Everything there is to know about doctoral education at Aalto University
This hub is for all doctoral students, supervising professors and thesis advisors, as well as applicants and others interested in doctoral education at Aalto University.
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Call for doctoral student representatives 2027 (DPCs and DEWG)
Student representatives speak for doctoral students in Doctoral Programme Committees (DPC) at the Schools and Aalto University's Doctoral Education Working Group (DEWG)Maintenance break in ACRIS on 28th of September, 2026
A system update will be carried out in ACRIS on 28 September 2026 from 08:00 to 10:00. During the update, ACRIS backend will be temporarily unavailable.
Shimmering Success: Aalto Acoustics Lab team wins Best Paper at DAFx 2026
The paper reimagines the popular 'shimmer' effect, known for its ethereal, pitch-shifted ambience
Your experience, our research: longitudinal study on doctoral supervision
Participant recruitment for longitudinal study on doctoral supervision is now open.Events
CMET Coffee and Science - September
Do you have an interesting scientific topic and you would like to share it? Have you been working on a tool that could be beneficial for others? Or are you perhaps interested in presenting your research? Any topic related to science is welcome to our Coffee & Science monthly networking session!
PHYS Brown Bag Seminar: “Hybrid Atom Arrays: New Tools for Quantum Science”
Join us for science and pizza in the Nanotalo lobby!
Demo & clinic for new DPSP tool (supervising professors & thesis advisors)
Demonstration and support clinic to help supervising professors and thesis advisors to adopt the new digital tool for Doctoral personal study plan (DPSP)
Research funding seminar series, part 2/2: Grant writing seminar focusing on the Research Council of Finland, 29.9.2026
Aalto University Research Services will hold a webinar on writing a strong funding application for the RCF’s November 2027 call.
Security – Procedures for emergencies and disruptions
Next public defences
A defence is a public examination of the doctoral thesis, where the doctoral student defends the results of their doctoral thesis against public criticism and answers questions presented by their opponent.
Public defence, Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism, MSc, DEA Laura Mrosla
From Semantic Models to Virtual Reality: Advancing Biodiversity Representation in Urban Digital Twins
Public defence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, MSc Yi Zhao
Learning versatile skills with sample-efficient reinforcement learning
Public defence, Engineering Physics, MSc Elizabeth Pereira
Engineering optical loss to create robust topological states in programmable photonic systems.
Public defence in Logistics, Ronja Dorairaju, MSc.
Title of the thesis: "Supply chain responses to sustainability transitions: Essays on ESG, circular economy, and biodiversity practices”
Our fundraising campaign is ongoing – see how to participate as an Aaltonian
Aalto has started a new fundraising campaign with the aim of showing how extensively Aalto influences society – and to encourage people to build a more hopeful and international Finland with us. As an Aaltonian, you can also participate by sharing the word with your networks.