Key figures 2021–2025
STUDENTS |
2025 |
2024 |
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
| All enrolled students | 4700 | 4530 | 4334 | 4090 | 3904 |
| Bachelor’s students | 2273 | 2250 | 2143 | 2006 | 1906 |
| Master’s students | 2189 | 2068 | 1986 | 1879 | 1808 |
| Doctoral students | 238 | 212 | 205 | 205 | 190 |
| Outgoing exchange students | 371 | 417 | 391 | 376 | 128* |
| Incoming exchange students | 378 | 361 | 357 | 349 | 232 |
* Covid-19 affected dramatically the number of outgoing exchange students.
AWARDED DEGREES |
2025 |
2024 |
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
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| ²Ñ²¹²õ³Ù±ð°ù²õ’ | 652 | 553 | 476 | 472 | 463 |
| Doctorates | 21 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 8 |
RESEARCH |
2025 |
2024 |
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
| Number of peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals | 187 | 157 | 135 | 167 | 167 |
| Financial Times 50 articles | 34 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 12 |
| Top 10 Publications (%) | 16,4 | 16,8 | 18,2 | 18,5 | 20,1 |
| Competitive research funding (M€) | 5,7 | 3,8 | 3,0 | 3,5 | 3,0 |
N.B. The numbers/amounts have been published by the reporting year (not publishing year). Regarding the FT50 statistics, the numbers include not only peer-reviewed articles, but other publications, too.
FACULTY AND STAFF |
2025 |
2024 |
2023 |
2022 |
2021 |
| Total number of faculty and staff | 448 | 416 | 362 | 368 | 348 |
| Academic personnel, incl. doctoral students | 367 | 339 | 291 | 289 | 273 |
| - Professors | 96 | 92 | 85 | 83 | 80 |
| - Other professor-level faculty members | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| - Lecturers and research fellows | 27 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 21 |
| - Research focused personnel* | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| - Post-doctoral researchers | 59 | 55 | 37 | 35 | 36 |
| - Project employees and other academics | 22 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 27 |
| - Doctoral students | 134 | 123 | 107 | 109 | 91 |
| Service personnel | 81** | 71 | 71 | 79 | 75 |
The table shows the number of employees on the last day of the calendar year.
* Staff Scientists, Senior Advisors, Senior Scientists, mostly working in CKIR
** The total number of service personnel includes both the School of Business's "own" staff and experts working in Aalto University's shared services, whose work is primarily focused on the School of Business.
About the School
We work for better business and a better society. We educate experts and leaders for the future and contribute to society through impactful research, long-term partnerships and societal engagement. We are one of the leading business schools in Europe. Until the Aalto University was created in 2010, the name of the School of Business was the Helsinki School of Economics.
