Over the years, Aalto University has stubbornly stuck to offering its higher degree programme predominantly in English, even though two formal complaints have been filed with the Chancellor of Justice. Business Analytics, Creative Sustainability, International Design, Business Management are all examples of Aalto University’s master’s programmes in business and economics. The Espoo-based university has plenty on offer in English and, by contrast, only one master’s programme is available to business students entirely in Finnish (corporate law). The use of the Finnish language is similarly scarce in the field of technology. In 2013, Deputy Chancellor of Justice Mikko Puumalainen stated that the share of English-language teaching at Aalto University was not in compliance with the Constitution, nor the Universities Act. According to Aalto University, the policy it continues to follow is that education for a bachelor’s degree is mainly in the national languages, Finnish and Swedish, and master’s education is mainly in English.
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