阿爾托大學的創(chuàng)辦與芬蘭近年來推行的高等教育改革、尤其是高等院校結構重組密切相關。該大學的一項目標是：到2020年，在其重點發(fā)展的學科領域內成為世界上領先的研究及教學機構之一。
院系設置
商學院
經(jīng)濟學院主要有以下學部組成
Department of Communication
Department of Management and International Business
Department of Information and Service Economy
Department of Accounting
Department of Marketing
Department of Finance
Department of Economics
藝術設計學院
藝術設計學院學位項目是由以下五個學部組成
Department of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design
Department of Media, including the former department Media Lab
Department of Design
Department of Art
Deparment of Art and Media Pori
理工學院
理工學院是由四個系組成，每個系是由各學部和獨立實驗室組成，而且一些獨立單位不從屬于任何系。
化學與材料科學系
Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology
Department of Chemistry
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Forest Products Technology
電子通信與自動化系
Department of Automation and Systems Technology
Department of Electronics
Department of Micro and Nanosciences
Department of Radio Science and Engineering
Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Communications and Networking
Metsähovi無線電氣象臺
工程與建筑系
Department of Architecture
Department of Energy Technology
Department of Engineering Design and Production
Department of Surveying
Department of Structural Engineering and Building Technology
Department of Applied Mechanics
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
TKK拉哈提中心
城市與區(qū)域研究中心 - YTK
信息與自然科學系
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science
Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis
Department of Media Technology
Department of Applied Physics
Department of Information and Computer Science
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
BIT研究中心
語言中心
TKK主圖書館
終身學習機構 - Dipoli
低溫實驗室