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Research and learning infrastructures
Research and learning infrastructures
Aalto University hosts high-level facilities for research, education and innovation, including unique nationally significant research infrastructures. Continuous development and collaboration with partners guarantees first class environment for researchers, students and wider Aalto community. These infrastructures are open for everyone. Their access policy, training requirements and operation expenses differ from one to another. Details are best found from their individual websites.
Aalto University's open access policy for research infrastructures
Aalto University's significant research and learning infrastructures
Aalto Ice and Wave Tank
Aalto Ice and Wave Tank is a multipurpose basin ideally suited for testing ships and other maritime structures in ice conditions.
Aalto Industry and Innovation Infrastructure
Aalto i3 – Aalto Industry and Innovation Infrastructure is for students, researchers and companies to innovate and co-create smart, connected products and services. Offering variety of specialised manufacturing and testing facilities, Aalto i3 provides structured access to unique multi-purpose infrastructure.
Aalto NeuroImaging (ANI) Infrastructure
ANI research infrastructure houses three functional neuroimaging modalities, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at Advanced Magnetic Imaging (AMI) Centre, magnetoencephalography (MEG) at MEG Core and Aalto Behavioral Laboratory (ABL).
Aalto Studios
Aalto Studios weaves together the players of the creative economy: designers, filmmakers, YouTubers, game developers, performing artists, educators, angel investors, public-sector operators, and more in Finland, Scandinavia, Europe, and beyond.
Bioeconomy Infrastructure
The Bioeconomy Infrastructure uses pre-treatment technology, thermal and catalytic processing, and biotechnology to produce a range of chemicals and fuel components and other materials from renewable inputs.
Metsähovi Radio Observatory
Metsähovi Radio Observatory is the only astronomical radio observatory in Finland. Metsähovi’s main instrument is the 14-metre radio telescope, which is used around the clock, every day of the year. Its observational data is used, e.g., for studying active galaxies, the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth.
OtaNano
OtaNano is Finland's national research infrastructure for micro-, nano-, and quantum technologies
The Finnish Quantum-Computing Infrastructure
The Finnish Quantum-Computing Infrastructure provides state-of-the-art quantum-computing services such as computing time and training to the Finnish RDI communities.
Science-IT
Infrastructure for high-level computational research.
Other valuable research and learning infrastructures
Aalto Acoustics Lab
The Aalto Acoustics Lab is a multidisciplinary research center focusing on audio processing and spatial sound technologies. The laboratory gathers professors and research teams from three different units: Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Department of Computer Science, and Department of Art and Media.
Aalto Electronics-ICT
Aalto Electronics-ICT is an infrastructure for research and education in the fields of electromagnetics and material studies, electronic circuit design and microelectronics, radio science and engineering, and space science and technology.
Aalto Factory of the Future
The Aalto Factory of the Future is an infrastructure to support innovation in future industrial automation, industry 4.0 & 5.0 and beyond. It allows test and trials of advanced technologies, such as future wireless communication (5G / Wifi6 and beyond) in industry.
Aalto nextG
Aalto nextG is an infrastructure supporting research on future mobile networks. It is operated by the School of Electrical Engineering's, Information and Communications Engineering technical support services.
Design Factory
Design Factory develops creative ways of working and enhanced interdisciplinary interaction to support world-class product design in educational, research and practical application contexts.
Health Technology Research Infrastructure
The Health Technology Research Infrastructure consists of 13 laboratories at the Otaniemi campus and is part of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation. The laboratories provide high-quality medical technology equipment to several research groups and for teaching purposes in the Health Technology Engineering Programme.
MAGICS infrastructure
The MAGICS infrastructure, uniquely integrates art and science for advanced research and learning. It offers tools for 4D digitization and measuring human behaviour in digital environments, supporting areas like AI, gamification, and immersive realities. It connects expertise from academia and industry, fostering robust partnerships and providing open access to its facilities for a wide user base.
National Standards Laboratory
National Standards Laboratory of Aalto focuses on optical radiation measurements at the highest level of accuracy.
Arts infra Workshops
At the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, hands-on learning is essential. Our students have access to one of the finest workshop environment in the world, with a very high workshop to student ratio.
Related services
Secure operating environment for sensitive data
Aalto University operates a secure IT environment SECDATA that is compliant with the act on the secondary use of health and social data.
Aalto Materials Digitalization Platform - AMAD
Materials data infrastructure for Aalto University
Aalto's Electronic Laboratory Notebook - Aalto Notebook
Aalto Notebook (notebook.aalto.fi) is an Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) platform to track your experiments efficiently, facilitate data management and collaborate seamlessly.