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Radical creativity means courageous, broad-minded, and experimental activities in co-creation of new solutions and competency for gaining innovative development in rapidly evolving situations. 

Entrepreneurial mindset is an attitude to approach challenges and problems as opportunities and to see the research results as potential basis for user-centric development of solutions. 

Solutions for Sustainability means an active pursuit toward concrete solutions for the more and more acute and wicked societal multifaceted, systemic challenges. 

Our attempt is to integrate these approaches in a meaningful way in all activities: research, education, and impact. In education, the aim is to enable all Aalto University students to develop solutions to multidisciplinary sustainability challenges through creativity and entrepreneurship. We strive to provide them with the tools to assess the impacts of their own decisions and actions in society and environment. In research, the goal is to promote solutions that improve the quality of life and health, enhance the sustainable use of materials and clean energy solutions.  In addition to our graduates' expertise and research results, Aalto University actively participates in the development of society.

Research and art: A unique combination of science, art, technology and economics 
for a better world.

We renew society with research-based knowledge, creativity and entrepreneurial thinking. In this way, we are creating new kinds of solutions to the world's grand challenges. Our research focuses on seven key areas. They combine our key areas of expertise, i.e., ICT, materials, art and design, and business with three major challenges: energy solutions, the living environment and health.

Through design, art and technology, we aim to bring solutions that improve the quality of life and health. We enhance the sustainable use of materials and the circular economy with smart systems, new materials, processing methods and user-centred design. We accelerate the energy transition extensively through the development of clean energy solutions in various sectors.

Education: Future-oriented learning

We promote competence need-based, high-quality and data-driven teaching and learning as well as a life-wide learning path.

Our long-term mission: Aalto graduates are decision-makers and implementers in our society. We inspire and support these changemakers of the future. 

Our development targets: We will strengthen the development and implementation of competence need-based teaching methods and the related development of teachers' competence. We support the integration of cross-cutting themes into teaching and programmes as part of continuous improvement. 

Development actions: Through high-quality and multilingual teaching based on research and the continuous assessment of competence needs, we create a foundation for success in working life.

We develop a diverse range of courses by bringing in multidisciplinary cooperation and cross-cutting themes in relevant parts. In this way, we attract a wide range of degree-oriented and life-wide learners.

With regard to cross-cutting themes, a team has been established to promote the development of teaching in close cooperation with lecturers, programme directors and teaching support. We support students at different stages of their path and ensure seamless life-wide learning.

Impact: Inspiring ecosystem

We are building an ecosystem based on international and multidisciplinary cooperation.

Our long-term mission: We renew society with research-based knowledge and innovations created on the basis of it. We create new kinds of solutions to the world's grand challenges and actively participate in the development of its structures.

Our development targets: We are building an ecosystem based on local, national and international cooperation.

Development actions: On our campus, we strengthen the culture in our community where innovations and impact can be created.

We strengthen and create cooperation networks in Finland and internationally. We highlight the University's societal impact extensively and more visibly than before. We enable experimentation and development activities by students, researchers and partners.