Departments

Aalto University School of Science consists of seven departments and three separate institutes.

Departments

Separate institutes

The BIT Research Centre operates as part of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. The School is a partner in the Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP), coordinated by the University of Helsinki. The School is additionally home to the  EIT ICT Labs, which aims at generating a dynamic and self-strengthening European ICT ecosystem.


Department of Applied Physics

The department pursues vigorous research activities in the field of physical sciences with important industrial applications and technological potential. The department has strong traditions in experimental as well as in computational and theoretical physics research. The department also has a strong emphasis on doctoral education, and it is clearly the most research-intensive department at the Aalto University.

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Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science (BECS)

The crux of the study at the department consists of living and other complex systems, their measurement, analysis, modelling, understanding and control. The department combines experimental research and computational methods. By developing algorithms and new technologies, we seek to solve problems in health care, medical diagnostics, society, energy, and the environment.

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering researches and teaches the methods and application of information and software technology. It also provides teaching of basic studies in information and software technology for the whole university.

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Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

Studies in Industrial Engineering and Management comprise a combination of technology, economics, leadership, and work psychology. Teaching is grounded in international research and correlates closely with business life through cooperative exercises, research projects, and vibrant alumni activity. The department studies how technological competence and innovations can be converted into successful business activity. The phenomena under study include product, service, and information production control, strategic management, technological entrepreneurship, and in knowledge-intensive organizations.

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Department of Information and Computer Science

The focus of the department's research and teaching activity is on bringing advanced mathematical, statistical and computational methods to bear on the automation of challenging tasks in technology and science. One aspect of this mission is adaptive informatics, whereby automated learning algorithms are used to discover the relevant informative concepts, components, and their mutual relations from large amounts of data. Another is theoretical computer science, regarded as the development and application of mathematical methods for the systematic modelling, analysis, and solution of computational tasks.

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Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis

The department has a charge to provide basic studies in mathematics for the Master of Science programmes at Aalto University Schools of Technology, convey the latest advances in mathematical knowledge to the various fields of technology, and to perform scientific work and educate researchers in its own field. The teaching covers the entire field of mathematics that is central to technology.

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Department of Media Technology

The department deals with digital media in its all diverse forms - from publication platforms to interactive environments. We advance the multifaceted know-how - including technology, content, and psychology - needed for the development of contemporary media products. Our research focus areas are computer graphics and interactive technologies, virtual environments, digital image quality, and WWW technologies including the semantic web.

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Language Centre

The Language Centre provides teaching in languages and cultural awareness and communication for all the Aalto University schools of technology and for the Aalto University School of Art and Design.

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O.V.Lounasmaa Laboratory (until 31.12.2011 Low Temperature Laboratory)

LTL's main fields of research are ultralow temperature physics, neuromagnetic studies of brain functions, nanophysics, and cryoengineering. Over the years LTL has evolved into one of the world centers in ultralow temperature physics and neuromagnetic brain studies.

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Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT

HIIT is a joint research institute of Aalto University and the University of Helsinki for basic and applied research on information technology. Its research ranges from fundamental methods and technologies to novel applications and their impact on people and society. HIIT’s key competences are in Internet architecture and technologies, mobile and human-centric computing, user-created media, analysis of large sets of data and probabilistic modeling of complex phenomena. HIIT works in a multidisciplinary way, with scientists from computer, natural, behavioural and social sciences, as well as from humanities and design. The projects are conducted in collaboration with universities, companies and research institutions.

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New School

The Aalto University School of Science started its operations on 1 January 2011. It is based on the Faculty of Information and Natural Sciences of the School of Science and Technology (former Helsinki University of Technology).