Doctoral education - everything there is to know about doctoral education at Aalto University

Find doctoral student study guides, supervision instructions, doctoral programmes, support for wellbeing, current news and events and more! 

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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Doctoral education pilot

We are hiring 178 new doctoral researchers - get your doctorate from Aalto

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Doctoral page index

Index of all aalto.fi pages about doctoral education

Doctoral education
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Info session series for doctoral students

Get information and ask questions about various essential issues related to doctoral studies and research.

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How to apply for doctoral studies?

Find out what is required of applicants and what can our doctoral studies offer!

Find out more and apply!
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News and events for doctoral students and faculty

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Results of the doctoral graduate survey 2023

Doctoral graduates consider that they have gained the knowledge and skills for producing new scientific knowledge. Almost half aim for a career in the academia.
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Compassion mentoring pilot for Aalto’s doctoral students received positive feedback

The compassion-themed peer group mentoring for Aalto’s doctoral students was piloted in the autumn semester 2023 receiving very good feedback from the participants.
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AI-powered personalized medicine is on the horizon

People have to be in the loop when machine learning is adapted for medical use.
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Compliance with export control and sanctions increasingly important in research projects

Find the renewed and comprehensive information package on aalto.fi
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For Aalto community Lectures and seminars

CMAT Coffee and Science - March 2024

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!
Ask a Data Agent Weekly RDM Support Hour 1 - 2 PM on Zoom
For Aalto community Support for teams, Training to support research

Aalto Data Agents weekly zoom support hour

A weekly zoom room to come and ask us anything about research data and open science: data management, data storage, data analysis, data sharing, reproducibility, responsible conduct of research, data privacy, ethics.
Privacy in Speech Technology Research
Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, Support for teams, Training to support research

Privacy in Speech Technology Research, Mar 21, 2024

Learn about privacy in speech technology research with Professor Tom Bäckström from the School of Electrical Engineering.
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For Aalto community Lectures and seminars

CS Doctoral Seminars

Welcome to learn more about the work of our doctoral researchers.

Next public defences at Aalto University

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Public defences

Public defence in Micro- and nanosciences, M.Sc.(Tech.) Joonas Isometsä

Reducing optical and electrical losses in germanium via nanostructures and surface passivation (title of the thesis)
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Public defences

Public defence in Building Technology, M. Sc. Serenay Elmas

Torsion as a design driver for structures and architecture
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Public defences

Public defence in New Media, MA Jaana Brinck

Grounded Principles for Open Design Pedagogy: Design Perspectives on Early Years Pedagogy with Digital Technologies (title of the thesis)
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Public defences

Public defence in Chemical Engineering, M.Sc. (Tech.) Jianxin Zhang

Recovering Cobalt from Aqueous Solutions by Evaporative, Reactive, and Cooling Crystallization (title of the thesis)
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Doctoral page index

Index of all aalto.fi pages about doctoral education

Doctoral education
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Doctoral student forms

Doctoral education services' forms for doctoral students.

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Doctoral education services

We support doctoral students, supervising professors, thesis advisors and doctoral programme directors in matters related to doctoral studies.

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