the university’s three areas of expertise: business, technology, and art and design.
| Member | 1st Deupty Member | 2nd deputyMember | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professorijäsenet / Professor members / Professormedlemmar | |||
| ARTS | Pia Fricker | Maarit Salolainen | Pirjo Sanaksenaho |
| ARTS | Teemu Leinonen | Harri Ylönen | Arturo Delgado Pereira |
| BIZ | Kari Hoppu | Petri Jylhä | Peter Nyberg |
| BIZ | Pekka Malo | Vikash Sinha | Lauri Viitasaari |
| CHEM | Kari Laasonen | Riikka Puurunen | Paula Jouhten |
| ELEC | Edris Pouresmaeil | Riku Jäntti | Ville Pulkki |
| ENG | Sven Bossuyt | Heidi Falkenbach | Jarkko Niiranen |
| SCI | Tuomas Hytönen | Mikko Jääskeläinen | Andrea Sand |
| TECH | Petri Vuorimaa | Weiwei Lin | |
| Opetus-, tutkimus- ja muu henkilöstö / Teaching, research and other Staff members / Unvervisning, forskning och övriga medlemmar | |||
| Riikka Leikola | Panu Sainio | Katriina Korhonen | |
| Enrico Glerean | Reetta Karinen | Jorma Laaksonen | |
| Saara Kanerva | Kalle Airo | Juha Linnekoski | |
| Oskari Nokso-Koivisto | Minna Mäkitalo | Jerri Kämpe-Hellenius | |
| Anu Lehtovuori | Ari Korhonen | Johanna Wartio | |
| Mari Haapio | Heli Järvelä | Wille Jurmu-Leppämäki | |
| Opiskelijajäsenet / Student members / Studentmedlemmar | |||
| Toni Niemi | Marcell Berta | Nooa Lindfors | |
| Chiara Paolillo | Camille Fourié | Maria Furqan | |
| Antti Puska | Nora Finholm | Anu Vanhanen | |
| Julia Särkkä | Mia Luoma | Atte Moisio | |