In addition to studies in individual doctoral programmes and transferable skills studies provided by the doctoral school, you can take other courses and studies that are useful for your research and career. The university also offers various kinds of short-term training, which does earn you credit points.
Courses on writing research funding applications
There are faculty-specific courses available on writing research funding applications:
- Philosophical Faculty and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies organize a course “How to write a successful research plan” twice a year.
- Faculty of Science and Forestry and the Faculty of Health Sciences organize “Writing a grant application” -course annually. Learn more about the course of the Faculty of Science and Forestry and the course of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
University pedagogy
UEF Student and Learning Services organise a 10 credits study module in university pedagogy (access to further information requires UEF login). In addition, self-study materials produced in the UNIPS project can be used independently to develop university pedagogical competence.
Statistics
Courses in statistics are offered to all doctoral researchers. You can also select individual courses useful for your research, e.g. courses about using statistical software R or SPSS. Some of the courses can be taken online at your own pace. The statisticians at the UEF offer consultation on matters of statistical methods and their rightful use. More information about the courses and consultation services on SPSS and statistics– page in Kamu.
Business studies
If you are interested in business studies and entrepreneurship, you can also select the following courses provided by UEF Business School:
- Business Draft (5 ECTS)
- Commercializing one’s knowhow (2 ECTS)
- Business Simulation Game (6 ECTS)
- Commercializing high-tech, like photonics (6 ECTS)
- SLUSH – star-ups, growth and innovativeness (2 ECTS)
- Entrepreneurial Project Work (1-6 ECTS)
- Entrepreneurship Week in Kuopio (2 ECTS)
Language studies
UEF Language Centre offers courses in Finnish:
- Finnish 1 (4 ECTS)
- Finnish 2 (4 ECTS)
- Finnish 3 (4 ECTS)
- Finnish 4 (4 ECTS)
- Survival Finnish (2 ECTS, for international exchange students)
In addition, two courses in Chinese are offered with English as the language of tuition.
Short-term trainings
UEF Library offers training for example on data management, visibility and impact of your research, open data, and publishing of a dissertation. You can find the training menu as well as more information about the courses on the public webpages.
You can study IT skills in Wistec online e-learning service wherever and whenever you are. Learn more about the service in YouTube.
eLearning Support Services (Oppitupa) provide and use support and pedagogical training on in the use of ICT and social media. The trainings provided by IT-Serivces and eLearning Support Services can be found in staff training calendar (requires UEF login). Members of staff are prioritized in the trainings but if there is room, also grant researchers are welcome to join.