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Materials Science research in Finland

Aalto University ranks first in Finland for Materials Science research in 2022–2025 (#306 worldwide), followed by University of Oulu and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.

Finland's world rank
#42
of 90 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
1.7k
Top-10% rate
16.4%
Ranked institutions
9

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Materials Science in Finland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Aalto UniversityEspoo #30626.719.2%437
2University of OuluOulu #39723.417.7%215
3VTT Technical Research Centre of FinlandEspoo #90412.916.4%135
4University of HelsinkiHelsinki #98711.718.4%134
5Lappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyLappeenranta #1,4646.714.6%94
6University of JyväskyläJyväskylä #1,5376.116.2%83
7Tampere UniversityTampere #1,7154.710.9%147
8Åbo Akademi UniversityTurku #1,9662.918.0%86
9University of TurkuTurku #2,1231.913.4%81

Institutions in Finland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Materials Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Materials Science researchers in Finland?

R. M. Nieminen, Sergei Tretyakov and Mikko Ritala rank highest among researchers based in Finland.

  1. 1R. M. Nieminen#43,648 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 45 works
  2. 2Sergei Tretyakov#87,412 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 77 works
  3. 3Mikko Ritala#108,890 worldwide overall837 citations · 61 works
  4. 4Jorma Hölsä#122,437 worldwide overall414 citations · 47 works
  5. 5Markku Leskelä#148,581 worldwide overall995 citations · 74 works
  6. 6K. Nordlund#180,045 worldwide overall939 citations · 86 works
  7. 7Arkady V. Krasheninnikov#182,695 worldwide overall654 citations · 62 works
  8. 8Lauri Niinistö#192,523 worldwide overall558 citations · 55 works
  9. 9Mika Sillanpää#198,642 worldwide overall2k citations · 54 works
  10. 10Hannu Häkkinen#216,742 worldwide overall615 citations · 56 works
  11. 11Orlando J. Rojas#219,153 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 102 works
  12. 12Simo‐Pekka Hannula#262,726 worldwide overall410 citations · 49 works
  13. 13Olli Ikkala#404,349 worldwide overall399 citations · 54 works
  14. 14Dmitry Yu. Murzin#492,265 worldwide overall909 citations · 55 works
  15. 15J. Likonen#557,981 worldwide overall284 citations · 54 works

How Finland compares with other countries in Materials Science