Management of School of Engineering

Doctoral Programme Committee

The School of Engineering Doctoral Programme Committee is the academic body charged with administering the Doctoral Programme in Engineering.
Doctoral hats in Aalto University Conferment

The Doctoral Programme Committee of the School of Engineering is responsible for managing administering the Doctoral Programme in Engineering. The committee's duties include the development of course contents, student selection as well as key elements of the dissertation process: the approval of topics, appointment of examiners and grading of finished works.

The committee's members include its chair, a minimum of four professors who have merits in doctoral education and represent the school's central research fields and a student representative. One of the professor members may be from another school of Aalto University. A vice chair is elected from the among the committee's professor members. The term of office for the committee is three calendar years.

Members, 2020–2022

  • Chair: Risto Lahdelma
  • Members:
    • Seppo Junnila (vice chair)
    • Jussi Leveinen
    • Jouni Partanen
    • Jari Puttonen
    • Saana Rossi 
  • Deputy members:
    • Raine Mäntysalo
    • Matti Kummu
    • Pedro Vilaca
    • Simo Hostikka
    • Krishna Cauhan

Aalto Doctoral Programme in Engineering

This site is the student study guide for the Aalto Doctoral Programme in Engineering.

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Student guide illustration, doctoral programmes

Contact

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Upcoming public defences of doctoral theses

Monitoring measurements at Metsähovi Geodetic Research Station.
Public defences

Public defence in geoinformatics, M.Sc. Ulla Kallio

The title of the doctoral thesis: Towards daily-based local ties at Fundamental Geodetic Sites
piece of coal
Public defences

Public defence in Water and Environmental Engineering, M.Sc. Oleksii Tomin

The title of the doctoral thesis: "Tailoring the difference: Tailored biochars for sustainable water treatment: Customizing adsorbents for specific applications"
Aalto yellow pen
Public defences

Public defence in civil engineering, M.Sc. Zhenkun Li

The title of the doctoral thesis is: Bridge health condition assessment using instrumented moving vehicles
Lapsia Pielisen rannalla / Children on the shore of Lake Pielinen
Public defences

Public defence in Water and Environmental Engineering, Lic.Sc. (Tech.) Virpi Lehtoranta

The title of the doctoral thesis: "Non-market benefits of improved freshwater bodies: insights for regional water policy"
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