阿尔托大学的创办与芬兰近年来推行的高等教育改革、尤其是高等院校结构重组密切相关。该大学的一项目标是：到2020年，在其重点发展的学科领域内成为世界上领先的研究及教学机构之一。
院系设置
商学院
经济学院主要有以下学部组成
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
艺术设计学院
艺术设计学院学位项目是由以下五个学部组成
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
理工学院
理工学院是由四个系组成，每个系是由各学部和独立实验室组成，而且一些独立单位不从属于任何系。
化学与材料科学系
Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology
Department of Chemistry
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Forest Products Technology
电子通信与自动化系
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无线电气象台
工程与建筑系
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
城市与区域研究中心 - YTK
信息与自然科学系
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
语言中心
TKK主图书馆
终身学习机构 - Dipoli
低温实验室
