Join the MEC-funded doctoral pilot at Aalto University 2024-2027
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Doctoral education pilot
Build a sustainable future with research - get your doctorate from Aalto
We are hiring 178 doctoral researchers in the new doctoral education pilot funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture.
Build your career path like this
- Choose the field of research (see below)
- Apply for a doctoral researcher position (Positions will be opened for the pilot during March-April)
- Apply for the right to study in the doctoral programme
- Take advantage of a high-quality education
- Leverage Aalto's connections with the business world
Research areas
The positions in the new doctoral education pilot are in the following fields:
Finnish flagship areas
- QDOC - Quantum Doctoral pilot programme (Quantum flagship), 40 positions
- CIMANET - Circular Materials Bioeconomy Network (FinnCERES flagship), 35 positions
- Finnish Doctoral Program Network in Artificial Intelligence (FCAI flagship), 30 positions
- Doctoral Education Pilot for Mathematics of Sensing, Imaging and Modelling (FAME flagship), 14 positions
- Digital Waters Doctoral Education Pilot (DIWA flagship), 14 positions
- I-DEEP – Innovative Doctoral Education Ecosystem for Photonics (PREIN flagship), 14 positions
- EDUCA Flagship doctoral school pilot project, 4 positions
Other research fields
- MIcroELectronics doctoral school pilot, 10 positions
- Intelligent Work Machines, 8 positions
- Doctoral pilot in software engineering, 5 positions
- Sustainability Transformations, 4 positions
National Graduate School in Quantum Science and Technology
Circular Materials Bioeconomy Network: From bio-based resources to advanced materials (CIMANET).
Finnish Doctoral Program Network in Artificial Intelligence.
Develops methods of applied mathematics and physics for the benefit of society
The programme addresses the urgent need for training high-level experts in the rapidly growing photonics industry. I-DEEP extends its reach to all Finnish universities with research activities in light-based technologies.
Promoting sustainable development by linking digital solutions to water resource management.
Addresses the challenges of decreasing learning achievement, increasing truancy and dropout rates, and digital technology in education
Aalto University is looking for ten doctoral researchers to pursue their doctoral degree in the MIcroELectronics doctoral pilot
Research will focus on sustainability transformations in different sectors of society to find solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainable use and management of natural resources.
A flagship is an effective mix of cutting-edge research, impact in support of economic growth or society, close connections to the business sector and society at large, adaptability, and a strong commitment from host organisations. Flagships are high-quality, high-impact competence clusters.
Most of the positions are in Finnish flagship programme areas
What is the pilot about?
The Ministry of Education and Culture will allocate EUR 255 million to universities for piloting new practices in doctoral education in 2024–2027. This additional funding will be allocated to 1000 doctoral researchers who will have an employment contract. Aalto University is hiring 178 new doctoral researchers.
The ministry is providing funding for 1000 doctoral researchers in Finland, 800 of whom will focus on areas in the flagship programmes of the Research Council of Finland, while 200 will be in other research fields.
The pilot is a major effort to strengthen research activities and the impact of research and expertise in society at large. The project aims to increase the number of doctoral graduates and to reform doctoral education and strengthen its social impact.
The growing need for researchers was identified in the report of the Finnish Parliamentary Working Group on Research, Development and Innovation. The doctoral education pilot will enable universities to respond to the ever-increasing talent shortage and supply the workforce with researcher training across sectors without compromising the quality of education.
Our doctoral education is of high quality
All key research fields are ranked first or second among Finnish universities based on the impact of their publications in the Academy of Finland's State of Science 2022 report.
Companies and employment
Doctoral researchers get to work in an ecosystem where close cooperation with businesses and society is valued. Doctoral graduates from Aalto consider their doctoral degree important for their career, and are able to find work in the private sector more successfully than doctoral graduates from other universities, on average.
We invite companies to participate in the pilot
Aalto University invites companies to participate in the pilot either as a partner or as a mentor for a doctoral student. The call for partners is open now.
‘It’s outrageously interesting to produce new science’ – experiences of doctoral studies and employment
Doctoral research and studies make you an expert in your research topic and increase your professional abilities.
News
Doctoral education pilot arouses wide interest among applicants and corporate partners
The doctoral education pilot has got off to a fast start.
Teaching a computer to type like a human
A new typing model simulates the typing process instead of just predicting words
Researchers investigate how AI could better understand humans
Antti Oulasvirta has received a EUR 2.5 million Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for the study of user models.
New method of measuring qubits promises ease of scalability in a microscopic package
Aalto University researchers are the first in the world to measure qubits with ultrasensitive thermal detectors- Published:
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