Keyword: UTU Graduate School (UTUGS)

Finnish universities are strengthening co-operation in postgraduate education by opening up more opportunities for doctoral researchers to expand their expertise. The University of Turku, Aalto University, University of Helsinki, University of Eastern Finland, University of Lapland, Hanken School of Economics, University of the Arts Helsinki, and Åbo Akademi University have signed an agreement that will allow doctoral researchers to pursue postgraduate studies at different universities.

The University of Turku doctoral programmes have an open call for approximately 70 fixed-term doctoral researcher positions with an employment contract. The application period runs from 29 August to 12 September 2025. Both early-stage and more advanced doctoral researchers can be selected for the positions.

Sustainability is the imperative of our time. The Sustainability Transformation Doctoral Education Pilot (SusTra) presents an essential opportunity for everyone to engage with our open Studia Generalia lectures in autumn 2025.

Pauliina Moilanen, a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Dentistry and the Finnish Doctoral Programme in Oral Sciences, won the Three Minute Thesis competition of the University of Turku. Moilanen will represent the University of Turku in the international 3MT competition organised by the Coimbra Group for European universities. 

Eight doctoral researchers compete in the Three minute thesis finals as they present their research as interestingly as possible in just three minutes. The competition is held at OP hall of Turku School of Economics on March 5 at 12.15–14.00, and the event is open for the public.

Doctoral Researcher Saara Koskela from the Institute of Biomedicine, InFLAMES Research Flagship and Turku Doctoral Programme of Molecular Medicine won the Three Minute Thesis competition of the University of Turku. Koskela will represent the University of Turku in the international 3MT competition organised by the Coimbra Group for European universities. 

Ten doctoral researchers compete in the Three minute thesis finals as they present their research as interestingly as possible in just three minutes. The competition is held in entrance hall at the main building of the University of Turku on March 6 at 12.00–14.00, and the event is open for the public.

The University of Turku is involved in developing a new type of doctoral training through a doctoral education pilot funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture for the period of 2024–2027. The pilot will create a number of new three-year doctoral researcher positions at the University.

The University of Turku has received €3.3 million in EU funding for a doctoral training project that responds to the current need for experts by training 25 doctoral researchers from fields related to green and digital transition.

The University of Turku continues its commitment to promoting high-quality doctoral training by opening up a call for applications for approximately fifty fixed-term doctoral researcher positions. The application period for the positions is 28 August – 15 September 2023. The employment contract begins on 1 January 2024 and will last for a maximum of four years. All current doctoral researchers as well as those who are also applying for the study right for doctoral training can apply for the funded positions.