Doctoral Programme in Exact Sciences (EXACTUS)
The Doctoral Programme in Exact Sciences (EXACTUS) is responsible for the doctoral education in applied mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, learning analytics, materials science, mathematics, physics, statistics and theoretical physics.
The Doctoral Programme in Exact Sciences works in collaboration with:
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA)
- Turku PET Centre
- Turku Research Institute for Learning Analytics
Like all the Doctoral Programmes of the University of Turku, the EXACTUS Doctoral Programme is part of the University of Turku Graduate School (UTUGS).
The application for the EXACTUS right to pursue doctoral studies (right to study from 1 August 2026) is open now until 16 March 2026 (form closes at 16:00 local time in Finland). Application instructions and link to apply: Admission Criteria and Instructions for Applicants.
A call for applications for a fixed-term doctoral researcher position under an employment contract was open from 29 August - 12 September 2025.
Fixed-term doctoral researcher positions 2025 decision: Link to the decision
A call for travel grant applications for the doctoral researchers of the Doctoral Programme in Exact Sciences was open from 10 - 25 February 2026. The travel grant could be applied for a conference, a (summer) school or a research visit.
The EXACTUS Steering Committee has decided to award a travel grant to the following doctoral researchers:
- Ahlberg, Varpu
- Airola, Martta
- Al-waeel, Majid
- Annie John, Lidiya
- Baggott, Joshua
- Bhandari, Karthik
- Bocharova, Anastasiia
- Díaz, Alejandra
- Fedeli, Annamaria
- Fock, Ville
- Ghasemi, Maryam
- Gooran, Negin
- Haapsaari, Hanni
- Hartikainen, Hemmo
- Kiilerich, Tom
- Kiss, Johanna
- Koivisto, Oskari
- Kouch, Pouya
- Kudjoi, Atte
- Kähkölä, Heidi
- Laaksonen, Johanna
- Laine, Toni
- Lampainen, Jenni
- Lang, Jaclyn
- Langenskiöld, Jakob
- Luntamo, Niko
- Luomala, Jaakko
- Mejia, Samuel
- Moosavi, Razieh
- Mäntylä, Alisa
- Nadiger Ramesh, Aneesh
- Nguyen, Vinh
- Nieminen, Hilla Aurora
- Nitindala, Anagha
- Nurminen, Heli
- Pelto, Juho
- Rathi, Manish
- Rihko, Sofia
- Rihtamo, Roope
- Saari, Verneri
- Salganik, Alexander
- Settimo, Federico
- Taipale, Tarmo
- Tamminen, Pinja
- Tuomi, Emmi
- Turkki, Mikael
- Valtanen, Mikko
If the target of the travel grant is a conference and the doctoral researcher does not have an accepted talk/poster/article in the conference proceedings yet, the travel grant is conditional. The doctoral researcher is awarded the grant, provided the talk, poster or article in the conference proceedings becomes accepted: the acceptance must be proved before the usage of the grant by forwarding the acceptance email to the EXACTUS Coordinator.
If the travelling/participation situation changes, please inform the Coordinator as soon as possible.
A call for grant applications to complete a doctoral degree for Doctoral Programme in Exact Sciences doctoral researchers was open from 10 - 25 February 2026.
The EXACTUS Steering Committee has decided to award a grant for completing a doctoral degree to doctoral researchers Toni Laine (1 month), Naman Ahmed Naushahi (2 months) and Katariina Paturi (2 months).
Thinking of applying to EXACTUS? Click on the "Information for the applicant" box below.
Currently a doctoral researcher? Click on the "Information for the current EXACTUS doctoral researchers" box below.
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