Aalto University Alumni

International Students

17.41

% of international students in the university

3058

Total International Students in the university

Aalto University has a network of 45,000 alumni members from 80 countries. Some of the notable alumni members are Renny Harlin (Finnish film director, producer, and screenwriter), Thomas "Dome" Karukoski (Finnish film director), Risto Kalevi Siilasmaa (Finnish businessperson), and Linda Liukas (Finnish children's book author, illustrator and an instructor for beginner programmers).

Aalto University alumni who’ve made big impacts in business, innovation, art, politics, and science:

Alumni Name

Notable Achievement / Famous For

Degree(s) / Field

Graduating Year

Jorma Jaakko Ollila

Business leader: former CEO/Chairman of Nokia and Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell

Economics / Business

N/A

Renny Harlin

Film director, producer & screenwriter

Film / Media Studies or related

~1980-1981

Elina Maria Valtonen

Finnish politician; Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2023

Politics / Economics or Business

N/A

Dome Karukoski

Film director

Film / Media

N/A

Mauri Kunnas

Children’s author & cartoonist

Arts / Literature

N/A

Linda Liukas

Author & educator; known for Hello Ruby, coding education for kids

Coding / Computer Science / Design

~2009

Hele Savin

Professor & researcher; solar cell technology (black silicon)

MSc / PhD Engineering / Materials

MSc 2000; PhD 2005

Sari Maritta Baldauf

Business executive; Chairwoman of Nokia

MBA

N/A

Otto Veikko Rikhard Hilska

Entrepreneur; founder & CEO of Swarmia; author

Technology / Product / Business

N/A

Esa Jouni Olavi Saarinen

Philosopher & professor; one of Finland’s prominent thinkers

Philosophy / Applied Philosophy

N/A

Students

21

Yocketers Applied

10

Yocketers Admitted

73

Yocketers Interested

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