New Finnish doctoral program in AI launching in 2024
A national consortium across 10 universities will educate 100 new PhDs in artificial intelligence research.
Join the MEC-funded doctoral pilot at Aalto University 2024-2027
The Ministry of Education and Culture provides funding to universities for piloting new practices in doctoral education in 2024–2027. The pilot aims to increase the mobility of doctoral graduates between universities, businesses, research institutes and other organisations. Aalto University is now looking for companies to join the pilot, either as a project partner or as a mentor for a doctoral student.
Join as a partner
- Get involved with the student as a thesis advisor and work closely with the university on research
- Gain visibility on the progress of the project and the right to negotiate for intellectual property rights
- Collaborate closely with the student with the possibility to recruit once the dissertation is completed
Join as a mentor
- Exchange ideas with your student and help them build a career towards the corporate world
- Network and find new talent to recruit once the dissertation is completed
Distribution of the new doctoral student positions at Aalto University in different fields
Flagship programme areas:
- Quantum QDOC: Quantum science and technology doctoral pilot, 40 positions
- CIMANET: Circular Materials Bioeconomy Network – From bio-based resources to advanced materials, 35 positions
- FCAI: Finnish Doctoral Program Network in Artificial Intelligence, 30 positions
- PREIN: Doctoral Education pilot on Photonics Research and Innovation, 14 positions
- FAME: Doctoral Education Pilot for Mathematics of Sensing, Imaging and Modelling, 14 positions
- DIWA: Digital Waters Doctoral Education Pilot, 14 positions
- EDUCA: The Education for the Future, 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
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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 1,000 doctoral researchers who will have a three-year employment contract to complete their doctoral degree.
Universities will work together to improve doctoral education and reinvent practices. The field-specific pilots aim to increase the mobility of doctoral graduates between universities, businesses, research institutes and other organisations, develop direction and guidance, and promote the employment of doctoral graduates in different sectors of society.
Aalto University was granted 178 additional positions in the new doctoral education pilot funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. The majority of the positions are in the flagship programme areas of the Research Council of Finland. At Aalto, flagships in the areas of quantum technology, materials bioeconomy and artificial intelligence received the largest number of positions.
Each consortium participating in the pilot is developing its own approach. The recruitment of doctoral students will start as soon as possible, and the new doctoral researchers will start their thesis work either on 1 August 2024 or 1 January 2025.
Aalto University is recruiting 178 new doctoral students in a doctoral training pilot funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
If you are interested in applying to become a doctoral researcher in the pilot, read more about postgraduate studies at Aalto and see the open call for applications.
Read more about the Doctoral Pilots at Aalto University
Read more about the doctoral pilots in which Aalto is involved. The list and pages below will be updated soon.
CIMANET Doctoral Education Network
Circular Materials Bioeconomy Network: From bio-based resources to advanced materials (CIMANET).
Quantum Doctoral (QDOC) projects at Aalto University
Here you can find all of the projects that are currently open as part of Aalto University's role in the QDOC PhD pilot programme.
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