The first Foundation University in Finland with an independent, high-level board. The first Foundation University in Finland with an independent, high-level board

The first Foundation University in Finland with an independent, high-level board.

• The first Foundation University in Finland with an independent, high-level board.

• Hundreds of years of history and knowledge brought together in Aalto University

• Helsinki School of Economics, founded in 1911

• Helsinki University of Technology, founded in 1849

• University of Art and Design, founded in 1871

The second largest university in Finland

• The second largest university in Finland

• Aalto University:

• a staff of 4,500, of which approximately 300 are professors

• 20,000 students

• 75,000 alumni

• The total annual budget about € 368 million (2009)

• Aalto University aims to be acknowledged as a world class

• university in the fields of technology, business and

• Industrial design & art by the year 2020.

Aalto University Foundation founded in

• Aalto University Foundation founded in

• June 2008

• Finnish Government EUR 500 million
• Private donations of at least EUR 200 million

• Seven-member Board appointed in August 2008

• President Tuula Teeri appointed in December 2008

• The responsibilities of three universities will be transferred to Aalto University Foundation on 1 January 2010 (new University Law)

• The Finnish Government will remain the main financier of the activities

• changes in the operational environment

• diversify their funding base

• compete for international research funding

• cooperation with foreign institutes

• resource allocation to strategic focus areas (top research)

• quality and effectiveness of research and teaching

• strengthen their role within the innovation system

• National Economy - Global economy

• Internationalization and mobility

• Strategic thinking
• Strategic focus areas + resource allocation

• Strengthening the role of the universities within the innovation system

• Quality and effectiveness of research and teaching

• diversify their funding base

• compete for international research funding system

• compete for international research funding

• cooperation with foreign institutes

• The autonomy of universities will enlarge further

• Universities will take the place of the State as employers

• Universities will have more latitude in the management of their finances.

• The composition of the university boards will change in line with the strategic management responsibility.

• The Universities of Kuopio and Joensuu

• Eastern Finland University

• The University of Turku and Turku School of Economics

• Eastern Finland University

• Helsinki School of Economics, the University of Art and Design and Helsinki University of Technology

• Aalto University

Clear focus areas

• Clear focus areas

• Innovations brought through multidisciplinary research and partnerships

• Academic matters form the hub – all activities support research, teaching and artistic activities

• Internationalization

• Autonomy

• As a distinctive entity to become a world class university

• 

- The academic/scientific community joining

• - The academic/scientific community joining

• forces with the private as well as the public

• sector

• - The Finnish strengths

• Making the most out of them

• Alvar Aalto (1898–1976)

Mission

• Mission

• Aalto University strives to change the world

• through

• - top-quality interdisciplinary research,

• pioneering education,

• surpassing traditional boundaries, and

• renewal.

• Aalto University educates responsible, broad-minded experts

• with a comprehensive understanding of complex issues to act as

• visionaries.

• Vision

• The best connect and succeed at Aalto University, an institution internationally recognized for the impact of its science, art, and learning.

• Values

• Passion for Exploration
• Courage to influence and excel
• Freedom to be creative and critical
• Responsibility to accept, care, and inspire
• High ethics, openness, and equality

• What do we do?

• We build an international, multicultural

• campus

• We assist our students and staff to be internationally mobile

• We market our university internationally in order to recruit more international students and faculty

• We look for partnerships internationally that help us excel