UEF’s doctoral researchers can take courses offered by other Finnish universities. There are two ways to do that: through national co-operation in doctoral and through doctoralcourses.fi web page. Also, doctoral researchers in other Finnish universities can take courses offered by the University of Eastern Finland. National co-operation in doctoral education University of Eastern Finland is […]
The Supervision Plan is a document, which supports the collaboration between the doctoral researcher and the supervisors. The Plan guides the discussion and agreement on the mutual division of duties, on the practices and working methods of supervision as well as on the schedule and the ways of conducting doctoral research. The parties share and […]
You will receive guidance in doctoral studies by several actors: Contact information on doctoral education The officers at the faculties (doctoral education) Coordinators of the doctoral programmes Information concerning Researcher Training Services and researcher’s transferable skills studies: Merja Lyytikäinen and Ira Virtanen. You will always find courses offered for doctoral researchers in Peppi.
Doctoral education The University of Eastern Finland offers high-quality research opportunities after obtaining your Master’s degree, including a doctoral degree. Some fields also offer professional postgraduate degrees, such as the medical physicist’s and chemist’s degrees. The aim of scientific doctoral education is to educate professionals in research who have the capacity to work independently in […]
Conducting doctoral studies is interesting and intriguing. It is also challenging, and an engagement of several years. Research may not proceed well, and funding may cease leading to a need to obtain another job. Therefore, it is important to proactively take care of your well being. The major stress factors according to an extensive (n=6000) […]
Doctoral Supervisors In the beginning of doctoral studies, at least two supervisors will be appointed for every doctoral researcher. The supervisors are appointed by the Dean in the decision on admission to doctoral studies. The requirements for the supervisors vary among the faculties. The roles and responsibilities of doctoral supervisors and doctoral researchers The role […]
All degrees conclude with a supervised written paper called a thesis. The following is a list of theses at UEF: The students get support to their thesis writing process in the form of seminars in which the participants typically present their work and comment on each other’s thesis plans at various stages. This way all […]
The University of Eastern Finland offers degrees and postgraduate degrees in the following fields: pharmacy, dentistry, humanities, education, economics and business administration, natural sciences, medicine, forest sciences, law, psychology, theology, health sciences and social sciences. You can find the complete list of available programmes on the UEF website. The main language of instruction at the […]
