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The goal of our strategy is ambitious: we want to shape a sustainable future. We want to respond to global grand challenges by educating game changers who have the advanced research-based expertise needed to solve multidisciplinary and complex challenges. 

For the programmes, this means adopting a future-led way of thinking that allows the crystallisation of the programme aims and updating the intended learning outcomes to support those aims. Furthermore, programmes or other study modules should be designed, in collaboration with the teacher community, so that they are aligned and employ a wide variety of inclusive teaching and learning methods. Programmes are developed systematically by utilizing assessment data.

The outcome of this development work will be a future-led curriculum that allows the students to gain both expertise of their field of study and generic skills and that guides students to graduate within the target time.

Our shared goals for the preparation of curricula for the academic years 2026–2028 are:

1. We strengthen the status of national languages Finnish and Swedish alongside English. The goal is that in all 15 areas of the educational responsibility at Aalto University, there will be programmes where students can complete the majority of their studies in national languages. This goal particularly pertains to the programmes responsible to offer teaching in national languages identified by the schools, as well as the courses offered within these programs.
2. We strengthen the employability of international students in Finland. It is hoped that the programmes will identify development needs related to the professional skills and employability of international students in Finland and select development measures that can enhance these skills during their studies.
3. We continue to integrate the cross-cutting approaches of sustainability, radical creativity, and an entrepreneurial mindset into the programmes. Programmes will continue the work of integrating these cross-cutting approaches into teaching to strengthen future skills and multidisciplinary collaboration competencies in each field. Learning objectives related to the cross-cutting themes will be identified and linked to the curricula and courses in a way that is meaningful to the goals of each field and supports student learning. The goal is for all students to encounter these cross-cutting approaches during their academic journey.