Doctoral education

Doctoral programme committee (School of Business)

The Doctoral programme committee of the School decides about developing the content of the doctoral programme, prepares the curriculum and admission criteria and makes various decisions related to the evaluation process of the doctoral theses of individual students, among other things. The doctoral degree committee comprises a chair and 4 – 6 professorial members merited in doctoral education and representing the central fields of research of the school. In addition, the committee has a doctoral student member representing the fields of research of the school.

Members of the Doctoral Programme Committee

The doctoral programme committee comprises a chair and 4 – 6 professorial members merited in doctoral education and representing the central fields of research of the school. One of the professorial members may be from another school within Aalto University. In addition, the committee has a doctoral student member representing the fields of research of the school. The committee elects a vice chair from among its members. The committee may have deputy members.

The term of the Doctoral Programme Committee is four calendar years. The term of the current committee continues until 31.12.2027. Student representatives are appointed for one calendar year at a time, by the proposal of the Student Union AYY.

Chairperson: professor Johanna Moisander

 Members Deputy members
AssocProf. Kristiina Huttunen
Dept. of Economics
Prof. Pauli Murto
Dept. of Economics
AssocProf. Matthjis Lof
Dept. of Finance
AssocProf. Juha Joenväärä
Dept. of Finance
AssocProf. Lasse Niemi
Dept. of Accounting
Assistant Prof. Moritz Scherleitner
Dept. of Accounting
AssocProf. Johanna Frösén
Dept. of Marketing
AssocProf. Henri Weijo
Dept. of Marketing
AssocProf. Esko Penttinen
Dept. of Information and Service Management
AssocProf. Heikki Peura
Dept. of Information and Service Management
AssistantProf. Paula Koskinen Sandberg
Dept. of Management Studies
AssistantProfessor Jukka Rintamäki
Dept. of Management Studies
Doctoral student Anastasia Koptsyukh  (2024) Doctoral student Tejas Kotha (2024)

Secretary: Planning officer Hanna Lagerkrans

Meetings and deadlines 2024-2025

Doctoral students will be informed of the decisions concerning them after the meeting.

Deadline for materials Meeting
8.8.2024 22.8.2024
12.9.2024 26.9.2024
11.10.2024 25.10.2024
4.11.2024 18.11.2024
9.12.2024 20.12.2024
2025  
9.1.2025 23.1.2025
31.1.2025 14.2.2025
6.3.2025 20.3.2025
3.4.2025 17.4.2025
8.5.2025 22.5.2025
5.6.2025 19.6.2025
NO DECISION WILL BE MADE BETWEEN: 20.6.-20.8.2025
7.8.2025 21.8.2025
11.9.2025 25.9.2025
9.10.2025 23.10.2025
6.11.2025 20.11.2025
4.12.2025 18.12.2025

Tasks of the Committee

The doctoral programme committee shall:

  1. develop the content of the doctoral programme and the joint studies  offered by the school;
  2. put forth proposals to the school academic committee on the fields of research in doctoral programme;
  3. prepare proposals for the dean on admission of doctoral students;
  4. appoint the preliminary examiners of doctoral thesis and decide on the permission for public defence of doctoral thesis;
  5. appoint the opponents for doctoral thesis;
  6. evaluate the doctoral thesis;
  7. appoint the examiners of licentiate theses;
  8. evaluate licentiate theses; and
  9. perform other duties assigned to it by the dean or in the degree regulations. 

In addition, the doctoral programme committee shall, unless it has assigned the chair to decide on any of the matters:

  1. appoint a supervising professor and advisor(s) for the doctoral student;
  2. decide on the degree language of the doctoral student and on the topic and language of the licentiate or doctoral degree;
  3. confirm the study plans of doctoral students;
  4. decide on the time and language of the of public examination of the doctoral thesis and appoint the custos for it.

Bylaws of the School of Business, 22.3.2018

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