Research & Art
Our research focuses on seven key areas combining four core competences in the fields of digitalisation, materials, arts and design, and business together with three grand challenges related to energy, living environments, and health.
Research and art: Driving excellence
We create world-class clusters of excellence and bring talent together.
Our long-term purpose:
We excel and make breakthroughs in and across science, art, technology and business.
Our current focus of development:
Driving excellence. We create world-class clusters of excellence and bring talent together.
The planned actions:
We cultivate excellence in our strongest areas of research and art, both existing and emerging.
We develop and support selected physical and digital infrastructures.
We collaborate to amplify our impact in a changing global landscape.
Our current key research areas
Our strength is excellence and increasing impact on our chosen key areas in research, art and education and a unique combination of collaborating disciplines.
News related to research and art
Publishing Research Data Alongside Research Articles
Data availability statements are increasingly required by scientific journals. They include information on what data are available, where they can be found, and any applicable access terms
Who publishes our open access publications?
Researchers at Aalto and Helsinki Universities favor open access journals with author fees published by large publishers. Popular journals without author fees are often published by universities or societies.
Learning, growing, and exploring: a path through doctoral studies at Aalto
Hamidreza Daghigh Shirazi reflects on his doctoral journey at Aalto University