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Doctoral education

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.

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Talent Expon logo, vuosiluku 2025.

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.

Events
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Sisu and DPSP clinics for doctoral students

Online clinic to help you with Sisu and Doctoral Personal Study Plan

Doctoral education
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Publishing Research Data Alongside Research Articles

Data availability statements are increasingly required by scientific journals. They include information on what data are available, where they can be found, and any applicable access terms

News

News and events for doctoral students and faculty

Left: Daniela da Silva Fernandes, right: Robin Welsch.
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AI use makes us overestimate our cognitive performance

New research warns we shouldn’t blindly trust Large Language Models with logical reasoning –– stopping at one prompt limits ChatGPT’s usefulness more than users realise.
Open Access Week 2025 poster with nine images behind the open access symbol and event details.
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Publishing Research Data Alongside Research Articles

Data availability statements are increasingly required by scientific journals. They include information on what data are available, where they can be found, and any applicable access terms
Open Access Week 2025 poster with nine images behind the open access symbol and event details.
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Who publishes our open access publications?

Researchers at Aalto and Helsinki Universities favor open access journals with author fees published by large publishers. Popular journals without author fees are often published by universities or societies.
Open Access Week 2025 poster with nine images behind the open access symbol and event details.
For Aalto community Research & Art Published:

Open access agreements under renewal

Elsevier and Cambridge University Press agreements will continue 2026. Negotiations with IEEE, Oxford UP, RSC, Springer and ASME have started.
For Aalto community Information sessions, Lectures and seminars

Webinar series Understanding Finland - Part 2: Finnish nature as a source of mental wellbeing

Welcome to the English-language webinar series Understanding Finland: the role of culture, nature and societal engagement, organized in collaboration with several universities. We will examine the role of culture, nature and societal engagement as sources of wellbeing and belonging in Finland. Hopefully the participants will find new perspectives on how to immerse themselves in Finnish culture.
Ask a Data Agent, weekly RDM support hour, 1-2 PM on Zoom
For Aalto community Support for teams, Training to support research

Aalto Data Agents' weekly support hour on Zoom

Join and ask anything about research data management and open science.
Pedro Silva and Enrico Glerean, text: Artificial intelligence and responsible conduct of research. Yellow and white background.
Lectures and seminars, Staff trainings, IT & digital tools, Support for teams, Training to support research

Artificial intelligence and responsible conduct of research, Oct 29, 2025

Learn how to use AI in research ethically and responsibly.
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Information sessions, Students

Writing the article thesis summary part

Short info session on writing the summary for a doctoral article thesis

Next public defences at Aalto University

Doctoral hat floating above a speaker's podium with a microphone.
Public defences

Public defence in Automation and Control Engineering, M.Sc.(Tech.) Tuojian Lyu

Transforming Industrial Automation: An Intelligent Cloud Platform for Virtual Testing of Smart Factories
Flux-qubit thermal device with qubit bridging resonators and heat reservoirs on either side; heat current controlled by applied flux.
Public defences

Public defence in Engineering Physics, M.Sc. Rishabh Upadhyay

Enhancing thermal device performance with a robust superconducting flux-qubit-based hybrid on-chip architecture.
Doctoral hat floating above a speaker's podium with a microphone.
Public defences

Public defence in Computer Science, MA (Art and Des) Paula Valkonen

eHealth Services for Older Adults: Exploring Experiences and User Needs for Design (title of the thesis).
The visual summary shows how noise in HD‑EMG disrupts MU decoding and causes misclassification in intended wrist flexion tasks.
Public defences

Public defence in Biosensing and Bioelectronics, M.Sc. Mansour Taleshi

How high-fidelity neural interfaces respond to perturbations.
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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.

See how Aaltonians can participate

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