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

Doctoral programmes in environmental, food and biological sciences
Doctoral programmes in health sciences
Doctoral programmes in humanities and social sciences
Doctoral programmes in natural sciences