Call for doctoral student representatives 2026 (DPCs and DEWG)
Student representatives speak for doctoral students in Doctoral Programme Committees (DPC) at the Schools and Aalto University's Doctoral Education Working Group (DEWG)
Everything there is to know about doctoral education at Aalto University
Find instructions, guidance and current news related to doctoral education. This hub is for all doctoral students, supervising professors and thesis advisors, as well as applicants and others interested in doctoral education at Aalto University.
Spotlight
Aalto Talent Expo 2025
Aalto University's largest recruitment event Talent Expo will be organized in Dipoli (Otaniemi) on November 6th, 2025! Come and meet the employers at the recruitment fair and attend also the virtual fair activities during the fair week.
Sisu and DPSP clinics for doctoral students
Online clinic to help you with Sisu and Doctoral Personal Study Plan
News and events for doctoral students and faculty
Applications for Aalto International Talent Program open 20th-26th October
Aalto International Talent Programme offers students the opportunity to network and learn about Finnish working life. Nearly 900 international master's and doctoral students have already participated in the group mentoring intitiative since its launch in 2020.
Mind & Study - toolbox for being well in studies (3cr) coming up
Popular course "Mind & Study - toolbox for being well in studies" will be organized in Finnish, English and Swedish in the 3rd and 4th period!
How researchers search for and follow literature? – Researcher, please answer the survey
A research group from the universities of Helsinki and Tampere and the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies is particularly interested in responses from the fields of natural sciences and technology
Electronic degree certificates
With the introduction of electronic degree certificates, Aalto has entered a new era.
Aalto Data Agents' weekly support hour on Zoom
Join and ask anything about research data management and open science.
CMET Coffee and Science - October
Do you have an interesting scientific topic and you would like to share it? Have you been working on a tool that could be beneficial for others? Or are you perhaps interested in presenting your research? Any topic related to science is welcome to our Coffee & Science monthly networking session!
Journal selection for doctoral research
Info session for doctoral students on sharing their results through publications.
International Open Access Week 2025
International Open Access Week will be held 20 – 26 October. Check Aalto’s programme!Next public defences at Aalto University
Public defence in Micro- and Nanoelectronic Circuit Design, M.Sc. Saeed Naghavi
Integrated mmWave transceivers and circulators (title of the thesis)
Public defence in Spatial Planning and Transportation Engineering, M.Sc. Architecture Eveliina Harsia-Mikkola
What does polyphony mean in urban planning, and what kinds of practices are needed to realize it?
Public defence in Chemistry, M.Sc. (Tech.) Juha Jordan
Biocolorants for Engineering Materials (title of the thesis).
Public defence in Signal Processing and Data Analytics, M.Sc. Topi Halme
Detecting changes in distributions in large-scale streaming data (title of the thesis)
Our fundraising campaign is ongoing – see how to participate as an Aaltonian
Aalto has started a new fundraising campaign with the aim of showing how extensively Aalto influences society – and to encourage people to build a more hopeful and international Finland with us. As an Aaltonian, you can also participate by sharing the word with your networks.