Theses can be found in the library’s collections in both printed and digital formats. You can read printed theses at the library premises. Newer theses are mostly available digitally.
Whether a thesis has been published openly depends on the author's permission. The University of Helsinki recommends the open publication of theses. Copying of the digital theses available on the library terminals has been prohibited due to copyright reasons.
Both printed and digital theses can be found in Helka.
You can request to read a printed thesis by making a reservation in Helka.
If a digital thesis has been published openly, you can access it remotely through Helka. If a digital thesis has not been published openly, you can see its information in Helka, but you can only read it at the library terminals available at the libraries.
You can search for a single University of Helsinki thesis in Helka with the title of the thesis or the author’s name.
If you want to search for theses by subject:
Digital theses can also be searched for in Helda, University of Helsinki open repository. If you want to browse digital theses or do more advanced searches, you should use Helda.
Doctoral dissertations can be searched for in the Helka database. There's usually at least one printed copy available of the dissertations published at University of Helsinki.
Printed doctoral dissertations are not usually kept in separate collections, they're shelved among other material available for loan.
The main library in Kaisa House stores the theses of all faculties on the city center campus as well as those from Kumpula and Viikki. Printed theses from the Faculty of Medicine are stored in a closed storage facility at the Meilahti campus library. Printed bachelor's theses are not generally stored in the library's collections. Theses cannot be borrowed, but you can use them in the main library by making a reservation in Helka.