Doctoral Programme in Law

Doctoral Programme in Law covers all disciplines of law and is responsible of the doctoral training as a part of the University of Turku Graduate School (UTUGS).

Doctoral Programme in Law is responsible of the development of doctoral education, and it aims to ensure the high quality of the dissertations and enhance the internationalisation in the field of law. It aims to provide systematic, high-quality and supervised doctoral training within a controlled time frame. The Graduate School coordinates doctoral training at the University of Turku. Its academic structure and working methods meet the recommendations on the development of doctoral training given by the Academy of Finland.

The Doctoral Programme in Law is offered by the Faculty of Law. All the postgraduate students admitted to pursue a Doctor of Laws degree at the Faculty of Law participate in this programme. The Faculty of Law can also be part of national doctoral programmes and collaborate with other doctoral programmes.

The Director and the Board of the Doctoral Programme are responsible for running the programme.