Aalto University consists of six schools which enroll about 20,000 students in engineering and science, business, and arts & design. Aalto University Otaniemi campus is surrounded by the largest and leading innovation hub in the Nordic countries with over 600 companies employing 16,000 people from start-ups to multinational corporations operate around the compact 4 square kilometer campus.

Collaboration with the national industry and other universities on the prospects of graphene technology and on processing technologies with potential business opportunities is promoted in the framework of Graphene Finland (http://www.graphenefinland.fi/) society managed by VTT and Aalto University.