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Doctoral education - everything there is to know about doctoral education at Aalto University

Find doctoral student study guides, supervision instructions, doctoral programmes, support for wellbeing, current news and events and more! 

This hub is for all doctoral students, supervising professors and thesis advisors, as well as applicants and others interested in doctoral education at Aalto University.

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Doctoral education pilot

We are hiring 178 new doctoral researchers - get your doctorate from Aalto

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Info session series for doctoral students

Get information and ask questions about various essential issues related to doctoral studies and research.

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Doctoral student follow-up survey results & feedback discussion

Presentation of the yearly follow-up survey for doctoral students 2023 results to doctoral students and chance for open feedback discussion

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How to apply for doctoral studies?

Find out what is required of applicants and what can our doctoral studies offer!

Find out more and apply!
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News and events for doctoral students and faculty

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Awards and Recognition, Campus, Research & Art Published:

Join us for the first Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony

All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required!
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Doctoral education pilot arouses wide interest among applicants and corporate partners

The doctoral education pilot has got off to a fast start.
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Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 will be hosted by Aalto University

Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 will be held at Aalto University’s Otaniemi campus and in Zoom 3.–4.6.2024. Please register by May 3.
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Courses for doctoral students in period V

Period V runs from 22 April to 9 June 2024.
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Ask a Data Agent Weekly RDM Support Hour 1 - 2 PM on Zoom
For Aalto community Support for teams, Training to support research –

Aalto Data Agents' weekly support hour on Zoom

A weekly Zoom room to come and ask us anything about research data and open science: data management, data storage, data analysis, data sharing, reproducibility, responsible conduct of research, data privacy, ethics.
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For Aalto community Lectures and seminars –

CMET Coffee and Science - May 2024 - Meet our Guest Speaker from Université Grenoble Alpes!

Do you have an interesting scientific topic and you would like to share it? Have you been working on a tool that could be beneficial for others? Or are you perhaps interested in presenting your research? Any topic related to science is welcome to our Coffee & Science monthly networking session!
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Information sessions, Students –

Workshop on writing article thesis summary

Support for doctoral students writing their article thesis summary
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Funding doctoral research with personal grants

Introduction to finding funding sources and tips for proposal writing
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Next public defences at Aalto University

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Public defences –

Public defence in Computer Science, M.Sc. Sami Sarsa

Machine Learning Applications Supporting Large Scale Programming Education (title of the doctoral thesis)
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Public defence in Mechanical Engineering, M.Sc. Alvari Seppänen

Autonomous vehicle perception and navigation in adverse conditions (Title of the Thesis)
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Public defences –

Public defence in Computer Science, M.Sc. (Tech) Otto Korkalo

Systems and Methods for Multiple-View and Depth-Based People Tracking and Human-Computer Interaction (title of the thesis)
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Public defence in Industrial Engineering and Management, M.Sc. Tomasz Mucha

From Pilot Projects to Business Advantage: Doctoral Thesis Offers Insights into How Firms Develop and Leverage Machine Learning Technologies
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Doctoral page index

Index of all aalto.fi pages about doctoral education

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Doctoral student forms

Doctoral education services' forms for doctoral students.

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Doctoral education services

We support doctoral students, supervising professors, thesis advisors and doctoral programme directors in matters related to doctoral studies.

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