Doctoral school and doctoral programmes

The University of Helsinki Doctoral School has a total of 14 doctoral programmes from 1 January 2026. 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.

The Doctoral Programme in Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Sustainability in Society (ELOISA) and The Doctoral Programme in Molecular and Cellular Systems of Life (MaCS) are coordinated by the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences.

Detailed instructions how to apply for doctoral study right in the programmes are found in the website of the chosen programme.

Doctoral researchers at the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences may belong to one of the following 10 doctoral programmes: