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Aalto Doctoral Programme in Business, Economics and Finance

Aalto Doctoral Programme in Business, Economics and Finance is a four-year, English-language doctoral programme with three specialization areas: Business, Economics and Finance.

PLEASE NOTE THAT INFORMATION BELOW IS FOR 2023 ADMISSION ROUND WHICH IS ALREADY CLOSED. THE INFORMATION FOR 2024 ADMISSION ROUND WILL BE UPDATED LATE SUMMER 2023.
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Degree:

Doctor of Science (Economics and Business Administration)

Application period:

12.12.2022 – 12.1.2023

Language of instruction:

English

Duration:

4 years, full-time

Eligibility:

Relevant master’s degree awarded by a Finnish university or a Finnish university of applied sciences, or a corresponding degree completed abroad

Field of study:

Business and Economics

Credits:

Organising school:

School of Business

Aalto University’s strategic objectives is to educate game changers — professionals with the knowledge and capabilities to build a sustainable society and to increase well-being through disruptive change. These capabilities need to be rooted in disciplinary excellence augmented by art, creativity, multidisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurship.

The programme provides doctoral students with comprehensive research training in a unique multidisciplinary environment, characterized by a longstanding commitment to research excellence and courageous, low-hierarchy culture with empowered students. The programme is designed for highly-motivated and ambitious aspiring business, economics and finance scholars who have excellent analytical, critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills and who are willing to serve as the future leaders in the world of higher education and academic research.

The programme is offered by the School of Business, which is an inclusive, multicultural academic community with excellent students, faculty, and staff. Our faculty features internationally highly-regarded scholars, many of whom are world-leading experts in their field. All doctoral students are assigned at least two dedicated dissertation advisors, who guide their research and mentor their development as scholars and higher education professionals throughout the programme.

The programme offers doctoral training in 12 disciplines: Accounting, Business Law, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information Systems Science, International Business, Logistics, Management Science, MarketingOrganization and Management, and Organizational Communication. The degree offered is Doctor of Science in Economics and Business Administration.

Basic information on doctoral studies

Who can apply?

New doctoral candidates are admitted once a year. The application time begins in December 12, 2022. The application, together with appendices, must be submitted by January 12, 2023 by 12:01 o’clock (Finnish time, GMT +2) at the latest. Late submission will not be evaluated and only complete applications will be processed.

The GMAT or GRE test and language tests must be taken on January 12, 2023 at the latest.

Required documents

Applications with appendices must be submitted by 12 January 2023 by 12:01 PM (EET) at the latest. The GMAT or GRE and language tests must be taken before the application deadline.

The following appendices are required; appendices must be available by the closing of the application time:

All material that you want to be considered in the application process should be in a language understood by the people evaluating applications. Generally, this means English or Finnish. If your documents are in some other language, you should contact your applied major’s professor beforehand.

How to apply?

New doctoral candidates are admitted once a year. The application time begins in December 12, 2022. The application, together with appendices, must be submitted by January 12, 2023 by 12:01 o’clock (Finnish time, GMT +2) at the latest. Late submission will not be evaluated and only complete applications will be processed.

The GMAT or GRE test and language tests must be taken before the application deadline.

Admission results

Contact us

If there you have any questions about admissions and application instructions or programme-specific inquiries, you can contact [email protected]

You may want to talk to the faculty in your preferred major before submitting an application. Please find below a list of the professors who are in charge of doctoral studies in their respective majors and whom you can contact (please look up email addresses in https://people.aalto.fi/):

Accounting Associate Professor Lasse Niemi
Business Law Assistant Professor Moritz Scherleitner
Economics Associate Professor Pauli Murto
Entrepreneurship Associate Professor Ewald Kibler
Finance Director Mikko Leppämäki
Information Systems Science

Professor Matti Rossi

Professor Virpi Tuunainen

International Business Assistant Professor Iiris Saittakari
Logistics Professor Markku Kuula
Management Science Associate Professor Pekka Malo
Marketing Assistant Professor Henri Weijo
Organization and Management Assistant Professor Samuli Patala
Organizational Communication Assistant Professor Paula Koskinen Sandberg

Departments and centres of the School of Business

Department of Accounting & Business Law

The Department of Accounting is one of the leading research faculties in the Nordic region.

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Department of Finance

The Department of Finance is the leading finance department in Finland with a strong dedication to research.

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Department of Management Studies

The Department of Management Studies offers a dynamic environment for scholarship and learning.

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Department of Economics

The Department of Economics provides a comprehensive insight into the functioning of economies and the environment in which companies operate.

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Department of Information and Service Management

The Department of Information and Service Management refers to the creative use of information and digital technology in business and the move from industrial to service dominant forms of production.

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Department of Marketing

The Department of Marketing is a thriving and dynamic community of faculty, researchers, staff, and students. The department has earned international acclaim for its ambitious and rigorous research output. We are at the bleeding edge of marketing.

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Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research CKIR

CKIR’s main research focus is on innovation ecosystems, ICT enabled service platforms and thus enabled new business dynamics.

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