Faculty
Meet our faculty!
The leading Accounting and Business Law department in the Nordic Region
The Department of Accounting & Business Law is Finland's leading Accounting and Business Law department. Our department consists of both Finnish and international faculty with expertise in Accounting and Business Law areas.
Our research covers a broad range of industry-relevant issues and is regularly published in the top Accounting, Finance, Management, and Business Law outlets. Our ongoing research explores the impact of Digitalisation, Sustainability, and Inclusivity initiatives on Accounting, Auditing and Compliance activities in firms. Our faculty members take socially relevant roles supporting political decision-making, advising businesses, and steering firms' strategies.
Our department is very well networked both nationally and internationally. Our excellent seminar series covers both Management and Financial Accounting topics, attracting top researchers from all over the world. We have close tie-ups with leading businesses both for teaching and research purposes. Our faculty members regularly write opinion pieces for leading media houses in Finland, and international media reports have cited some of the cutting-edge research from our department.
Theoretically advanced and practically valuable research enables us to provide industry-relevant education at both bachelors and masters levels. We regularly benchmark our bachelor and master level programmes against leading Nordic and European Accounting programmes. In our course and curricula design, we take input from our alumni and industry experts. We believe Accounting and Business law are essential parts of financially sound strategic solutions to often complex and ambiguous managerial challenges. Our degree programmes equip students with relevant skills enabling them to succeed in today's turbulent job markets.
Research
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Seminars & Events
Explore our excellent and interesting seminars and events.
Impact
See how Department of Accounting engages actively in societal discussion.
Events
Aalto Data Agents' weekly support hour on Zoom
Join and ask anything about research data management and open science.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships training for Aalto applicants, 7 May, 14 May and 3 June 2025
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) funding for Postdoctoral Fellowships is aimed at postdoctoral researchers with up to 8 years of research experience after their doctoral degree, who would like to move within or to Europe and beyond to carry out research. The researcher applies for funding in cooperation with the host organisation.
'Better Business — Better Society: Johtaminen tänään' seminar
Better Business — Better Society Seminar Series offers opportunities to learn about and discuss current societally important topics monthly.
Aalto Data Agents' weekly support hour on Zoom
Join and ask anything about research data management and open science.News
Join us for the Aalto Open Science Award 2024 Ceremony
All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required!
The green transition, digitalization, and geopolitical shifts impact the audit environment
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) and the Aalto University School of Business are organising the Summer School on auditing and accounting in public administration to equip professionals with the best possible skills to adapt to the demands of a rapidly changing world
Pedagogical research on business education is useful for the development of university teaching
The study highlights the importance of appropriate workload and quality of teaching in helping students to adopt a deep learning approach
David Derichs receives the prestigious Teacher of the Year award 2025
Every Autumn the School of Business students vote for the best teacher and tell why he or she should be awardedFor Students Interested in Accounting
Both our Bachelor’s and Master’sprogrammes are the largest at the business school and regularly receive top ratings from the students. Our PhD programme is well-funded and provides top-quality education, research relevant training, great networking possibilities, in proximity to practices, and excellent supervision.
The English-Finnish accounting dictionary for students can be found here.
Hae suomen- ja ruotsinkielisiin kandidaattiohjelmiin
Hae Aalto-yliopiston suomen- ja ruotsinkielisiin kandidaattiohjelmiin kauppatieteen, taiteen ja tekniikan aloilla! Seuraava hakuaika on 11.–25.3.2025.
Accounting, Master of Science (Economics and Business Administration)
The Master’s Programme in Accounting prepares students for producing and using financial and non-financial information to control and manage companies. Accounting, whether financial accounting or management accounting, is at the heart of every business and a critical part of planning and decision-making in companies. Accounting graduates possess invaluable and highly universal know-how for succeeding in different organisations across all industries and continents.
Yritysjuridiikan maisteriohjelma
The Master´s Programme in Business Law is taught in Finnish.
For more information visit our Finnish web site.
Contact information
Visiting address
Ekonominaukio 1, 3rd floor, 02150 Espoo
Postal address
Department of Accounting & Business Law
Aalto University School of Business
PO BOX 21210
FI-00076 AALTO
FINLAND
Department Administration
Head of the Department: Jari Huikku
Inquiries regarding
- applying to Bachelor's or Master's Programmes:admissions@aalto.fi
- applying to Doctoral Programme: doctoralprogramme-biz@aalto.fi
- all administrative affairs: anu.koponen@aalto.fi
School of Business
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