Doctoral school and doctoral programmes

The University of Helsinki Doctoral School has a total of 33 doctoral programmes. The school and programmes cooperate in research and doctoral education, and the structure of doctoral education encompasses all of the University’s disciplines and doctoral researchers.

University of Helsinki Doctoral School

The University of Helsinki Doctoral School offers professional skills training to doctoral researchers studying in their doctoral programmes and develop doctoral education in their fields in collaboration with the doctoral programmes and faculties in charge of them.

The doctoral programmes working under the doctoral school provide doctoral researchers with systematic education and supervision in their fields.

Doctoral study rights are always applied to from the doctoral programmes.

Directors and board of the doctoral school

Professor Minna Palander-Collin

minna.palander-collin@helsinki.fi

The director of the doctoral school

Is responsible for the management of the doctoral school, the achievement of its objectives and its quality
Is responsible for organising cooperation between the units, doctoral programmes and the university rectorate
Decides on the allocation and appropriate use of the doctoral school's resources
Is accountable for the operations of the doctoral school to the vice-rector in charge of doctoral education

Professor Maija Tenkanen

maija.tenkanen@helsinki.fi

The vice-director of the doctoral school

Is responsible for the management of the doctoral school, the achievement of its objectives and its quality
Is responsible for organising cooperation between the units, doctoral programmes and the university rectorate
Decides on the allocation and appropriate use of the doctoral school's resources
Is accountable for the operations of the doctoral school to the vice-rector in charge of doctoral education

Chairperson

The Vice-Rector Anne Remes

The board members

Professor Johanna Arola, dean, the Faculty of Medicine
Professor Pirjo Aunio, doctoral programme director, the Faculty of Educational Sciences
Professor Timo Kaartinen, vice-dean, the Faculty of Social Sciences
Associate professor Liisa Kauppi, doctoral programme director, the Faculty of Medicine
Professor Jari Koistinaho, director, Helsinki Institute of Life Sciences
Associate professor Katrianne Lehtipalo, doctoral programme director, the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research
Maija-Stina Larkio, doctoral researcher, doctoral programme in Cognition, Learning, Instruction and Communication
Professor Craig Primmer, vice-dean, the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Professor Heikki Tenhu, vice-dean, the Faculty of Natural Sciences
Professor Anna Valros, doctoral programme director, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Professor Minna Palander-Collin, director of the doctoral school
Professori Tiina Maija Tenkanen, vice-director of the doctoral school
Carlos de la Torre Ortiz, doctoral researcher, doctoral programm in Computer Science
Director of Development Ritva Dammert, (advisor)

Doctoral programmes in environmental, food and biological sciences

Doctoral programmes in health sciences

Doctoral programmes in natural sciences