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Members of the Doctoral Program Committee

The doctoral program committee comprises a chair and 4 – 6 professorial members merited in doctoral education and representing the central fields of research of the school. One of the professorial members may be from another school within Aalto University. In addition, the committee has a doctoral student member representing the fields of research of the school. The committee elects a vice chair from among its members. The committee may have deputy members.

The term of the Doctoral Program Committee is four calendar years. The term of the current committee continues until 31.12.2027. Student representatives are appointed for one calendar year at a time, by the proposal of the Student Union AYY.

Chairperson: professor Johanna Moisander

Secretary: Planning officer Hanna Lagerkrans

Meetings and deadlines 2025-2026

Doctoral students will be informed of the decisions concerning them after the meeting.

Tasks of the Committee

The doctoral programme committee shall:

1. develop the content of the doctoral programme and the joint studies  offered by the school;
2. put forth proposals to the school academic committee on the fields of research in doctoral programme;
3. prepare proposals for the dean on admission of doctoral students;
4. appoint the preliminary examiners of doctoral thesis and decide on the permission for public defence of doctoral thesis;
5. appoint the opponents for doctoral thesis;
6. evaluate the doctoral thesis;
7. appoint the examiners of licentiate theses;
8. evaluate licentiate theses; and
9. perform other duties assigned to it by the dean or in the degree regulations. 

In addition, the doctoral programme committee shall, unless it has assigned the chair to decide on any of the matters:

1. appoint a supervising professor and advisor(s) for the doctoral student;
2. decide on the degree language of the doctoral student and on the topic and language of the licentiate or doctoral degree;
3. confirm the study plans of doctoral students;
4. decide on the time and language of the of public examination of the doctoral thesis and appoint the custos for it.

Bylaws of the School of Business, 22.3.2018