Doc+ Dialogues: Diverse Doctoral Careers & Skills
Welcome to Doc+ Dialogues - the new panel discussion series for doctoral researchers and dostDocs. Come and connect with your collegial community in Marsio at the heart of Aalto.
Everything there is to know about doctoral education at Aalto University
Find instructions, guidance and current news related to doctoral education. 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.
Spotlight
New recommendation: doctoral students’ plans (DPSP) to be discussed twice a year
Doctoral students and supervising professors are encouraged to use the My Dialogue schedule to discuss the Doctoral personal study plan (DPSP).
Sisu and DPSP clinics for doctoral students
Online clinic to help you with Sisu and Doctoral Personal Study Plan
News and events for doctoral students and faculty
Enhancing doctoral researchers’ work-life skills – Join the DOC+ events
Doctoral student or postdoc, have you been pondering about building a meaningful doctoral career? Or about the future of AI in research and working life? These events and learning opportunities are for you!
Maintenance break in ACRIS on 26th of January, 2026
Maintenance break in ACRIS on 26 January from 10:00 to 15:00.Create your CV easily with the Research.fi profile tool
Aalto University’s researchers can now create a CV using the CV tool in the Research tool service. The tool generates an editable Word CV based on your Research.fi profile information, following the official TENK CV template.
Book a coaching session for supporting your wellbeing at work - Spring's appointment calendar is now open
Individual coaching available for supporting your wellbeing at work
Theses & Tomatoes: Start your studies with Pomodoro
Join us for guided studying and pick up tips for more effective work during Pomodoro sessions!
CS Doctoral Seminars
Welcome to learn more about the work of our doctoral researchers.
Hands-on Data Protection workshop 27 & 29 / January / 2026
Learn about data protection in practice in this two-day workshop with Aalto data agents and Sensitive Data experts from CSC.
Intro to Triton and HPC 28 January 2026
Are you a researcher who has recently started working at Aalto? Would you like to have more resources for your data science tasks? Join our hands-on course for data science workflows with high performance computing using Triton Aalto High Performance Computing cluster!Next public defences at Aalto University
Public defence in Bioproduct Technology, M.Sc. Daryna Diment
Advances in lignin engineering by developing structure–property–performance correlation to enable bio-based alternatives to fossil materials
Public defence in Electrical Power and Energy Engineering, M.Sc. Samar Fatima
The thesis studies the impact of rising solar power integration on electricity networks from both technical and economic perspectives.
Public defence in geoinformatics, M.Sc. (Tech.) Petri Palviainen
This work develops field- and laboratory methods for measuring reflectance spectra of forest floor, trees, and plant parts.
Public defence in Engineering Physics, M.Sc.(Tech.) Joel Hätinen
Enabling cryogenic technologies for superconducting quantum devices (title of the thesis).
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.