Department of Built Environment

The research and education of the Department of Built Environment focus on fields that are continuously growing in societal importance. Research problems involve the great challenges facing today’s society, including population growth, urbanisation, climate change, globalisation, digitalisation and the increasing use of natural resources.

The Department of Built Environment is home to four research groups – Geoinformatics, Real Estate Economics, Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering and Water and Environmental Engineering – and a partner in MeMo, the Research Institute of Measuring and Modelling for The Built Environment.

Urban realities are becoming increasingly dynamic, complex and fragmented while demands for their liveability, sustainability, competitiveness, and attractiveness increase. Our research connects spatial planning and transportation engineering for developing new scientific knowledge needed in systemic understanding, problem-solving, and integrative planning and policy-making beyond sectoral boundaries, aimed at achieving equitable, sustainable and attractive environments.

Water and Environmental Engineering research at Aalto University aims to find solutions to decrease resource scarcity and to support sustainability. Our research is divided into two strategic areas: global water issues and sustainable circular economy, which are further divided into four research entities.

Real estate economics analyses the dynamics of real estate markets from the perspectives of e.g. business, planning, technology, value formation and law. The Real Estate Economics research group at Aalto University is the only university-level research unit in Finland focusing on the broad area of real estate.

Geoinformatics at Aalto University is a truly multidisciplinary field. Our research and its applications cover a wide range of themes from human-centred to natural environments.

The goal of the Institute is to produce world-class research and development of the measurement technology in the field of construction and environmental engineering.

Fields of study:

• Sustainable Communities
• Real Estate Economics and Geoinformatics

The department's bachelor's-degree education is offered in Finnish and Swedish in the Bachelor's Programme in Engineering .

Master's-level education is available in Aalto University master's programmes as well as co-operative and international programmes.

Aalto University programmes:

• Geoinformatics
• Real Estate Economics
• Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering
• Water and Environmental Engineering

Co-operative and international programmes:

• Urban Studies and Planning in Real Estate Economics
• Environmental Engineering
• Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions
  

Doctoral studies at the Department of Built Environment are part of the Aalto Doctoral Programme in Engineering.

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