Research & Art
Our research focuses on seven key areas combining four core competences in the fields of digitalisation, materials, arts, design and business together with three grand challenges related to energy, living environment, and health.
Research and art: Driving excellenceÂ
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
Spring term open science highlight: Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony
We gathered at A Grid to celebrate the awardees of the Aalto Open Science Award 2024 and discuss open science topics with the Aalto community.
A revolution for R&D with the missing link of machine learning — project envisions human-AI expert teams to solve grand challenges
Samuel Kaski receives ERC Advanced Grant to develop new machine learning that is robust, generalisable and engages human experts.
Aalto University Furniture Program is exhibiting at 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen
3 Days of Design, the Copenhagen-based festival, is taking place from 18 to 20 June 2025.