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1. If you have agreed with your supervising professor to include this course to your doctoral degree, add it to your credit plan in (usually under General Research Studies). You don’t need to register for the course in Sisu. 
   It is also possible to complete the course even if it would not be included in your degree. In this case, don't add it to your credit plan in Sisu.
2. Request for the enrollment key and further instructions from doctoralservices@aalto.fi.  
3. Login to the course platform at with your Aalto ID (choose Haka and then Aalto University) and use the enrollment key to access the materials.
4. After completing the course, inform us at doctoralservices@aalto.fi.
5. You will receive the credit to Sisu within four weeks of informing us (please note that credits are not awarded during the holiday seasons).

List of all independent Findocnet-courses offered to doctoral students at Aalto University:

• LC-L1011 Open Science for Doctoral Students (1 ECTS)
• LC-L1012 Business Skills for Doctoral Students (1 ECTS)
• LC-L1013 Career Course for Doctoral Students (1 ECTS)
  NOTE: The student must select two online seminars to participate in. Seminars are not offered in the summer.
• LC-L1014 Interactive Leadership Skills for Doctoral Students (1 ECTS)
• LC-L1015 Project Management for Doctoral Students  (1 ECTS)
• LC-L1016 Writing Research Grant Applications for Doctoral Students (1 ECTS)
• LC-L1020 Theory of Science (1 ECTS)
• LC-L1021 Impact of research (1 ECTS)

Doctoral+ (Tohtori+) is a cooperation agreement between certain Finnish universities and it is in force from 1 September 2025 onwards. Under this agreement doctoral students can apply free-of-charge for a fixed-term right to complete courses that will be included in their doctoral degree at another university that is part of the agreement. 

Doctoral students must always agree on the courses to be completed with their supervising professor first. To apply for a study right for a course, please follow the instructions that the university in question has given. Each university will specify their course offering, typically study rights are granted for doctoral level courses.

You can find instructions of the univeristies that are included in the agreement in addition ºÚÁÏÍø University here (links will be added as we receive them): , University of the Arts Helsinki, , University of Helsinki, , , , and .

A number of Finnish universities have partnered to offer doctoral courses to their students: Hanken, LUT University, Tampere University, University of Eastern Finland, University of Jyväskylä, University of Lapland, University of Oulu, University of Turku, University of Vaasa and Ã…bo Akademi. Check the application information below. 

Cross-institutional studies mean that you can complete studies at another Finnish Higher Education Institution. If your programme belongs to a cross-institutional study network, you can take courses agreed in the agreement at another Finnish Higher Education Institution. Aalto University has several cross-institutional networks, and for some of the agreed courses in network, you can now enroll through the cross-institutional study functionalities in Sisu.

What studies are available for you?

Some cross-institutional study networks are open to all students at Aalto, some are limited to specific programmes or research fields.

Check the network rights included in your study right from Sisu under My Information > Study rights tab.

More information on cross-institutional study networks

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