The Academic Committee for Science shall put forth proposals on:
- school-specific curriculum
- school-specific degree requirements
- school-specific admission requirements
- other matters relating to academic activities
- other duties assigned by the dean directing the school, and
- decide on the arrangements for the ceremonial conferment of doctoral degrees of the school and the conferral of the title of honorary doctor.
For more information on the duties of the Aalto University's schools' academic committees please see the the Aalto University Bylaws.
Academic Committee for Science
Meetings in the autumn 2026:
Monday 14 September at 14.15
Monday 26 October at 14.15
Monday 7 December at 14.15
Chair Dean Pauliina Ilmonen
Presenting official Manager of Academic Affairs Mari Knuuttila (mari.knuuttila@aalto.fi, +358 50 5373358).
Meeting minutes
PAK meeting minutes from 2011 onwards can be found in SAHA (Electronic document and records management system)
| Members | Full member | 1. deputy | 2. deputy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professors | Nuutti Hyvönen | Ahti Salo | Lasse Leskelä |
| Russel W.F. Lai | Pekka Orponen | Marko Nieminen | |
| Jukka Suomela | Verena Distler | Petri Vuorimaa | |
| Sebastian Szyller | Matti Hämäläinen | Andrea Sand | |
| Natalia Vuori | Risto Rajala | Mikko Jääskeläinen | |
| Bo Zhao | Pekka Marttinen | Lauri Savioja | |
| Staff members | Ari Korhonen | Lukas Ahrenberg | Jari-Pekka Vanhanen |
| Mika P. Nieminen | Arto Hellas | Sanna Suoranta | |
| Pekka Alestalo | Ville Havu | Jukka Korhonen | |
| Jari Ylitalo | Satu Rekonen | Tero Haahtela | |
| Student members | Aada Ilvonen | Maria Välilä | |
| Veeti Koivisto | Samu Yli-Salomäki | ||
| Lauri Pörsti | Kalle Kinnala | ||
| Teemu Tasanen | Tarmo Hietala |