Doctoral School of the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
The Doctoral School of the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences is a cross-disciplinary cooperation network that supports doctoral researchers at different stages of their work towards a doctoral degree. Head of the Doctoral School is the Vice-Dean for research, Professor Taina Rantanen.
The doctoral degree consists of a doctoral dissertation and additional postgraduate studies.
The doctoral dissertation must be an independent, research-based, scientific study. It represents the student’s ability to independently and critically apply the methods of scientific research and create new scientific information. The research topic of the dissertation has to relate to the focus areas of the Faculty.
At the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, the doctoral degree includes 40 ECTS credits of doctoral studies in addition to the doctoral dissertation. The curriculum describes the more detailed content, completion methods and learning outcomes of these studies. Each doctoral researcher makes a personal doctoral study plan based on their career goals.
The doctoral degree (dissertation and 40 ECTS credits of doctoral studies) can be completed with three to four years of full-time work.
Preparing a funding plan is an essential part of planning doctoral studies, because admission to doctoral studies does not automatically mean that you would get funding from the Faculty. Usually, funding of full-time doctoral studies consists of a combination of many different options. During doctoral studies, there may also be periods when studies are done part-time, for example in addition to other work.
Applying for doctoral studies
If you are interested in completing a doctoral degree at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, you should apply for a doctoral study right. There are two application periods per year.
The first step is to think about the doctoral programme and specialisation that suits your research interests. In addition, remember to familiarize yourself with the application instructions already at this stage.
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