Doctoral education

Everything there is to know about doctoral education at Aalto University

Find instructions, guidance and current news related to doctoral education. This hub is for all doctoral students, supervising professors and thesis advisors, as well as applicants and others interested in doctoral education at Aalto University.

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Aalto Doctoral Orientation Days

Key information for the first year of doctoral studies - and later!

Doctoral education
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Call for doctoral student tutors, May 2025

Sign-up to be a tutor for new doctoral students as part of the Aalto Doctoral Orientation Days!

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Funding: Sources of personal grants

A short introduction for doctoral students on the sources of personal grants

Events

News and events for doctoral students and faculty

Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony, May 20, 2025, 1-2.30pm, Mordor A Grid, Otakaari 5 02150 Espoo. Programme: Welcome words, award video screening, AALTOLAB, Aki Vehtari, Rupesh Vyas, panel discussion on open science, coffee & ice cream. All Aaltonians welcome!
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art Published:

Join us for the Aalto Open Science Award 2024 Ceremony

All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required!
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Cooking Open Science: A Sensory Learning Experience for Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers

The course provided researchers a unique opportunity to immerse in the principles of open science while exploring varied gastronomic cultures.
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Aalto AI Assistant available now to students - learn the features - AI Training coming soon

Ai.aalto.fi is now open for students. New features added: Document chats, save your chats etc.
Ask a Data Agent, weekly RDM support hour, 1-2 PM on Zoom
For Aalto community Support for teams, Training to support research

Aalto Data Agents' weekly support hour on Zoom

Join and ask anything about research data management and open science.
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Information sessions, Training to support research, Students

Funding: Sources of personal grants

A short introduction for doctoral students on the sources of personal grants
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For Aalto community Lectures and seminars

Presentation by Bestselling Author of "101 Very Finnish Problems", Joel Willans

In School of Chemical Engineering, as part of our CMET Researcher’ Day, we will have a very special presentation by Joel Willans, author of the book "101 Very Finnish Problems."
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For Aalto community Lectures and seminars

CS Doctoral Seminars

Welcome to learn more about the work of our doctoral researchers.

Next public defences at Aalto University

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Public defences

Public defence in Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, M.Sc. Merlin Dumeur

Multifractal analysis for studying criticality in neural dynamics (title of the thesis)
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Public defences

Public defence in Civil Engineering, MSc. Petteri Uusitalo

The dissertation investigates the role of trust and information flow in design management within the construction industry.
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Public defences

Public defence in the field of Mathematics and Statistics, M.Sc. Antti Autio

The thesis focuses on fast solution of an equation describing electric potential by studying the mathematical structure of the equation.
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Public defences

Public defence in Energy Technology, M.Sc Iraj Moradpoor

New Low-Temperature Heat sources to Develop Competitive Low-Carbon District Heating Systems in Finland (title of the thesis).
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