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Everything there is to know about doctoral education at Aalto University
Find instructions, guidance and current news related to doctoral education. 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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Info session series for doctoral students
Get up to speed on key topics in doctoral studies and research on Thursday mornings on campus.
Sisu and DPSP clinics for doctoral students
Online clinic to help you with Sisu and Doctoral Personal Study Plan
News
Free of charge article copies for Aalto students (pilot)
Aalto University’s interlibrary loan service is running a pilot that allows Aalto students to order article copies free of charge for their own study or research use. The pilot runs from 1 March to 1 September 2026.ACRIS service break 13–20 April 2026
ACRIS will have a service break on 13–20 April 2026. The public portal remains available, but information will not be updated during the break.
Awards presented for top doctoral and master’s theses at the School of Science
In 2025, there were altogether 71 doctoral and 607 master's degrees in the School of Science. In March, seven outstanding doctoral and six master's theses were awarded.
Recent Advances and Research Trends in AI, Energy & Industry (Online Lecture Series)
Lecture series for doctoral students focusing on artificial intelligence, energy, and Industry 4.0. Register by 31 March.Events
Career Design Lab: job search support
We will answer your questions about job hunting and provide feedback on your job application documents.
Theses & Tomatoes: Start your studies with Pomodoro
Join us for guided studying and pick up tips for more effective work during Pomodoro sessions!
Career Design Lab: job search support
We will answer your questions about job hunting and provide feedback on your job application documents.
Theses & Tomatoes: Start your studies with Pomodoro
Join us for guided studying and pick up tips for more effective work during Pomodoro sessions!Next public defences
Public defence in Engineering Physics, M.Sc. Isaac Y. Miranda Valdez
Optimizing the modeling of soft materials like gels using fractional calculus and machine learning to enhance material design.
Public defence in Computer Science, M.Sc. Çağlar Hizli
Causality, identifiability, and representation learning for machine learning with non-i.i.d. data (title of the thesis).
Public defence in Energy Technology, M.Sc. Yangmin Wang
CO2 emissions reduction of residential buildings with deep renovation and cost-optimal control of an energy community (title of the thesis).
Public defence in Engineering Physics, M.Sc. Aslam Shaikh
New stochastic and computational approaches in atom probe tomography
Our fundraising campaign is ongoing – see how to participate as an Aaltonian
Aalto has started a new fundraising campaign with the aim of showing how extensively Aalto influences society – and to encourage people to build a more hopeful and international Finland with us. As an Aaltonian, you can also participate by sharing the word with your networks.