Doctoral programme committee (School of Electrical Engineering)

Members of the Doctoral Programme Committee

The doctoral programme committee comprises a chair and 4 professorial members merited in doctoral education and representing the central fields of research of the school. In addition, the committee has a doctoral student member representing the fields of research of the school. The committee elects a vice chair from among its members. The committee members have deputy members.

The term of the doctoral programme committee is three calendar years. The term of the current committee continues until the end of year 2025. Student representatives are appointed for one calendar year at a time, by the proposal of the Student Union AYY.

Chairperson, Prof. Vesa Välimäki

Planning officer: Emma Holmlund
Coordinator Suvi Katajamäki (secretary of the committee)
Coordinator Kitta Peura

Meetings and deadlines

Doctoral students will be informed of the decisions concerning them after the meeting.

Summer holiday, no decisions will be made during 1.7-9.8.2023

* Does not apply to graduation requests. You can ask more about the schedule for the graduation request from the Doctoral Programme.

* Does not apply to graduation requests. You can ask more about the schedule for the graduation request from the Doctoral Programme.

Tasks of the Committee

The Doctoral Programme Committee shall

1. develop the content of the doctoral programmes and the joint studies offered by the school;
2. put forth proposals to the school academic committee on the fields of research in the doctoral programme;
3. prepare proposals for the Dean on admission of doctoral students;
4. appoint the preliminary examiners of doctoral theses and decide on the permission for public defence of the doctoral theses;
5. appoint the opponent(s) for the doctoral theses;
6. evaluate the theses;
7. appoint the examiners of the licentiate theses;
8. evaluate the licentiate theses; and
9. perform other duties assigned to it by the Dean or in the degree regulations. 

The committee has assinged the following tasks to the Chair (June 2018):

1. to appoint a new supervising professor and advisor(s) for the doctoral student, if the supervising professor or thesis advisor(s) change after the start of studies but before the start of the preliminary examination;
2. to decide on the degree language of the doctoral student and on the topic and language of the licentiate or doctoral thesis, if these change after the start of the studies but before the start of the preliminary examination;
3. to confirm the study plans of doctoral students however, so that the chair can transfer the student's study plan to the Doctoral Programme Committee, for example, if the decision requires a broader discussion; and
4. to decide on the time and language of the of public examination of the doctoral thesis and to appoint the custos for it if these if this information is changed;
5. to confirm the full-time/part-time status changes. The status is defined in admission.
6. to confirm research field changes after admission.