Doctoral Career Service
Doctoral Career Services is an Aalto Doctoral Education Services initiative, in collaboration with the Career Design Lab, strengthening doctoral researchers' employability.
Career planning for doctoral students
Doctoral students are encouraged to think about their future careers, career possibilities and goals throughout their doctoral studies. Doctoral personal study plan includes a career plan. Career Design Lab offers support for exploring and testing your options.
Start your planning here
Courses and Workshops
Courses and workshops are where you learn to say what your expertise is worth. Across short info sessions, curriculum course and the "Put Your PhD to Work" series, you practise the concrete moves of a career move: writing the CV, holding the interview, building the network, telling the story. Everything is built for doctoral researchers and open across all Aalto schools.
Mentoring for Doctoral Students
You see career paths that fit your expertise
“Sub & Science ”
Join us for an inspiring midday event exclusively for Aalto University doctoral students and researchers. Subway & Science brings together brilliant minds from within Aalto and industry in a relaxed, informal setting that turns lunchtime into a launchpad for ideas.
Aalto JobTeaser (external link)
Aalto JobTeaser portal for job ads, career events and guidance
Doctoral personal study plan (DPSP)
Instructions for doctoral students making their personal study plan
What is Doc+
Doc+ brings doctoral and postdoctoral researchers together to build transferable skills, connect across disciplines, and create impact in many directions — from advancing science and developing solutions for society to entrepreneurship and education. Come co-create your Aalto doctoral journey with us!
Doctoral career paths
Doctoral studies at Aalto University cater for four different career paths:
- Career in the academia
- Career in the private sector / industry
- Career in the public sector
- Career as entrepreneur / freelancer
Doctoral graduates of Aalto University in working life
Skills learned during doctoral education are valuable in working life
Entrepreneurship
Founder School
Aalto Founder School brings entrepreneurship closer to all students at Aalto through monthly Founder Talks, a new minor studies programme, and a tailor-made Founder Sprint for the most driven founders.
Advancing entrepreneurship and innovations
Behind Aalto's entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem are both student-led entrepreneurial activities and the university's own research and innovation hubs.
Entrepreneurship studies
This page gathers entrepreneurship courses and programs available to Aalto students.
Working life connections of our doctorates
From doctoral education to professorship of practice – The collaboration between Aalto and Valmet deepens
Aalto University and Valmet collaborate to educate doctoral-level experts in multiple fields. Valmet is interested in both doctoral research and the expertise of new doctoral graduates.
‘Running a business isn’t so bad after all’
Juho Uzkurt Kaljunen founded NPHarvest Oy based on his doctoral thesis with the aim of improving the nutrient cycle by recovering minerals from wastewater. The company’s first round of funding was a success.
The 5th Aalto International Talent Program launched - ‘A warm welcome to Finland‘
This year, more than 180 students and 16 companies are participating in the group mentoring programme for international students and companies.
Doctoral level expertise is needed as ABB is engineering the energy transition
Joint doctoral research projects between Aalto University and ABB are training scientists to develop the cutting-edge products needed in the future.
'Doctoral studies are a company's investment in the future'
Murata encourages its employees to pursue doctorates while working
An entrepreneurial researcher takes action and creates something new
When a researcher thinks like an entrepreneur, they can create something truly groundbreaking.
Kalle Spoof's doctoral research for Saab opened the door to the company's product development
In his doctoral thesis, Kalle Spoof developed beamforming of radar systems
Sahar Babaeipour dreams of entrepreneurship – but before that, she wants to graduate as a doctor
The doctoral research conducted by Sahar Babaeipour, a doctoral researcher at Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center, aims at a more sustainable packaging industry.
Completing a doctoral degree alongside work – the thesis opened the doors to the product and technology development of a deep-tech company
Karita Kinnunen-Raudaskoski and Jani Lehmonen have both graduated as doctors of chemical engineering from Aalto University and for them, writing a doctoral thesis alongside regular work meant long hours but was also highly rewarding.
Doctoral page index
Index of all aalto.fi pages about doctoral education
