Doctoral Programme Committee

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