Aalto University: Class Profile & Alumni

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