Where science and art meet technology and business. Tuula Teeri President

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1 Where science and art meet technology and business Tuula Teeri President

2 Aalto University, born 2010 Vision The best connect and succeed at Aalto University, an institution internationally recognized for the impact of its science, art and learning. Goal A world-class university by year Universal mission Contributions to a better world. National mission Competitiveness and welfare of Finland. Helsinki School of Economics University of Art and Design, Helsinki Helsinki University of Technology School of Arts, Design and Architecture School of Business School of Chemical Technology School of Electrical Engineering School of Engineering School of Science University reform more autonomy to develop and implement own strategy A foundation-based university governed by an external Board Significant increase in resources Direct temporary government funding up to 100 million euro / year Endowment 700 million euro Estates and other assets 300 million euro 2

3 How to reach the world class? Our reforms Impact Support Basics Business co-operation Adding value Innovation and entrepreneurship Jobs and prosperity Multidisciplinary approaches Aalto Factories, platforms Infrastructure Equipment and campus Professional services Time for academic work Academic leadership Tools, mandate and responsibility Strong internationalization Tenure Track, Bologna Research-informed teaching (TEE) Students in focus Research excellence (RAE) Tenure Track No 16 in the world ; v 2010-; ; ; 2010 New funding model Stability vs incentives for quality 2013

4 Research excellence Focus and relevance by building on strengths Themes driving interdisciplinary research Digital society Mobile technologies, services, media, games, entertainment Energy & sustainable use of natural resources Bioeconomy Humancentred living environments LivingPlus World class potential Global business dynamics Process and systems competence Architecture Art World class Computation and modeling ICT Materials Design New media Art Based on extensive international research evaluation (RAE),

5 Reforms in action Research excellence International research papers +28% Competitive research funding +31% EU R&D-funding +82% Attracting talent International faculty +62% (over 30% of new tenure track professors) Pioneering education PhD degrees+24% Interdisciplinary education (e.g. Design Factory, AaltoNaut), transferrable skills Entrepreneurship Recent report by MIT identifies Aalto University as one of the 5 Rising Stars among 200 university-based innovation ecosystems Aalto Ventures program with Stanford, student-driven entrepreneurship: AES, Start-up Sauna, SLUSH Professor N. Asokan Systems and Technology Assistant Professor Hele Savin Micro and Nanoelectronics 5

6 Multidisciplinary factories Crossing borders! Aalto University supports multidisciplinary research by creating and encouraging opportunities for spontaneous and dynamic cooperation between experts from different fields Approaches and methods encourage hands-on, innovative work. The factories are environments for multidisciplinary learning, teaching, research and co-creation between universities, companies and society

7 CHEMARTS Crossing disciplinary borders Creating new concepts for bioeconomy by combining natural materials science with design and brand thinking. Student-driven projects, which have generated e.g. color changing textiles, luxury brands made of Finnish cellulose and recyclable clothes as material for 3D-printed new products. 7

8 Startup Sauna Crossing mental borders Entrepreneurship accelerator and events run by our students Main focus on the Nordic Countries, Northern Europe and Russia Local events to promote the program in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo SLUSH visitors start-ups 500 investors 300 media Next SLUSH:

9 Open Innovation House partner zone for Crossing industry-academia borders 9

10 Welcome to Aalto University! The 2015 CRP Conference: Crossing borders September 2015 Aalto University, Finland aalto.fi 10