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Graduate schools funded by the Ministry of Education, 2007-2011

There are 119 graduate schools in Finland funded by the Ministry of Education; 33 of them (28%) operate at the University of Helsinki. One in every four postgraduate students studies at a UH graduate school funded by the Ministry in 2007-2011.

Below is a list of graduate schools coordinated by the University of Helsinki. The University is also involved in graduate schools coordinated by other universities, in addition to which it has 20 graduate school places of its own.

Finnish Graduate School for North and Latin American Studies
Professor Markku Henriksson
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 5 (4-year)
www.helsinki.fi/hum/renvall/pam/gradschool/ >>

The Finnish Graduate School on Applied Bioscience: Bioengineering, Food & Nutrition, Environment (ABS)
Professor Hannu Korkeala
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 6 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2009: 19 (3-year)
Coordinator
www.honeybee.helsinki.fi/abs/ >>

Graduate School on Housing Studies and Social Change
Professor Mari Vaattovaara
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 5 (4-year)
www.helsinki.fi/maantiede/kaumaa/
asumisen_muutos_tk.html >>

Helsinki Biomedical Graduate School
Professor Tomi Mäkelä
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 10 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 31 (seventeen 3-year places and fourteen 5-year places)
(If the Centre for Molecular Medicine, Genetics and Epidemiology is established, fourteen 3-year places will be allocated.)
Coordinator
www.hbgs.helsinki.fi/ >>

Graduate School of Animal Wellbeing
Professor Hannu Saloniemi
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 5 (4-year)
www.vetmed.helsinki.fi/hyvinvointikeskus/tutkijakoulu.htm >>

Graduate School Foundations of European Law
Professor Thomas Wilhelmsson
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 6 (4-year)
www.helsinki.fi/katti/tutkijakoulu/index.htm >>

Finnish Graduate School in Astronomy and Space Physics
Professor Juri Poutanen
Doctoral student places: 8
www.space.fmi.fi/graduateschool/ >>

Finnish Graduate School of Geology
Professor Veli-Pekka Salonen
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 1 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 9 (5-year)
www.helsinki.fi/geologia/tutkijakoulu/ >>

Helsinki Graduate School in Biotechnology and Molecular Biology (GSBM)
Professor Pekka Lappalainen
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 13 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2009: 20 (3-year)
Coordinator
www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/biotechgs/ >>

Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering (Hecse)
Professor Hannu Toivonen
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 20 (5-year)
Coordinator
www.cs.helsinki.fi/hecse/ >>

Graduate School: Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Meteorology of Atmospheric Composition and Climate Change
Academy Professor Markku Kulmala
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 5 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2009: 3 (3-year)
/www.atm.helsinki.fi/tutkijakoulu/ >>

Innovation Incentives and the Regulatory Infrastructure (INNOCENT)        
Director Niklas Bruun          
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 5 (5-year)
www.iprinfo.com/page.php?page_id=177 >>

Graduate School of Inverse Problems
Professor Lassi Päivärinta
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 5 (4-year)
mathstat.helsinki.fi/research/inverseproblems/
gradschool/overview.html >>

Finnish Doctoral Programme in Economics (FDPE)
Director Otto Toivanen
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 15 (seven 3-year places and eight 5-year places)
Coordinator
www.hecer.fi/FDPE/ >>

Finnish Graduate School in Plant Biology (FGSPB)
Professor Tapio Palva
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 5 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 2 (5-year)
www.helsinki.fi/bioscience/fgspb/ >>

Finnish Graduate School for Development Studies (Devestu)
Professor Juhani Koponen
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 5 (5-year)
www.valt.helsinki.fi/kmi/english/advanced.htm

Graduate School of Language Technology in Finland (KIT)
Professor Kimmo Koskenniemi
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 5 (4-year)
www.ling.helsinki.fi/kit/tutkijakoulu/ >>

The Finnish Graduate School of Literary Studies
Professor Pirjo Lyytikäinen
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 7 (four 3-year places and three 5-year places)
Coordinator
www.helsinki.fi/hum/skl/tutkoulu/ >>

Clinical Drug Research Graduate School
Professor Pertti Neuvonen
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 4 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 5 (5-year)
/www.kltk.fi >>

Graduate School in Computational Biology, Bioinformatics and Biometry (ComBi)
Academy Professor Heikki Mannila
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 8 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 5 (5-year)
www.cs.helsinki.fi/combi/ >>

Graduate School of Computational Chemistry and Molecular Spectroscopy (LASKEMO)                    
Professor Lauri Hartikainen                    
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 6 (4-year)       
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 3 (5-year)
www.abo.fi/~mhotokka/laskemo/welcome.html >>

Finnish School in Wildlife Biology, Conservation and Management (LUOVA)        
Academy Professor Ilkka Hanski
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 3 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 4 (5-year)
Coordinator (2006-2009)
www.helsinki.fi/biosci/luova/ >>

Graduate School in Mathematical Analysis and its Applications
Academy Research Fellow Hans-Olav Tylli
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 10 (5-year)
mark.math.helsinki.fi/GradSchool/ >>

Finnish Doctoral Programme for Women’s Studies
Professor Kirsi Saarikangas
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 6 (5-year)
/www.naistutkimuksentohtorikoulu.fi/ >>

Finnish Graduate School of Neuroscience (FGSN)
Academy Professor Kai Kaila
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 6 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 14 (5-year)
Coordinator
/www.helsinki.fi/ml/fgsn/ >>

Graduate School Law in a Changing World
Professor Kimmo Nuotio
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 10 (5-year)
www.helsinki.fi/omm/ >>

Graduate School in Psychiatry
Professor Hasse Karlsson
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 5 (5-year)
www.kll.helsinki.fi/folderContent_sub.asp
?route=2.216.4305.6150 >>

The Finnish Graduate School in Art History
Professor Riitta Nikula
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 2 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 5 (5-year)
www.helsinki.fi/taitu/tutkimus/tutkijakoulut.htm >>

The Finnish Post-Graduate School in Science and Technology Studies
Professor Marja Häyrinen-Alestalo
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 3 (4-year)
www.valt.helsinki.fi/blogs/titeko/ >>

The National Graduate School of Clinical Investigation
Professor Markku Heikinheimo
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 12 (seven 3-year places and five 5-year places)
www.vktk.fi >>

The Finnish Graduate School of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Education
Professor Jari Lavonen
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 5 (5-year)
www.edu.helsinki.fi/malu/tutkijakoulu/organis.htm#yliopist >>

Finnish Graduate School of Theology
Professor Eila Helander (Professor Martti Nissinen from 1 August 2009)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 8 (5-year)
Coordinator
www.helsinki.fi/teol/ktel/graduateschool/ >>

The Finnish Graduate School for Russian and East European Studies
Director Markku Kivinen
Aleksanteri Institute
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 9 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2009: 1 (3-year)
Coordinator
www.helsinki.fi/aleksanteri/tutkijakoulu/ >>

Viikki Graduate School in Biosciences (VGSB)
Professor Dennis Bamford
Doctoral student places, 2006-2009: 1 (4-year)
Doctoral student places, 2007-2011: 20 (5-year)
Coordinator
www.biocenter.helsinki.fi/viikkigs/ >>