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part of its general emphasis on materials science.
4.6  Aalto University, Organic Chemistry
Overview
The Laboratory of Organic Chemistry is part of the Faculty of Chemistry and 
Materials Science at AU School of Science and Technology. During the evaluation 
period, the unit had on average two professors on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis 
and about six FTE other senior researchers, with more than ten individuals as 
international postdoctoral research fellows for 1–2 years each counted in this 
category. In addition, 15 FTE PhD students (quite constant number of students) have 
been active in the unit. The total average active research staff amounts to 23 FTE. 
Funding was with a near 1:1 proportion of core to external funding, with almost equal 
contributions from the Academy of Finland and Tekes and industry. The unit 
participates in national graduate schools. During the evaluation period, examinations 
of MScs were at 5.4 a year and PhDs at 1.6 a year. PhD students are typically engaged 
in undergraduate teaching to approximately 10 per cent. The research staff FTE figure 
was higher at the beginning of the evaluated period than at the end, while the number 
of PhD student FTEs remained stable.