Vice President for Research, Jyri Hämäläinen, is in charge of doctoral education in the organisational structure of Aalto University. Doctoral education services are provided by the Research services of Aalto University, headed by Ella Bingham. Manager Minna Söderqvist is in charge of the Doctoral education services team. Team members work at different Schools or at University level.
Every School has its own doctoral programme and doctoral programme committee (DPC). The doctoral programme director acts as the chair of the doctoral programme committee.
Doctoral programme directors discuss joint doctoral education issues in the doctoral education working group (DEWG) together with planning offiicers of the programmes and with doctoral student representatives. DEWG is lead by the Vice President for Research.
The President has appointed the Aalto University Doctoral Education Working Group, which develops the university’s doctoral education, discusses the mutual issues on doctoral education and prepares the university guidelines.
Aalto University is a foundation-based university and has six schools.
Degree Regulations on Doctoral Education (in force from 1 August 2021)
Academic policies and regulations
The work of the doctoral programmes is guided by each School's Doctoral programme committee.
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