Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö sr., operating as Aalto University (AALTO), is a Finnish multidisciplinary university in the fields of science and technology, economics, architecture, and art and design. Aalto University employs 420 professors and has a student body of 14000 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE), 70% of which are students in science and technology. Aalto University was founded in 2010 by merging three Finnish universities: The Helsinki School of Economics, The University of Art and Design Helsinki, and Helsinki University of Technology. In 2024, Times Higher Education placed Aalto 21st in the world among universities founded less than 50 years ago. The three schools were all leading and renowned institutions in their respective fields. In 2019, the Academic Rankings of World Universities ranked Aalto University as number 22 in the field of Telecommunications.
More information about Aalto Univerisity: https://www.aalto.fi/en/aalto-university
More information about excellence in Research at Aalto: https://www.aalto.fi/en/research-art/excellence-in-research
The key personnel, Mahdi Pourakbari Kasmaei, is affiliated with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation.
The group involved in the Fitness Project is the Power and Energy Systems (PES): https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-electrical-engineering-and-automation/power-and-energy-systems)
More information about the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation: https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-electrical-engineering-and-automation
Previous and current involvement in Research and Training Programmes, including H2020 ITN
Aalto University has extensive experience in administration of research grants as it has participated in 425 actions in FP7 and H2020 (39 ERCs and 50 MSCAs); while there are 121 signed grants in Horizon Europe (34 MSCAs, 20 ERCs). Under Horizon 2020, AALTO participated in 20 MSCA ITN projects and under Horizon Europe in 10 MSCA DN projects, of which 14 are ongoing. The School of Electrical Engineering has been awarded funding for participation in 5 ongoing Horizon Europe MSCA DNs (INTEGRATE, SmartANKLE, PSST, FOCAL, FITNESS).
Aalto’s Lifewide Learning strategy recognizes the importance of continuous learning and digital learning environments for professional development. Free courses are provided to the Aalto community and beyond, e.g., via MOOCs on entrepreneurship and participation in the FITech network university which offers ICT studies. Aalto University is one of the nine partner universities in the UNITE! for Network Innovation, Technology and Engineering. This action targeting the trans-European university campus aims to train the experts needed for driving the digital and green transition.