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4.8  Aalto University, Polymer Technology
Overview
The Polymer Technology Unit at AU School of Science and Technology is part of the 
Department of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology. The unit includes one 
professor and three senior scientists or postdoctoral researchers and, on average in the 
evaluation period, a little more than ten PhD students. The external funding of the 
unit amounts to one-third core funding and two-thirds external funding. The unit has 
been able to attract some of the most prestigious funding in Finland over the last 
years, including a research post as Academy Professor for 2011–2015 by the Academy 
of Finland.