Communication and Automation

Communication and Automation
Faculty of Electronics
School of Science and Technology
Aalto University

Organisation type: 
University
Country: 
Finland
Description: 

Expertise: The faculty conducts academic research in the fields of electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering, automation and bioinfomation technology. Based on the fundamental and applied research in these fields, the faculty provides top level education in undergraduate, master and doctoral programmes.
The Faculty of Electronics, Communications and Automation focuses its research on automation and systems technology, electronics, micro and nanosciences, communications, radio science and engineering, as well as electrical engineering and energy technology, radio astronomy and the related equipment development and space research. The faculty has 45 professors.
In agrotechnology the main expertise is in areas of:
- Automation
- Autonomous systems
- Robotics
- Information management in automation
The faculty is engaged in international research; for example, one sixth of our doctoral students are international students. The faculty is also home to two Centres of Excellence in Research appointed by the Academy of Finland: the Centre of Excellence in Smart Radios and Wireless Research (SMARAD) and the Centre of Excellence in Generic Intelligent Machines Research (GIM).

Facility: The faculty has many internationally unique research facilities such as the Mets