Services for doctoral education

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By selecting a degree programme you are able to see the general content as well as the possible degree programme-specific content. You do not have to select a degree programme to see the Open University's instructions.

Doctoral researchers receive advice from the staff of doctoral student services in the faculties, the doctoral programme senior advisors, and the senior advisors and coordinators of the doctoral school. You can also receive general advice and study-related certificates from the customer service desks of Student Services. Moreover, the doctoral thesis supervisor supports the doctoral students in planning doctoral studies and completing the research project.

Faculty Doctoral Student Services
The doctoral programme senior advisors
Doctoral school

Faculty Doctoral Student Services

  • The faculty-level doctoral student services can advise you on questions about your right to study, pre-examination process or public examination. If you forgot to register for the academic year, you wish to recommence your doctoral studies after a break or you wish to transfer to another doctoral programme, please contact your faculty’s doctoral student services.

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
    Email: viikki-phd@helsinki.fi

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences
    Email: viikki-phd@helsinki.fi

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Educational Sciences
    Email: edu-research@helsinki.fi

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Humanities
    Email: hum-postgrad@helsinki.fi

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Law
    Email: oik-jatkokoulutus@helsinki.fi 

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Medicine
    Email: meilahti-phd@helsinki.fi

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Pharmacy
    Email: viikki-phd@helsinki.fi 

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Science
    Email: kumpula-phd@helsinki.fi 

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Social Sciences
    Email: valt-postgrad@helsinki.fi

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Theology
    Email: teol-tohtorikoulutus@helsinki.fi 

    Doctoral Student Services for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
    Email: viikki-phd@helsinki.fi

The doctoral programme senior advisors

The doctoral programme senior advisors are responsible for the day-to-day running of the programmes. If you have questions about the teaching available in your doctoral programme, you wish to obtain more information on employment as a doctoral researcher or, say, start a study group, please contact the senior advisor of your doctoral programme.

City Centre Campus

Doctoral programme senior advisors
  • Doctoral Programme in Education, Schooling and Learning, senior advisor
  • Doctoral Programme in the Humanities
  • Doctoral Programme in Law, senior Advisor Johanna Hyytiäinen
  • Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences, senior Advisor Tuuli Holttinen
  • Doctoral Programme in Theology and Religious Studies, senior advisor Lauri Turpeinen

You can contact the doctoral programme senior advisors by sending an email to citycentre-dp@helsinki.fi.

Kumpula Campus

Doctoral programme senior advisors
  • Doctoral Programme in Science, senior advisors Outi Lyytinen and Johanna Hyytiäinen

You can contact the senior advisor of your doctoral programme by sending email to kumpula-dp@helsinki.fi

Meilahti Campus

Doctoral programme senior advisors
  • Doctoral Programme in Biomedicine
  • Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research
  • Doctoral Programme in Population Health and Human Behaviour 

You can contact the senior advisor of your doctoral programme by sending email to meilahti-dp@helsinki.fi 

Viikki Campus

Doctoral programme senior advisors
  • Doctoral Programme in Drug Research, senior advisor Mia Vehkaoja
  • Doctoral Programme in Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Sustainability in Society, senior advisor Mia Vehkaoja
  • Doctoral Programme in Molecular and Cellular Systems of Life, senior advisor Katri Wegelius
  • Doctoral Programme in Multidisciplinary Research in Renewable Natural Resources, senior advisor Karen Sims-Huopaniemi
  • Doctoral Programme in One Health, senior advisor, Karen Sims-Huopaniemi

You can contact the senior advisor of your doctoral programme by sending email to viikki-dp@helsinki.fi 

Doctoral school

All doctoral programmes are in the University of Helsinki Doctoral School. The doctoral school coordination team manages the compulsory teaching for all students as well as various application processes for funding. If you have questions about, for example, funding for dissertation completion, the travel grants or the teaching provided in transferable skills, please contact the doctoral school coordination team via uhds-office@helsinki.fi.

In addition

Do you have ideas or wishes for your doctoral programme? The steering committee of each doctoral programme includes not only a designated doctoral programme senior advisor, but also doctoral researcher representatives who can communicate your wishes to the steering committee. You can find information on the student representatives of your doctoral programme on its website.

Your supervisor and coordinating academic can guide you in planning and completing the dissertation project and degree studies as well as integrating into the academic community. Your first point of contact should be your supervisor, particularly if you have questions relating to the substance of your studies or dissertation.

The University’s Student Services can provide you with attendance certificates and official transcripts of studies. Student Services also helps with questions related to registration for the academic year and changes of name or address.