Travel Arrangements for the Opponent at the Faculty of Medicine
Please note that travel and accommodation arrangements for the opponent can be made only after the Doctoral Committee has endorsed the permission to defend the doctoral thesis, and the Faculty Council grants the permission for a public defence.
- If the opponent is employed by a Finnish higher education institution or other Finnish organisation (excluding Åbo Akademi University), the University of Turku recommends that the opponent’s organisation handle the travel arrangements for the dissertation defence and pay for the travel expenses. Once the opponent has submitted their statement to the Faculty of Medicine, they will receive the University of Turku’s invoicing details, and the opponent’s university can then invoice the University of Turku for the travel costs. This procedure ensures that the travel costs will not be treated as taxable income for the opponent.
- If the opponent is not employed by a Finnish higher education institution or other Finnish organisation, the doctoral researcher or the custos will contact the office services of the Faculty of Medicine for travel arrangements (medi-toimistopalvelut@utu.fi, internal service address). If you are contacting via an address other than utu email, please contact Service Coordinator Minna Ketola at minna.ketola@utu.fi for instructions.
- If the opponent wishes, they can also make their own travel arrangements and invoice the Faculty for travel expenses after the trip against receipts (the Faculty will instruct the opponent on invoicing).
- Please note that
- the University recommends traveling by public transport, and the use of a private car always requires a specific justification (compensation 0.27 €/km)
- opponents arriving from other countries: the Faculty will reimburse the opponent's travel expenses up to a maximum of 500€
- The Faculty pays the opponent a fee of 565€